Merge pull request matplotlib#1327 from jenshnielsen/offset_text

plt.subplots: Set the visibility of the offset text to false on the shared axes.

Author: dmcdougall

lib/matplotlib/__init__.py

@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ def tk_window_focus():
     'matplotlib.tests.test_scale',
     'matplotlib.tests.test_simplification',
     'matplotlib.tests.test_spines',
+    'matplotlib.tests.test_subplots',
     'matplotlib.tests.test_text',
     'matplotlib.tests.test_ticker',
     'matplotlib.tests.test_tightlayout',

lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py

@@ -978,13 +978,15 @@ def subplots(nrows=1, ncols=1, sharex=False, sharey=False, squeeze=True,
         for ax in axarr[:-1, :].flat:
             for label in ax.get_xticklabels():
                 label.set_visible(False)
+            ax.xaxis.offsetText.set_visible(False)
 
     if sharey in ["row", "all"] and ncols > 1:
     #if sharey and ncols>1:
         # turn off all but the first column
         for ax in axarr[:, 1:].flat:
             for label in ax.get_yticklabels():
                 label.set_visible(False)
+            ax.yaxis.offsetText.set_visible(False)
 
     if squeeze:
         # Reshape the array to have the final desired dimension (nrow,ncol),