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Magic_Matt_Man
Magic_Matt_Man

Reputation: 2050

Python Matplotlib figure title overlaps axes label when using twiny

I am trying to plot two separate quantities on the same graph using twiny as follows:

fig = figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.plot(T, r, 'b-', T, R, 'r-', T, r_geo, 'g-')
ax.set_yscale('log')
ax.annotate('Approx. sea level', xy=(Planet.T_day*1.3,(Planet.R)/1000), xytext=(Planet.T_day*1.3, Planet.R/1000))
ax.annotate('Geostat. orbit', xy=(Planet.T_day*1.3, r_geo[0]), xytext=(Planet.T_day*1.3, r_geo[0]))
ax.set_xlabel('Rotational period (hrs)')
ax.set_ylabel('Orbital radius (km), logarithmic')
ax.set_title('Orbital charts for ' + Planet.N, horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='top')


ax2 = ax.twiny()
ax2.plot(v,r,'k-')
ax2.set_xlabel('Linear speed (ms-1)')

show()

and the data is presented fine, but I am having the problem that the figure title is overlapping with the axes labels on the secondary x axis so that it's barely legible (I wanted to post a picture example here, but I don't have a high enough rep yet).

I'd like to know if there's a straightforward way to just shift the title directly up a few tens of pixels, so that the chart looks prettier.

Upvotes: 171

Views: 253964

Answers (9)

Cam
Cam

Reputation: 1721

You can use pad with title

plt.title("My title", pad=20)

If you are using title and subtitle using pad on title helps to push up and reduce the space between the two titles.

plt.suptitle('Main title')
plt.title("This is the second title", pad=20)

Upvotes: 0

El Houcine Es-sanhaji
El Houcine Es-sanhaji

Reputation: 101

Using the plt.tight_layout() before the plt.show() works for me well.

you can even make it better and visible by adding a padding

ax.set_title("title", pad=15)

Upvotes: 0

Anupam
Anupam

Reputation: 538

A temporary solution if you don't want to get into the x, y position of your title.

Following worked for me.

plt.title('Capital Expenditure\n') # Add a next line after your title

kudos.

Upvotes: 0

Radvin
Radvin

Reputation: 163

You can use pad for this case:

ax.set_title("whatever", pad=20)

Upvotes: 11

Peter Zhu
Peter Zhu

Reputation: 1194

Just use plt.tight_layout() before plt.show(). It works well.

Upvotes: 6

jmunsch
jmunsch

Reputation: 24089

I was having an issue with the x-label overlapping a subplot title; this worked for me:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 1)
ax[0].scatter(...)
ax[1].scatter(...)
plt.tight_layout()
.
.
.
plt.show()

before

enter image description here

after

enter image description here

reference:

Upvotes: 25

EFKan
EFKan

Reputation: 634

ax.set_title('My Title\n', fontsize="15", color="red")
plt.imshow(myfile, origin="upper")

If you put '\n' right after your title string, the plot is drawn just below the title. That might be a fast solution too.

Upvotes: 12

Hooked
Hooked

Reputation: 88118

Forget using plt.title and place the text directly with plt.text. An over-exaggerated example is given below:

import pylab as plt

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5,10))

figure_title = "Normal title"
ax1  = plt.subplot(1,2,1)

plt.title(figure_title, fontsize = 20)
plt.plot([1,2,3],[1,4,9])

figure_title = "Raised title"
ax2  = plt.subplot(1,2,2)

plt.text(0.5, 1.08, figure_title,
         horizontalalignment='center',
         fontsize=20,
         transform = ax2.transAxes)
plt.plot([1,2,3],[1,4,9])

plt.show()

enter image description here

Upvotes: 37

herrlich10
herrlich10

Reputation: 6470

I'm not sure whether it is a new feature in later versions of matplotlib, but at least for 1.3.1, this is simply:

plt.title(figure_title, y=1.08)

This also works for plt.suptitle(), but not (yet) for plt.xlabel(), etc.

Upvotes: 300

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