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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Unable to disable autoscaling in pyplot.plot","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nArguments to disable autoscaling are not working, so despite e.g. `scalex=False` the horizontal axis is re-scaled.\r\n\u003c!--A short 1-2 sentences that succinctly describes the bug--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug.\r\nPlease make sure to minimize the number of dependencies required, and provide\r\nany necessary plotted data.\r\nAvoid using threads, as Matplotlib is (explicitly) not thread-safe.--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nplt.plot([0, 2], [0, 2], '-')\r\nplt.plot([0, 10], [1, 1], '-', scalex=False)\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n\r\n\r\nOutput in-line in jupyter notebook:\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11077492/87836751-f829a980-c845-11ea-8793-4f3ff83d8379.png)\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nExpected autoscaling only for the first call, so the xscale is just a bit padded from [0, 2]. This works as expected in `matplotlib==3.1.3`:\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11077492/87836819-358e3700-c846-11ea-812a-e02959aa2c48.png)\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: Ubuntu 18.04.3\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.3.0\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): module://ipykernel.pylab.backend_inline\r\n  * Python version: 3.6.8\r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable): 1.0.0\r\n  * Other libraries: N/A\r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e\r\n\r\nTools installed with pip","author":{"url":"https://github.com/neilpeterman","@type":"Person","name":"neilpeterman"},"datePublished":"2020-07-17T22:59:27.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/17955/matplotlib/issues/17955"}