Enhance axis linking functionality by updating components parameter type in _AxesBase.link_other_views method to accept a list. This change improves consistency and usability when linking axes across figures.

ScienceIsNeato · ScienceIsNeato · commit 55a71715d89d · 2025-03-17T02:10:38.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -4841,7 +4841,7 @@ def link_other_views(self, other_axes, components=None):
         ----------
         other_axes : Axes or sequence of Axes
             The Axes to link to. Can be a single Axes or a sequence of Axes.
-        components : str or sequence of str, optional
+        components : str or list of str, optional
             The components to link. Valid values are:
             - 'xlim', 'ylim', 'zlim' (for 3D plots)
             - 'xscale', 'yscale', 'zscale' (for 3D plots)
@@ -4870,10 +4870,8 @@ def link_other_views(self, other_axes, components=None):
             if ax.get_figure(root=True) is not fig:
                 raise RuntimeError("Cannot link axes across different figures")
 
-        # Add this axis to the front of the list
-        axes_to_link = []
-        axes_to_link.append(self.axes)
-        axes_to_link.append(other_axes)
+        # Create list of axes to link
+        axes_to_link = [self] + list(other_axes)
 
         # Delegate to the sync manager
         fig.sync_manager.link_axes(axes_to_link, components)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -789,6 +789,12 @@ def _set_axes_scale(self, value, **kwargs):
             self.axes.autoscale_view(
                 **{f"scale{k}": k == name for k in self.axes._axis_names})
 
+        # Notify the sync manager if it exists
+        fig = self.axes.get_figure(root=True)
+        if hasattr(fig, 'sync_manager'):
+            component = f"{name}scale"
+            fig.sync_manager.on_property_changed(self.axes, component, value)
+
     def limit_range_for_scale(self, vmin, vmax):
         """
         Return the range *vmin*, *vmax*, restricted to the domain supported by the
@@ -1253,6 +1259,12 @@ def _set_lim(self, v0, v1, *, emit=True, auto):
                         self.get_figure(root=False)):
                     other_fig.canvas.draw_idle()
 
+            # Notify the sync manager if it exists
+            fig = self.axes.get_figure(root=True)
+            if hasattr(fig, 'sync_manager'):
+                component = f"{name}lim"
+                fig.sync_manager.on_property_changed(self.axes, component, (v0, v1))
+
         self.stale = True
         return v0, v1
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
