Added whats_new entry for axes tick rotation via set_tick_params

bcongdon · bcongdon · commit a755218dd087 · 2016-07-25T14:31:52.000-07:00
diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/tick_params_rotation.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/tick_params_rotation.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+`Axis.set_tick_params` now responds to 'rotation'
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Bulk setting of tick label rotation is now possible via :func:`set_tick_params` using the `rotation` keyword. 
+
+Example
+```````
+::
+
+    ax.xaxis.set_tick_params(which='both', rotation=90)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axis.py b/lib/matplotlib/axis.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ def __init__(self, axes, loc, label,
                  pad=None,
                  labelsize=None,
                  labelcolor=None,
-                 labelrotation=0,
                  zorder=None,
                  gridOn=None,  # defaults to axes.grid depending on
                                # axes.grid.which
@@ -82,6 +81,7 @@ def __init__(self, axes, loc, label,
                  label1On=True,
                  label2On=False,
                  major=True,
+                 labelrotation=0,
                  ):
         """
         bbox is the Bound2D bounding box in display coords of the Axes
