ENH:made default tick formatter to switch to scientific notation earlier

sameshl · sameshl · commit a25d57ca5012 · 2019-07-17T20:21:20.000+05:30
The default tick formatter switches to scientific notation only for very small values, but there is a range of slightly bigger values where scientific notation would be better too. changed the formatter limits from -7,7 to -5,5 closes #14800
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ def _validate_linestyle(ls):
     'axes.labelpad':         [4.0, validate_float],  # space between label and axis
     'axes.labelweight':      ['normal', validate_string],  # fontsize of the x any y labels
     'axes.labelcolor':       ['black', validate_color],    # color of axis label
-    'axes.formatter.limits': [[-7, 7], validate_nseq_int(2)],
+    'axes.formatter.limits': [[-5, 5], validate_nseq_int(2)],
                                # use scientific notation if log10
                                # of the axis range is smaller than the
                                # first or larger than the second
