Implement solution from #23688 to properly center bar labels with different scales.

stefmolin · stefmolin · commit d18d7d75000a · 2022-08-21T18:57:29.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -2712,7 +2712,13 @@ def sign(x):
                 value = extrema
 
             if label_type == "center":
-                xy = xc, yc
+                xy = (0.5, 0.5)
+                kwargs["xycoords"] = (
+                    lambda r, b=bar:
+                        mtransforms.Bbox.intersection(
+                            b.get_window_extent(r), b.get_clip_box()
+                        )
+                )
             else:  # edge
                 if orientation == "vertical":
                     xy = xc, endpt
