I've run into an issue with my matplotlib chart outputs, which I am exporting as SVG text (using fig.savefig() and rendering as server-side rendered analytics in a web app.
One of these charts is a horizontal bar chart - as pictured below in stunning detail -
_______________________
item1_name |---- |
item2_name |-------- |
something |---------- |
thing thing thing |------------- |
other thing |---------------------|
---1---2---3---4---5---
some metric
My problem is when these labels are very large, they are causing trouble.
When using fig.tight_layout():
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ry Very Long Name |---- |
eft Side Gets Cut |-------- |
Keep Getting Cut |---------- |
names are getting |------------- |
cutoff on left |---------------------|
---1---2---3---4---5---
some metric
Plot renders as normal but X axis labels are cut off on the left side (oddly the plot actually seems to render larger than normal in some cases)
When using rcParams.update({'figure.autolayout': True}):
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My Very Very Very Very Long Name |- |
Now I Am Smushed |-- |
Chart is very small |--- |
but names are being |----- |
rendered in full |------|
-1----5-
some metr
Names render in full, but plot is squished to make space.
I am hoping to make it so plot is always the exact same size regardless of scale of x axis, length of y labels - while also never cut ylabels on the left.
Is there an mpl convenience method to render the whole chart & labels without distortion/cutoff? I believe tight_layout() is supposed to do this but only works for xlabels.
If not, is there a method to get the size required for the ylabel, which I could then use with fig.set_size_inches(), like so:
label_inches_needed = get_label_size(axes)
plot_consistent_height = 4
plot_consistent_width = 10
fig.set_size_inches(plot_consistent_width + label_inches_needed, plot_consistent_height)
Appreciate any suggestions and thank you for looking at my charts.
Reference - Why is my xlabel cut off in my matplotlib plot?
