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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: Cannot change xlabel after drawing custom axes with xlabel","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\nThis bug occurs when I set xlabel of `axisartist.Axes` to some non-empty string, and draw the figure, but when I set the xlabel to another string, the figure does not change.\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```Python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport mpl_toolkits.axisartist as axisartist\n\nfig = plt.figure()\nax = fig.add_subplot(axes_class=axisartist.Axes)\nax.axis[\"top\"].set_visible(False)\nax.axis[\"right\"].set_visible(False)\n\nax.set_xlabel(\"first label\")\nfig.draw_without_rendering()\nax.set_xlabel(\"second label\")\nplt.show()\n```\n\n### Actual outcome\n\n\u003cimg width=\"553\" height=\"432\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/315bd328-55f2-41c9-b0fc-0e222350c9d1\" /\u003e\n\n### Expected outcome\n\n\u003cimg width=\"553\" height=\"432\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aaf8ebbd-d968-4b97-838f-c950aa03ce1b\" /\u003e\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_\n\n### Operating system\n\n_No response_\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n0.2.0.dev53848+unknown.gd5f597d3d\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\n_No response_\n\n### Python version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Installation\n\nNone","author":{"url":"https://github.com/williamlus","@type":"Person","name":"williamlus"},"datePublished":"2026-03-12T07:50:38.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/31288/matplotlib/issues/31288"}