[Matplotlib-users] Setting xticks rotation in matplotlibrc

[Eric Firing]

Eric,

Yes, it is expected: matplotlibrc does not include a key for this 
because it is not common that one would want to change the default 
orientation.

I suggest using plt.tick_params() or the equivalent Axes method for 
modifying your tick and tick label properties.

Eric

On 2021/10/14 4:01 AM, Éric Depagne wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to set the rotation angle of the xticks in my matplotlibrc file
> using the following:
> xtick.rotation:       45
> But it has no effect.
> When I start ipython, it loads my matplotlibrc file and I get the following
> message:
> Bad key xtick.rotation in file /home/eric/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc, line
> 472 ('xtick.rotation:       45')
> 
> I wonder if that's the expected behaviour, and that one can only set the
> rotation using
> plt.xticks(rotation=45)
> 
> Thanks.
> Éric.
> 
> 
> 
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