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.. "gallery/ticks/align_ticklabels.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. meta::
        :keywords: codex

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_align_ticklabels.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_ticks_align_ticklabels.py:


=================
Align tick labels
=================

By default, tick labels are aligned towards the axis. This means the set of
*y* tick labels appear right-aligned. Because the alignment reference point
is on the axis, left-aligned tick labels would overlap the plotting area.
To achieve a good-looking left-alignment, you have to additionally increase
the padding.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 12-33



.. image-sg:: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_align_ticklabels_001.png
   :alt: align ticklabels
   :srcset: /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_align_ticklabels_001.png, /gallery/ticks/images/sphx_glr_align_ticklabels_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    population = {
        "Sydney": 5.2,
        "Mexico City": 8.8,
        "São Paulo": 12.2,
        "Istanbul": 15.9,
        "Lagos": 15.9,
        "Shanghai": 21.9,
    }

    fig, ax = plt.subplots(layout="constrained")
    ax.barh(population.keys(), population.values())
    ax.set_xlabel('Population (in millions)')

    # left-align all ticklabels
    for ticklabel in ax.get_yticklabels():
        ticklabel.set_horizontalalignment("left")

    # increase padding
    ax.tick_params("y", pad=70)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_align_ticklabels.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: align_ticklabels.ipynb <align_ticklabels.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: align_ticklabels.py <align_ticklabels.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: align_ticklabels.zip <align_ticklabels.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_
