Add rcParams xtick.major.width and friends to control the tick width.

mdboom · mdboom · commit 7bca1b98d084 · 2011-10-21T15:03:49.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -102,9 +102,11 @@ def __init__(self, axes, loc, label,
                 size = rcParams['%s.minor.size'%name]
         self._size = size
 
-        if width is None: # We want the tick markers to follow the
-                          # gridline width, not markeredgewidth
-            width = rcParams['grid.linewidth']
+        if width is None:
+            if major:
+                width = rcParams['%s.major.width'%name]
+            else:
+                width = rcParams['%s.minor.width'%name]
         self._width = width
 
         if color is None:
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     # tick properties
     'xtick.major.size' : [4, validate_float],      # major xtick size in points
     'xtick.minor.size' : [2, validate_float],      # minor xtick size in points
+    'xtick.major.width': [0.5, validate_float],      # major xtick width in points
+    'xtick.minor.width': [0.5, validate_float],      # minor xtick width in points
     'xtick.major.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'xtick.minor.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'xtick.color'      : ['k', validate_color],    # color of the xtick labels
@@ -494,6 +496,8 @@ def __call__(self, s):
 
     'ytick.major.size' : [4, validate_float],      # major ytick size in points
     'ytick.minor.size' : [2, validate_float],      # minor ytick size in points
+    'ytick.major.width': [0.5, validate_float],      # major ytick width in points
+    'ytick.minor.width': [0.5, validate_float],      # minor ytick width in points
     'ytick.major.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'ytick.minor.pad'  : [4, validate_float],      # distance to label in points
     'ytick.color'      : ['k', validate_color],    # color of the ytick labels
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 # see http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/axis_api.html#matplotlib.axis.Tick
 #xtick.major.size     : 4      # major tick size in points
 #xtick.minor.size     : 2      # minor tick size in points
+#xtick.major.width    : 0.5    # major tick width in points
+#xtick.minor.width    : 0.5    # minor tick width in points
 #xtick.major.pad      : 4      # distance to major tick label in points
 #xtick.minor.pad      : 4      # distance to the minor tick label in points
 #xtick.color          : k      # color of the tick labels
@@ -239,6 +241,8 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 
 #ytick.major.size     : 4      # major tick size in points
 #ytick.minor.size     : 2      # minor tick size in points
+#ytick.major.width    : 0.5    # major tick width in points
+#ytick.minor.width    : 0.5    # minor tick width in points
 #ytick.major.pad      : 4      # distance to major tick label in points
 #ytick.minor.pad      : 4      # distance to the minor tick label in points
 #ytick.color          : k      # color of the tick labels
