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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: Axes.label_outer() does not work when there is a colorbar","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\n`Axes.label_outer()` fails to hide axis and tick labels for plots that have a colorbar.\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport numpy as np\r\n\r\nx = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 400)\r\ny = np.sin(x ** 2)\r\n\r\nfig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2)\r\naxs[0, 0].plot(x, y)\r\ncl2c = axs[0, 1].scatter(x, y, c=x)\r\nfig.colorbar(cl2c, ax=axs[0, 1], label='c-label')\r\naxs[1, 0].plot(x, y)\r\naxs[1, 1].plot(x, y)\r\n\r\nfor ax in axs.flat:\r\n    ax.set(xlabel='x-label', ylabel='y-label')\r\n\r\n# try to hide x labels and tick labels for top plots and y ticks for right plots,\r\n# but this fails to hide the labels for axs[0, 1] due to its colorbar\r\nfor ax in axs.flat:\r\n    ax.label_outer()\n```\n\n\n### Actual outcome\n\nThe output of the code above gives:\r\n\r\n![image](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/assets/7686641/e9a79307-42c5-492f-884a-ede626bc08dc)\n\n### Expected outcome\n\nI would have expected the plot to look like:\r\n\r\n![image](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/assets/7686641/aac412ba-3578-4c7f-aa8b-0dba39d57823)\r\n\r\nThis expected plot was created by creating the colorbar after the `ax.label_outer()` calls. However, I would not have expected this to have affected whether the labels/ticks are removed.\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2)\r\naxs[0, 0].plot(x, y)\r\ncl2c = axs[0, 1].scatter(x, y, c=x)\r\naxs[1, 0].plot(x, y)\r\naxs[1, 1].plot(x, y)\r\n\r\nfor ax in axs.flat:\r\n    ax.set(xlabel='x-label', ylabel='y-label')\r\n\r\n# Hide x labels and tick labels for top plots and y ticks for right plots.\r\nfor ax in axs.flat:\r\n    ax.label_outer()\r\n\r\nfig.colorbar(cl2c, ax=axs[0, 1], label='c-label')\r\n\r\nfig.tight_layout()\r\n```\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_\n\n### Operating system\n\nUbuntu 20.04.5 LTS\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.8.0\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\nmodule://matplotlib_inline.backend_inline\n\n### Python version\n\nPython 3.11.6\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n7.0.6\n\n### Installation\n\nconda","author":{"url":"https://github.com/chrisyeh96","@type":"Person","name":"chrisyeh96"},"datePublished":"2023-11-10T18:42:32.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/27305/matplotlib/issues/27305"}