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inconsistent colorbar tick labels for LogNorm #12488
Description
Bug report
Bug summary
Code for reproduction
from pylab import *
rcdefaults()
imshow([[10000, 20000]], norm=matplotlib.colors.LogNorm())
colorbar()Actual outcome
Expected outcome
Either both tick labels use a superscript exponent (preferable), or neither does.
Noted while investigating #12473 (comment).
Matplotlib version
- Matplotlib version: master, present as far back as 2.0.0.
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ImportanceOfBeingErnest commentedon Oct 12, 2018
I just tested this exact code with
anntzer commentedon Oct 12, 2018
let's mark this as a regression, then...
bisects to #9903 @jklymak :)
jklymak commentedon Oct 12, 2018
Before #9903 colorbar ticks were drawn by hand. After #9903 they should just behave like normal y-axes ticks. So unless we want to revert #9903 and go back to drawing by hand, the error is likely deeper in the code.
anntzer commentedon Oct 12, 2018
It may well be that #9903 just exposed a bug deeper in the stack, I wouldn't be surprised at all by that :)
No strong opinion as to the best course of action.
jklymak commentedon Oct 12, 2018
Nope, it was a bug in colorbar. My bad.
That code is still somewhat messy. But for 3.0.1 lets just get the bugfix in...