Merge pull request #17091 from anntzer/slidermathtext

tacaswell · web-flow · commit 8768d1363c74 · 2020-04-10T17:59:47.000-04:00
Make sure slider uses "x" sign before multiplicative factor.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, label, valmin, valmax, valinit=0.5, valfmt=None,
             self._fmt = ticker.ScalarFormatter()
             self._fmt.set_axis(axis)
         self._fmt.set_useOffset(False)  # No additive offset.
+        self._fmt.set_useMathText(True)  # x sign before multiplicative offset.
 
         ax.set_xticks([])
         ax.set_yticks([])
