python - Matplotlib move tick labels inside plot area

Question

Is it possible to put tick labels inside the plotting area? I have already tried:

ax.tick_params(axis="y",pad=-.5, left="off",labelleft="on")

and

ax.tick_params(axis="y",direction="in", left="off",labelleft="on")

The former just moves the axis inward, and the latter only moves the ticks not the tick labels.

Answer 1

I guess you are completely on the right track. The problem is just to find the good parameters for the padding in order to have the ticklabels inside the axes. The padding is measured in points, so it makes sense to use much larger numbers than 0.5. Also the padding is different for x and y axis due to the text's alignment.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.tick_params(axis="y",direction="in", pad=-22)
ax.tick_params(axis="x",direction="in", pad=-15)

plt.show()