PyPlot - Additional padding for xticklabels if keywords are not enough

Question

I have a plot where I set my ticks and labels manually, because pyplot did not do the job to my full satisfaction. I align the labels using the following code:

for tick in self.axes.xaxis.get_minorticklabels():
    tick.set_horizontalalignment('right')
    tick.set_rotation(40)

This is basically fine, but I'd like the labels to move a little bit further to the left (center is too far). I only found padding for the axis label in this post, but not for the tick labels. Is there something similar like labelpad=X to move the tick labels in horizontal direction?

Are you asking for horizontal padding or vertical padding here? — ImportanceOfBeingErnest, Dec 20 '17 at 22:08
Sorry for not clarifying that... I'm looking for horizontal padding to move only the label itself, not the tick. — s6hebern, Dec 27 '17 at 10:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '17 at 21:05

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You can use the Axes.set_tick_params() function to adjust the padding between the axe and the tick labels (minor, major, or both)

ax.xaxis.set_tick_params(which='minor', pad=25)

answered Dec 20 '17 at 21:05

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A good start, but this moves the labels up or down, not left or right. – s6hebern Dec 27 '17 at 10:45

PyPlot - Additional padding for xticklabels if keywords are not enough

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