Bug: Disabling axis lines, ticks and ticks texts does not work when converting matplotlib plots to plotly

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Bug: Disabling axis lines, ticks and ticks texts does not work when converting matplotlib plots to plotly

[theengineear]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, it should be possible. We actually recently added this feature!

You might have an outdated version. Try simply upgrading and running your script again?

pip install --upgrade plotly

If that doesn't fix it, drop another note here with a replicable code snippet and we can go from there.

[theengineear]

I should also note that there is a still a bug that prevents checking if there is no axis line but there are ticks. The default behavior on this figure conversion is to hide the ticks. Just as a heads up.

[vpekkala]

I upgraded latest plotly version 1.1.2 but it does not work. You can see my problem by running code:

-- coding: utf-8 --

import plotly.plotly as py
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec

py.sign_in('USERNAME', 'KEY ID')

mpl_fig_splt2 = plt.figure() # set new mpl figure object

On a 3x3 subplot grid

gs = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 3)
gs.update(wspace=0.5, hspace=0.5) # vertical and horizontal spacing

Subplot 1, top-left

ax1 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[0,0])
ax1.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 1')

Subplot 2, top-middle

ax2 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[0,1])
ax2.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 2')

Subplot 3, top-right

ax3 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[0,2])
ax3.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 3')

Subplot 4, line 2-left

ax4 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[1,0])
ax4.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 4')

Subplot 5, line 2-middle

ax5 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[1,1])
ax5.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 5')

Subplot 6, line 2-right

ax6 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[1,2])
ax6.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 6')

Subplot 7, top over all columns

ax7 = mpl_fig_splt2.add_subplot(gs[2,:])
ax7.plot([1,2,3,4,5], [10,5,10,5,10], 'r-', label='sbplt 7')

NEXT DOES NOT WORK IN PLOTLY:

ax7.tick_params(size=0.01, width=0.01,colors="red")

ax7.spines["bottom"].set_color("none")
ax7.spines["top"].set_color("none")
ax7.spines["left"].set_color("none")
ax7.spines["right"].set_color("none")

NEXT WORKS IN MATPLOTLIB BUT DOES NOT WORK IN PLOTLY:

ax7.set_axis_off()

mpl_fig_splt2.suptitle("Routanousukokeen tulokset", fontsize=10, fontweight='bold')

ax1.set_title("Routanousu", fontsize=10)
ax1.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax1.set_ylabel("Routanousu h (mm)", fontsize=8)
ax2.set_title("Routanoususuhde", fontsize=10)
ax2.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax2.set_ylabel("Routanoususuhde z", fontsize=8)
ax3.set_title("Segregaatiopotentiaali", fontsize=10)
ax3.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax3.set_ylabel("SP (mm^2/Kh)", fontsize=8)
ax4.set_title("Roudan syvyys", fontsize=10)
ax4.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax4.set_ylabel("Roudan syvyys H (mm)", fontsize=8)
ax5.set_title("Ohjaus (Syotto ja jaahdytys) lampotilat", fontsize=10)
ax5.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax5.set_ylabel("Lampotilat T (C)", fontsize=8)
ax6.set_title("Naytteen (15,35,55,75,95 mm) lampotilat", fontsize=10)
ax6.set_xlabel("Aika t (h)", fontsize=8)
ax6.set_ylabel("Lampotila T (C)", fontsize=8)

ax7.set_axis_off() WORKS IN MATPLOLIB

plt.show()

ax7.set_axis_off() DOES NOT WORK IN PLOTLY

py.plot_mpl(mpl_fig_splt2, filename='s6_subplots2', fileopt='overwrite')

[theengineear]

@vpekkala:
Okay, I just ran a notebook that shows the (1) the mpl figure, (2) the first conversion that's a little buggy, and (3) an updated version. Have a look and let me know if things still aren't looking right!

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/theengineear/c059c673d362705063ab

[etpinard]

I am confirming the bug: the bottom plotly subplot erroneously contains ticks and ticks labels.

One can get around this bug --- without resorting to the web GUI --- by adding the following lines of code to the above:

update = dict(layout=dict(
    xaxis7 = dict(
        ticks='',
        showticklabels=False
    ),
    yaxis7 = dict(
        ticks='',
        showticklabels=False
    )
))

py.plot_mpl(mpl_fig_splt2, update=update, filename='s6_subplots2')

which updates the plotly figure object with the specifications in update before plotting.

[vpekkala]

Thanks a lot! Now it works fine. This bug can be closed. Still I recommend you to make this change work so that adding "ax7.set_axis_off()" is enough, i.e. without need to add update part into matplotlib code (easier life atleast to unexperienced coders like me...)