8000 Add rcParams to enable/disable minor ticks on axes separately issue #3024 by crazym · Pull Request #4220 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub
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Add rcParams to enable minor ticks: 
could use `rcParams['xtick.minor.visible'] = True` to enable automatic minor ticks on x axis;
update tests_axes;
update documentation on whats_new/rcParams.
Refer to issue @3024 for details.
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions doc/users/whats_new/rcparams.rst
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Added ``xtick.minor.visible`` and ``ytick.minor.visible`` key to rcParams
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Two new keys to control the minor ticks on x/y axis respectively, default set to ``False`` (no minor ticks on the axis).

When ``True``, the minor ticks are shown and located via a ``mticker.AutoMinorLocator()``.

Added "legend.framealpha" key to rcParams
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Added a key and the corresponding logic to control the default transparency of
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
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Expand Up @@ -881,6 +881,13 @@ def cla(self):
else:
self.yaxis._set_scale('linear')

# update the minor locator for x and y axis based on rcParams
if (rcParams['xtick.minor.visible']):
self.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.AutoMinorLocator())

if (rcParams['ytick.minor.visible']):
self.yaxis.set_minor_locator(mticker.AutoMinorLocator())

self._autoscaleXon = True
self._autoscaleYon = True
self._xmargin = rcParams['axes.xmargin']
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
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Expand Up @@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ def __call__(self, s):
'xtick.major.pad': [4, validate_float], # distance to label in points
'xtick.minor.pad': [4, validate_float], # distance to label in points
'xtick.color': ['k', validate_color], # color of the xtick labels
'xtick.minor.visible': [False, validate_bool], # visiablility of the x axis minor ticks

# fontsize of the xtick labels
'xtick.labelsize': ['medium', validate_fontsize],
'xtick.direction': ['in', six.text_type], # direction of xticks
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'ytick.major.pad': [4, validate_float], # distance to label in points
'ytick.minor.pad': [4, validate_float], # distance to label in points
'ytick.color': ['k', validate_color], # color of the ytick labels
'ytick.minor.visible': [False, validate_bool], # visiablility of the y axis minor ticks

# fontsize of the ytick labels
'ytick.labelsize': ['medium', validate_fontsize],
'ytick.direction': ['in', six.text_type], # direction of yticks
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
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assert_true(ax.yaxis.get_visible())


@image_comparison(baseline_images=["minorticks_on_rcParams_both"], extensions=['png'])
def test_minorticks_on_rcParams_both():

fig = plt.figure()
matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.minor.visible'] = True
matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.minor.visible'] = True

plt.plot([0, 1], [0, 1])
plt.axis([0, 1, 0, 1])


@image_comparison(baseline_images=["autoscale_tiny_range"], remove_text=True)
def test_autoscale_tiny_range():
# github pull #904
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