.. _sphx_glr_recipes_axes:

Axes Customization Examples
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See below for common options to style axes. Axis can be adjusted for tick positioning and number formatting.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Charts can be truncated on either axis by specifying an axis_min or axis_max as axis arguments. This will limit the plot area to the specified range of values.">

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  .. image:: /recipes/axes/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_date_axis_start_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_recipes_axes_plot_date_axis_start.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Truncate X-axis and Y-Axis</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Axes in general work the same way independent of what type of mode a series is. For example a bar chart can be used with a date type x-axis. Options like tick_interal or tick_format are still respected.">

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  .. image:: /recipes/axes/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_date_axis_bar_chart_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_recipes_axes_plot_date_axis_bar_chart.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Date Axis for Bar Charts</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Charts tick intervals are automatically sized by the relevant axis&#x27; start and end values and calculating a reasonable number of ticks. However, many visualizations might be presented better with specific tick interavls given the use case. In these situations a tick_interval can be specified as an axis argument.">

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  .. image:: /recipes/axes/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_data_axis_tick_interval_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_recipes_axes_plot_data_axis_tick_interval.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Set Date Axis Intervals</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Charts with axis_type=&quot;date&quot; can have ticks be formatted to match certain styles especially for dates. Use the tick_format and pass a python date format string (Python Docs).">

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  .. image:: /recipes/axes/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_date_axis_tick_format_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_recipes_axes_plot_date_axis_tick_format.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Specify Date Axis Tick Formats</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Numerical axes can be formatted with the tick_interval and tick_format arguments for axis.">

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  .. image:: /recipes/axes/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_numerical_axis_tick_format_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_recipes_axes_plot_numerical_axis_tick_format.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Numerical axis formatting and intervals</div>
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.. toctree::
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   /recipes/axes/plot_date_axis_start
   /recipes/axes/plot_date_axis_bar_chart
   /recipes/axes/plot_data_axis_tick_interval
   /recipes/axes/plot_date_axis_tick_format
   /recipes/axes/plot_numerical_axis_tick_format