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DOC : add prominent doc about set_useOffset #3168

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions doc/faq/howto_faq.rst
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o.set_fontstyle('italic')


.. _howto-supress_offset:
How to prevent ticklabels from having an offset
-----------------------------------------------
The default formatter will use an offset to reduce
the length of the ticklabels. To turn this feature
off::
ax.get_xaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False)

or use a different formatter. See :mod:`~matplotlib.ticker`
for details.

.. _howto-transparent:

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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
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as well as domain specific custom ones..


Default Formatter
-----------------

The default formatter identifies when the x-data being
plotted is a small range on top of a large off set. To
reduce the chances that the ticklabels overlap the ticks
are labeled as deltas from a fixed offset. For example::

ax.plot(np.arange(2000, 2010), range(10))

will have tick of 0-9 with an offset of +2e3. If this
is not desired turn off the use of the offset on the default
formatter::


ax.get_xaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False)

or set a different formatter.

Tick locating
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