René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Layout managers have problems with titles containing MathText","articleBody":"Layout managers seem to have problems with titles containing MathText.\r\n\r\nOne would expect to have a title which neither overlaps with the axes nor with the figure boundary in all cases depicted below.\r\n\r\n## tight_layout\r\n\r\n### multi line title\r\n\r\n![tight_layout2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689562-781e55a0-74f1-11e8-98d6-901db12dcb66.png)\r\n\r\nas expected\r\n\r\n### multi line title with MathText\r\n\r\n\r\n![tight_layout1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689568-7e1c5c2c-74f1-11e8-9f9d-1304e8405004.png)\r\n\r\nThe title is a bit squeezed towards the top figure boundary, but does not go beyond it, nor does it overlap the axes. This is somehow still acceptable.\r\n\r\n\r\n### single line title with MathText\r\n\r\n![tight_layout0](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689577-880b13ae-74f1-11e8-91e4-62a4d6662ba4.png)\r\n\r\nHere the title overlaps with the axes. This is in thus far strange because in the case above with multiple lines, this overlap does not occur.\r\n\r\n\r\n## constrained_layout\r\n\r\n### multi line title\r\n\r\n![constrained_layout2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689709-40927e58-74f2-11e8-9871-382312caa272.png)\r\n\r\nas expected\r\n\r\n### multi line title with MathText\r\n\r\n![constrained_layout1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689723-50ff221e-74f2-11e8-9205-6ecde44d4556.png)\r\n\r\nThe title exits the figure. This is not desiredeable.\r\n\r\n\r\n### single line title with MathText\r\n\r\n![constrained_layout0](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23121882/41689717-4c12ef24-74f2-11e8-8dae-628f60b268d0.png)\r\n\r\nHere the title overlaps with the axes. \r\n\r\n## code \r\n\r\n```\r\nimport matplotlib\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nplt.rcParams['savefig.facecolor']='#e9f7fd'\r\n\r\ndef create_bug(title=\"\", constrained_layout=True, i=0):\r\n    plt.figure(constrained_layout=constrained_layout)\r\n    plt.plot([0,1,2],[0,1,1])\r\n    plt.title(title)\r\n    \r\n    if not constrained_layout:\r\n        plt.tight_layout()\r\n        tx = \"tight_layout\"\r\n    else:\r\n        tx = \"constrained_layout\"\r\n    plt.text(0.4,.95, tx, va=\"center\")\r\n    plt.savefig(tx+str(i)+\".png\")\r\n    \r\ntitles = ['line $\\sum_{i} x_i$',\r\n          'multi-\\nline $\\sum_{i} x_i$',\r\n          'multi-\\nline']\r\nfor layout in [True, False]:\r\n    for i, title in enumerate(titles):\r\n        create_bug(title, layout, i)\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: Windows 8.1\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 2.2.2, current master\r\n  * Matplotlib backend : Qt5Agg\r\n  * Python version: 2.7, 3.6\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ImportanceOfBeingErnest","@type":"Person","name":"ImportanceOfBeingErnest"},"datePublished":"2018-06-20T23:44:08.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/11468/matplotlib/issues/11468"}