Bugfix: set_ticks was not respecting axis orientation

efiring · efiring · commit 0b48047c9828 · 2008-04-21T08:17:45.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=5055
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -1060,8 +1060,12 @@ def set_ticks(self, ticks, minor=False):
         """
         ### XXX if the user changes units, the information will be lost here
         ticks = self.convert_units(ticks)
-        if len(ticks):
-            self.set_view_interval(min(ticks), max(ticks))
+        if len(ticks) > 1:
+            xleft, xright = self.get_view_interval()
+            if xright > xleft:
+                self.set_view_interval(min(ticks), max(ticks))
+            else:
+                self.set_view_interval(max(ticks), min(ticks))
         if minor:
             self.set_minor_locator(FixedLocator(ticks))
             return self.get_minor_ticks(len(ticks))
