Increase default titlepad, stop bumping up inner titlepad

Author: lukelbd

proplot/axes/base.py

@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ def _share_long_axis(self, share, side):
     def _update_title_position(self, renderer):
         """
         Update the position of proplot inset titles and builtin matplotlib
-        titles.
+        titles. This is called by matplotlib at drawtime.
         """
         # Custom inset titles
         width, height = self.get_size_inches()
@@ -672,20 +672,18 @@ def _update_title_position(self, renderer):
                 loc = self._abc_loc
                 if loc in ('left', 'right', 'center'):
                     continue
+            pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * width)
             if loc in ('upper center', 'lower center'):
                 x = 0.5
             elif loc in ('upper left', 'lower left'):
-                pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * width)
-                x = 1.5 * pad
+                x = pad
             elif loc in ('upper right', 'lower right'):
-                pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * width)
-                x = 1 - 1.5 * pad
+                x = 1 - pad
+            pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * height)
             if loc in ('upper left', 'upper right', 'upper center'):
-                pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * height)
-                y = 1 - 1.5 * pad
+                y = 1 - pad
             elif loc in ('lower left', 'lower right', 'lower center'):
-                pad = rc['axes.titlepad'] / (72 * height)
-                y = 1.5 * pad
+                y = pad
             obj.set_position((x, y))
 
         # Push title above tick marks, since builtin algorithm used to offset

proplot/figure.py

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ def _preprocess(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # just do the tight layout adjustments and skip resizing.
         resize = rc['backend'] != 'nbAgg'
 
+        # When re-generating inline figures, the tight layout algorithm can get
+        # figure size *or* spacing wrong unless we force additional draw! Seems to
+        # have no adverse effects when calling savefig.
+        if method == 'print_figure':
+            self.draw()
+
         # Bail out if we are already pre-processing
         # NOTE: The _is_autoresizing check necessary when inserting new gridspec
         # rows or columns with the qt backend.

proplot/internals/rcsetup.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 GRIDCOLOR = 'black'
 GRIDRATIO = 0.5  # differentiated from major by half size reduction
 GRIDSTYLE = '-'
+LABELPAD = 4.0  # default is 4.0, previously was 3.0
 LABELSIZE = 'medium'
 LINEWIDTH = 0.6
 MARGIN = 0.05
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 TICKMINOR = True
 TICKPAD = 2.0
 TICKRATIO = 0.8  # very slight width reduction
+TITLEPAD = 5.0  # default is 6.0, previously was 3.0
 TITLESIZE = 'med-large'
 ZLINES = 2  # default zorder for lines
 ZPATCHES = 1
@@ -82,11 +84,11 @@
     'axes.formatter.use_mathtext': MATHTEXT,
     'axes.grid': True,  # enable lightweight transparent grid by default
     'axes.grid.which': 'major',
-    'axes.labelpad': 3.0,  # more compact
+    'axes.labelpad': LABELPAD,  # more compact
     'axes.labelsize': LABELSIZE,
     'axes.labelweight': 'normal',
     'axes.linewidth': LINEWIDTH,
-    'axes.titlepad': 3.0,  # more compact
+    'axes.titlepad': TITLEPAD,  # more compact
     'axes.titlesize': TITLESIZE,
     'axes.titleweight': 'normal',
     'axes.xmargin': MARGIN,
@@ -850,9 +852,9 @@
         'table <title_table>`.'
     ),
     'title.pad': (
-        3.0,
-        'Padding between the axes and in arbitrary units. '
-        'Alias for :rcraw:`axes.titlepad`.'
+        TITLEPAD,
+        'Padding between axes and outer titles or a-b-c labels '
+        'in arbitrary units. Alias for :rcraw:`axes.titlepad`.'
     ),
     'title.size': (
         TITLESIZE,