Added plot option to control which axis labels to display

holoviews/plotting/mpl/chart3d.py

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class Plot3D(ColorbarPlot):
     bgcolor = param.String(default='white', doc="""
         Background color of the axis.""")
 
+    labelled = param.List(default=['x', 'y', 'z'], doc="""
+        Specifies the list of axes to display the labels on.""")
+
     projection = param.ObjectSelector(default='3d', objects=['3d'], doc="""
         The projection of the matplotlib axis.""")
 

holoviews/plotting/mpl/element.py

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class ElementPlot(GenericElementPlot, MPLPlot):
     invert_zaxis = param.Boolean(default=False, doc="""
         Whether to invert the plot z-axis.""")
 
+    labelled = param.List(default=['x', 'y'], doc="""
+        Whether to plot the 'x' and 'y' labels""")
+
     logx = param.Boolean(default=False, doc="""
          Whether to apply log scaling to the x-axis of the Chart.""")
 
@@ -254,9 +257,12 @@ def _set_labels(self, axes, dimensions, xlabel=None, ylabel=None, zlabel=None):
         xlabel, ylabel, zlabel = self._get_axis_labels(dimensions, xlabel, ylabel, zlabel)
         if self.invert_axes:
             xlabel, ylabel = ylabel, xlabel
-        if xlabel and self.xaxis: axes.set_xlabel(xlabel, **self._fontsize('xlabel'))
-        if ylabel and self.yaxis: axes.set_ylabel(ylabel, **self._fontsize('ylabel'))
-        if zlabel and self.zaxis: axes.set_zlabel(zlabel, **self._fontsize('zlabel'))
+        if xlabel and self.xaxis and 'x' in self.labelled:
+            axes.set_xlabel(xlabel, **self._fontsize('xlabel'))
+        if ylabel and self.yaxis and 'y' in self.labelled:
+            axes.set_ylabel(ylabel, **self._fontsize('ylabel'))
+        if zlabel and self.zaxis and 'z' in self.labelled:
+            axes.set_zlabel(zlabel, **self._fontsize('zlabel'))
 
 
     def _set_axis_formatter(self, axis, dim):

holoviews/plotting/mpl/plot.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import param
 from ...core import (OrderedDict, HoloMap, AdjointLayout, NdLayout,
                      GridSpace, Element, CompositeOverlay, Empty,
-                     Collator)
+                     Collator, GridMatrix)
 from ...core.options import Store, Compositor
 from ...core.util import int_to_roman, int_to_alpha, basestring
 from ...core import traversal
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ def _create_subplots(self, layout, axis, ranges, create_axes):
                                                                   r == self.rows//2):
                 kwargs['show_legend'] = self.show_legend
                 kwargs['legend_position'] = 'right'
+            if (not isinstance(self.layout, GridMatrix) and not
+                ((c == self.cols//2 and r == 0) or
+                (c == 0 and r == self.rows//2))):
+                kwargs['labelled'] = []
 
             # Create subplot
             if view is not None:

holoviews/plotting/mpl/raster.py

@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ class RasterGridPlot(GridPlot, OverlayPlot):
     invert_xaxis = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
     invert_yaxis = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
     invert_zaxis = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
+    labelled = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
     legend_cols = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
     legend_position = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)
     logx = param.Parameter(precedence=-1)