Title: [ENH]: [Bug]: secondary_xaxes().set_xlim/xbound should warn or raise that it is ineffective · Issue #31406 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub
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X Title: [ENH]: [Bug]: secondary_xaxes().set_xlim/xbound should warn or raise that it is ineffective · Issue #31406 · matplotlib/matplotlib
Description: Problem Changing the limits of a main axes will update the secondary axes' limits (at draw time), but changing the limits of a secondary axes has silently no effect (they get again overwritten by the (converted) main limits at draw time,...
Open Graph Description: Problem Changing the limits of a main axes will update the secondary axes' limits (at draw time), but changing the limits of a secondary axes has silently no effect (they get again overwritten by t...
X Description: Problem Changing the limits of a main axes will update the secondary axes' limits (at draw time), but changing the limits of a secondary axes has silently no effect (they get again overwritten ...
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