FIX: make unused spines invisible

jklymak · jklymak · commit 57e2133faa0c · 2018-09-23T17:05:14.000-07:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -2970,6 +2970,9 @@ def set_axis_off(self):
         """Turn off the axis."""
         self.axison = False
         self.stale = True
+        for k in self.spines.keys():
+            self.spines[k].set_visible(False)
+
 
     def set_axis_on(self):
         """Turn on the axis."""
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._pseudo_w, self._pseudo_h = pseudo_bbox[1] - pseudo_bbox[0]
 
         self.figure.add_axes(self)
+        for k in self.spines.keys():
+            self.spines[k].set_visible(False)
 
     def set_axis_off(self):
         self._axis3don = False
