Expand ticklabels_rotation example to cover rotating default ticklabels.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 6578b6498e84 · 2024-06-25T17:01:32.000+02:00
set_xticks only works if redefining the ticks at the same time;
tick_params works in all cases.
diff --git a/galleries/examples/ticks/ticklabels_rotation.py b/galleries/examples/ticks/ticklabels_rotation.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 """
-===========================
-Rotating custom tick labels
-===========================
-
-Demo of custom tick-labels with user-defined rotation.
+====================
+Rotating tick labels
+====================
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -14,7 +12,22 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.plot(x, y)
-# You can specify a rotation for the tick labels in degrees or with keywords.
+# A tick label rotation can be set using Axes.tick_params.
+ax.tick_params("y", rotation=45)
+# Alternatively, if setting custom labels with set_xticks/set_yticks, it can
+# be set at the same time as the labels.
+# For both APIs, the rotation can be an angle in degrees, or one of the strings
+# "horizontal" or "vertical".
 ax.set_xticks(x, labels, rotation='vertical')
 
 plt.show()
+
+# %%
+#
+# .. admonition:: References
+#
+#    The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
+#    in this example:
+#
+#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.tick_params` / `matplotlib.pyplot.tick_params`
+#    - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticks` / `matplotlib.pyplot.xticks`
