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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Polar plot label rotation ignored","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nIn matplotlib 2.0.2 you could rotate the axes labels on a polar plot, just as with any other plot\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfor i, label in enumerate(ax.get_xticklabels()):\r\n    label.set_rotation(i*90)\r\n```\r\nThis is not possible anymore with matplotlib 2.2.2\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\n\r\nfig=plt.figure(figsize=(4,3))\r\nax = plt.subplot(111, polar=True)\r\nax.set_xlabel(\"Matplotlib \"+matplotlib.__version__)\r\nticks = np.arange(3)*np.pi/2.\r\nlabels = [\"\".join([a]*5) for a in list(\"ABC\")]\r\n\r\nplt.xticks(ticks, labels, size=16)\r\nfor i, label in enumerate(ax.get_xticklabels()):\r\n    label.set_rotation(i*90)\r\n\r\nplt.tight_layout()\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome with matplotlib 2.2.2**\r\n\r\nThe rotation of the labels is simply ignored.\r\n\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/37921566-79924afa-312a-11e8-8df3-99ed09e144c3.png)\r\n\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome (as with 2.0.2)**\r\n\r\nWe would expect to see the labels rotated as in this plot, produced by the same code run on matplotlib 2.0.2.\r\n\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/37921624-a499bdfa-312a-11e8-867c-f95dd119ec04.png)\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ImportanceOfBeingErnest","@type":"Person","name":"ImportanceOfBeingErnest"},"datePublished":"2018-03-26T17:22:28.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":11},"url":"https://github.com/10882/matplotlib/issues/10882"}