Ignore empty text for tightbbox

scottshambaugh · scottshambaugh · commit d772043d6760 · 2026-03-11T16:08:49.000-06:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -1042,6 +1042,8 @@ def get_window_extent(self, renderer=None, dpi=None):
             return bbox
 
     def get_tightbbox(self, renderer=None):
+        if not self.get_visible() or self.get_text() == "":
+            return Bbox.null()
         # Exclude text at data coordinates outside the valid domain of the axes
         # scales (e.g., negative coordinates with a log scale).
         if (self.axes
