René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"set_useOffset(False) is not working","articleBody":"Hi,\r\n\r\nI try to disable the offset computed to label the axes in the plot.\r\n\r\nIt looks like the global or local set of `useOffset` is just ignored.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import Subplot\r\n\r\n# Disable it globally\r\nmatplotlib.rcParams[\"axes.formatter.useoffset\"] = False\r\n\r\nfig = plt.figure(figsize=(3, 3))\r\n\r\nax = Subplot(fig, 111)\r\nfig.add_subplot(ax)\r\n\r\nax.axis[\"right\"].set_visible(False)\r\nax.axis[\"top\"].set_visible(False)\r\n\r\n# Disable it locally\r\nax.get_yaxis().get_major_formatter().set_useOffset(False)\r\n\r\nax.set_ylim(10 ** 8, 10 ** 8 + 1)\r\n\r\nprint(ax.get_yaxis().get_major_formatter().useOffset)\r\n# \u003e False\r\n\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n![Screenshot from 2020-01-15 17-21-52](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7579321/72451205-de86a700-37bb-11ea-832d-f155c7649c4c.png)\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nWe should not see the `1e8` and the axis should be labelled without the remove of the offset.\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\r\n* matplotlib 3.1.1\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/vallsv","@type":"Person","name":"vallsv"},"datePublished":"2020-01-15T16:38:53.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/16232/matplotlib/issues/16232"}