Dont open renderer group when returning early

scottshambaugh · scottshambaugh · commit 962210cc6b1d · 2026-03-08T14:56:21.000-06:00
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axis3d.py
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def _axmask(self):
 
     def _draw_ticks(self, renderer, edgep1, centers, deltas, highs,
                     deltas_per_point, pos):
-        ticks = self._ticks_to_draw
+        ticks = self._ticks_to_draw  # Set with _update_ticks() in axes3d.draw()
         n_ticks = len(ticks)
         if n_ticks == 0:
             return
@@ -627,12 +627,12 @@ def draw_grid(self, renderer):
         if not self.axes._draw_grid:
             return
 
-        renderer.open_group("grid3d", gid=self.get_gid())
-
-        ticks = self._ticks_to_draw
+        ticks = self._ticks_to_draw  # Set with _update_ticks() in axes3d.draw()
         if len(ticks) == 0:
             return
 
+        renderer.open_group("grid3d", gid=self.get_gid())
+
         # Get general axis information:
         info = self._axinfo
         index = info["i"]
