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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"set_ylabel does not work as expected with SubplotZero","articleBody":"Discovered as part of #7489\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.axislines import SubplotZero\r\n\r\nfig = plt.figure()\r\nax = SubplotZero(fig, 111)\r\n_ = fig.add_subplot(ax)\r\n\r\n\r\nfor direction in [\"xzero\", \"yzero\"]:\r\n    ax.axis[direction].set_visible(True)\r\n    ax.axis[direction].set_axisline_style(\"-\u003e\")\r\n    # Set outward ticks\r\n    ax.axis[direction].major_ticks.set_tick_out(True)\r\n    ax.axis[direction].minor_ticks.set_tick_out(True)\r\n\r\nax.axis[\"yzero\"].set_axis_direction(\"left\")\r\n\r\nplt.plot([0,1], [0,1], c=\"blue\", lw=2)\r\nplt.xlabel('x')\r\nplt.ylabel('y')\r\n```\r\n\r\n![so](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/199813/21091564/0dbc6cb6-c015-11e6-9d3e-237939132d0b.png)\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tacaswell","@type":"Person","name":"tacaswell"},"datePublished":"2016-12-12T07:46:48.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/7617/matplotlib/issues/7617"}