Update lib/matplotlib/text.py

scottshambaugh · timhoffm · web-flow · commit 371fcb29cd7a · 2026-02-24T21:50:15.000-07:00
Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann &lt;2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@ def get_window_extent(self, renderer=None, dpi=None):
     def get_tightbbox(self, renderer=None):
         # Exclude text at data coordinates outside the valid domain of the axes
         # scales (e.g., negative coordinates with a log scale).
-        if (self._outside_axes_domain(*self.get_unitless_position())
-                and self.get_transform() == self.axes.transData):
+        if (self.axes and self.get_transform() == self.axes.transData  # text is a data Artist
+                and self._outside_axes_domain(*self.get_unitless_position())):
             return Bbox.null()
         return super().get_tightbbox(renderer)
 
