matplotlib · jklymak · Jul 9, 2018 · Jul 7, 2018 · jklymak · May 9, 2018
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-04-29-JMK.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/2018-04-29-JMK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+`.matplotlib.Axes.get_tightbbox` now includes all artists
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+Layout tools like `.Figure.tight_layout`, ``constrained_layout``,
+and ``fig.savefig('fname.png', bbox_inches="tight")`` use
+`.matplotlib.Axes.get_tightbbox` to determine the bounds of each axes on
+a figure and adjust spacing between axes.
+
+In Matplotlib 2.2 ``get_tightbbox`` started to include legends made on the
+axes, but still excluded some other artists, like text that may overspill an
+axes.  For Matplotlib 3.0, *all* artists are now included in the bounding box.
+
+This new default may be overridden in either of two ways:
+
+1. Make the artist to be excluded a child of the figure, not the axes. E.g., 
+   call ``fig.legend()`` instead of ``ax.legend()`` (perhaps using
+   `~.matplotlib.Axes.get_legend_handles_labels` to gather handles and labels
+   from the parent axes).
+2. If the artist is a child of the axes, set the artist property
+   ``artist.set_in_layout(False)``.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/artist.py b/lib/matplotlib/artist.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._sketch = rcParams['path.sketch']
         self._path_effects = rcParams['path.effects']
         self._sticky_edges = _XYPair([], [])
+        self._in_layout = True
 
     def __getstate__(self):
         d = self.__dict__.copy()
@@ -251,6 +252,33 @@ def get_window_extent(self, renderer):
         """
         return Bbox([[0, 0], [0, 0]])
 
+    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
+        """
+        Like `Artist.get_window_extent`, but includes any clipping.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        renderer : `.RendererBase` instance
+            renderer that will be used to draw the figures (i.e.
+            ``fig.canvas.get_renderer()``)
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bbox : `.BboxBase`
+            containing the bounding box (in figure pixel co-ordinates).
+        """
+
+        bbox = self.get_window_extent(renderer)
+        if self.get_clip_on():
+            clip_box = self.get_clip_box()
+            if clip_box is not None:
+                bbox = Bbox.intersection(bbox, clip_box)
+            clip_path = self.get_clip_path()
+            if clip_path is not None and bbox is not None:
+                clip_path = clip_path.get_fully_transformed_path()
+                bbox = Bbox.intersection(bbox, clip_path.get_extents())
+        return bbox
+
     def add_callback(self, func):
         """
         Adds a callback function that will be called whenever one of
@@ -701,6 +729,17 @@ def get_animated(self):
         "Return the artist's animated state"
         return self._animated
 
+    def get_in_layout(self):
+        """
+        Return boolean flag, ``True`` if artist is included in layout
+        calculations.
+
+        E.g. :doc:`/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide`,
+        `.Figure.tight_layout()`, and
+        ``fig.savefig(fname, bbox_inches='tight')``.
+        """
+        return self._in_layout
+
     def get_clip_on(self):
         'Return whether artist uses clipping'
         return self._clipon
@@ -830,6 +869,19 @@ def set_animated(self, b):
             self._animated = b
             self.pchanged()
 
+    def set_in_layout(self, in_layout):
+        """
+        Set if artist is to be included in layout calculations,
+        E.g. :doc:`/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide`,
+        `.Figure.tight_layout()`, and
+        ``fig.savefig(fname, bbox_inches='tight')``.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        in_layout : bool
+        """
+        self._in_layout = in_layout
+
     def update(self, props):
         """
         Update this artist's properties from the dictionary *prop*.

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -4110,19 +4110,47 @@ def pick(self, *args):
         martist.Artist.pick(self, args[0])
 
     def get_default_bbox_extra_artists(self):
+        """
+        Return a default list of artists that are used for the bounding box
+        calculation.
+
+        Artists are excluded either by not being visible or
+        ``artist.set_in_layout(False)``.
+        """
         return [artist for artist in self.get_children()
-                if artist.get_visible()]
+                if (artist.get_visible() and artist.get_in_layout())]
 
-    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True):
+    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True,
+            bbox_extra_artists=None):
         """
-        Return the tight bounding box of the axes.
-        The dimension of the Bbox in canvas coordinate.
+        Return the tight bounding box of the axes, including axis and their
+        decorators (xlabel, title, etc).
+
+        Artists that have ``artist.set_in_layout(False)`` are not included
+        in the bbox.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        renderer : `.RendererBase` instance
+            renderer that will be used to draw the figures (i.e.
+            ``fig.canvas.get_renderer()``)
+
+        bbox_extra_artists : list of `.Artist` or ``None``
+            List of artists to include in the tight bounding box.  If
+            ``None`` (default), then all artist children of the axes are
+            included in the tight bounding box.
+
+        call_axes_locator : boolean (default ``True``)
+            If *call_axes_locator* is ``False``, it does not call the
+            ``_axes_locator`` attribute, which is necessary to get the correct
+            bounding box. ``call_axes_locator=False`` can be used if the
+            caller is only interested in the relative size of the tightbbox
+            compared to the axes bbox.
 
-        If *call_axes_locator* is *False*, it does not call the
-        _axes_locator attribute, which is necessary to get the correct
-        bounding box. ``call_axes_locator==False`` can be used if the
-        caller is only intereted in the relative size of the tightbbox
-        compared to the axes bbox.
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bbox : `.BboxBase`
+            bounding box in figure pixel coordinates.
         """
 
         bb = []
@@ -4155,11 +4183,14 @@ def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True):
         if bb_yaxis:
             bb.append(bb_yaxis)
 
-        for child in self.get_children():
-            if isinstance(child, OffsetBox) and child.get_visible():
-                bb.append(child.get_window_extent(renderer))
-            elif isinstance(child, Legend) and child.get_visible():
-                bb.append(child._legend_box.get_window_extent(renderer))
+        bbox_artists = bbox_extra_artists
+        if bbox_artists is None:
+            bbox_artists = self.get_default_bbox_extra_artists()
+
+        for a in bbox_artists:
+            bbox = a.get_tightbbox(renderer)
+            if bbox is not None and (bbox.width != 0 or bbox.height != 0):
+                bb.append(bbox)
 
         _bbox = mtransforms.Bbox.union(
             [b for b in bb if b.width != 0 or b.height != 0])

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2048,36 +2048,9 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor=None, edgecolor=None,
                         dryrun=True,
                         **kwargs)
                     renderer = self.figure._cachedRenderer
-                    bbox_inches = self.figure.get_tightbbox(renderer)
-
                     bbox_artists = kwargs.pop("bbox_extra_artists", None)
-                    if bbox_artists is None:
-                        bbox_artists = \
-                            self.figure.get_default_bbox_extra_artists()
-
-                    bbox_filtered = []
-                    for a in bbox_artists:
-                        bbox = a.get_window_extent(renderer)
-                        if a.get_clip_on():
-                            clip_box = a.get_clip_box()
-                            if clip_box is not None:
-                                bbox = Bbox.intersection(bbox, clip_box)
-                            clip_path = a.get_clip_path()
-                            if clip_path is not None and bbox is not None:
-                                clip_path = \
-                                    clip_path.get_fully_transformed_path()
-                                bbox = Bbox.intersection(
-                                    bbox, clip_path.get_extents())
-                        if bbox is not None and (
-                                bbox.width != 0 or bbox.height != 0):
-                            bbox_filtered.append(bbox)
-
-                    if bbox_filtered:
-                        _bbox = Bbox.union(bbox_filtered)
-                        trans = Affine2D().scale(1.0 / self.figure.dpi)
-                        bbox_extra = TransformedBbox(_bbox, trans)
-                        bbox_inches = Bbox.union([bbox_inches, bbox_extra])
-
+                    bbox_inches = self.figure.get_tightbbox(renderer,
+                            bbox_extra_artists=bbox_artists)
                     pad = kwargs.pop("pad_inches", None)
                     if pad is None:
                         pad = rcParams['savefig.pad_inches']

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1593,10 +1593,7 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
         try:
             renderer.open_group('figure')
             if self.get_constrained_layout() and self.axes:
-                if True:
-                    self.execute_constrained_layout(renderer)
-                else:
-                    pass
+                self.execute_constrained_layout(renderer)
             if self.get_tight_layout() and self.axes:
                 try:
                     self.tight_layout(renderer,
@@ -2181,26 +2178,52 @@ def waitforbuttonpress(self, timeout=-1):
 
     def get_default_bbox_extra_artists(self):
         bbox_artists = [artist for artist in self.get_children()
-                        if artist.get_visible()]
+                        if (artist.get_visible() and artist.get_in_layout())]
         for ax in self.axes:
             if ax.get_visible():
                 bbox_artists.extend(ax.get_default_bbox_extra_artists())
         # we don't want the figure's patch to influence the bbox calculation
         bbox_artists.remove(self.patch)
         return bbox_artists
 
-    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
+    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, bbox_extra_artists=None):
         """
         Return a (tight) bounding box of the figure in inches.
 
-        Currently, this takes only axes title, axis labels, and axis
-        ticklabels into account. Needs improvement.
+        Artists that have ``artist.set_in_layout(False)`` are not included
+        in the bbox.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        renderer : `.RendererBase` instance
+            renderer that will be used to draw the figures (i.e.
+            ``fig.canvas.get_renderer()``)
+
+        bbox_extra_artists : list of `.Artist` or ``None``
+            List of artists to include in the tight bounding box.  If
+            ``None`` (default), then all artist children of each axes are
+            included in the tight bounding box.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bbox : `.BboxBase`
+            containing the bounding box (in figure inches).
         """
 
         bb = []
+        if bbox_extra_artists is None:
+            artists = self.get_default_bbox_extra_artists()
+        else:
+            artists = bbox_extra_artists
+
+        for a in artists:
+            bbox = a.get_tightbbox(renderer)
+            if bbox is not None and (bbox.width != 0 or bbox.height != 0):
+                bb.append(bbox)
+
         for ax in self.axes:
             if ax.get_visible():
-                bb.append(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer))
+                bb.append(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer, bbox_extra_artists))
 
         if len(bb) == 0:
             return self.bbox_inches
@@ -2252,6 +2275,10 @@ def tight_layout(self, renderer=None, pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None,
         """
         Automatically adjust subplot parameters to give specified padding.
 
+        To exclude an artist on the axes from the bounding box calculation
+        that determines the subplot parameters (i.e. legend, or annotation),
+        then set `a.set_in_layout(False)` for that artist.
+
         Parameters
         ----------
         pad : float

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
@@ -981,6 +981,22 @@ def get_window_extent(self, *args, **kwargs):
         'Return extent of the legend.'
         return self._legend_box.get_window_extent(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
+        """
+        Like `.Legend.get_window_extent`, but uses the box for the legend.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        renderer : `.RendererBase` instance
+            renderer that will be used to draw the figures (i.e.
+            ``fig.canvas.get_renderer()``)
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        `.BboxBase` : containing the bounding box in figure pixel co-ordinates.
+        """
+        return self._legend_box.get_window_extent(renderer)
+
     def get_frame_on(self):
         """Get whether the legend box patch is drawn."""
         return self._drawFrame

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
@@ -391,3 +391,28 @@ def test_fspath(fmt, tmpdir):
         # All the supported formats include the format name (case-insensitive)
         # in the first 100 bytes.
         assert fmt.encode("ascii") in file.read(100).lower()
+
+
+def test_tightbbox():
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
+    t = ax.text(1., 0.5, 'This dangles over end')
+    renderer = fig.canvas.get_renderer()
+    x1Nom0 = 9.035  # inches
+    assert np.abs(t.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom0 * fig.dpi) < 2
+    assert np.abs(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom0 * fig.dpi) < 2
+    assert np.abs(fig.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom0) < 0.05
+    assert np.abs(fig.get_tightbbox(renderer).x0 - 0.679) < 0.05
+    # now exclude t from the tight bbox so now the bbox is quite a bit
+    # smaller
+    t.set_in_layout(False)
+    x1Nom = 7.333
+    assert np.abs(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom * fig.dpi) < 2
+    assert np.abs(fig.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom) < 0.05
+
+    t.set_in_layout(True)
+    x1Nom = 7.333
+    assert np.abs(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer).x1 - x1Nom0 * fig.dpi) < 2
+    # test bbox_extra_artists method...
+    assert np.abs(ax.get_tightbbox(renderer,
+                        bbox_extra_artists=[]).x1 - x1Nom * fig.dpi) < 2
diff --git a/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.py b/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def example_plot(ax, fontsize=12, nodec=False):
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots(constrained_layout=True)
 ax.plot(np.arange(10), label='This is a plot')
-ax.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(0.9, 0.5))
+ax.legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(0.8, 0.5))
 
 #############################################
 # However, this will steal space from a subplot layout:
@@ -198,7 +198,39 @@ def example_plot(ax, fontsize=12, nodec=False):
 for ax in axs.flatten()[:-1]:
     ax.plot(np.arange(10))
 axs[1, 1].plot(np.arange(10), label='This is a plot')
-axs[1, 1].legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(0.9, 0.5))
+axs[1, 1].legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(0.8, 0.5))
+
+#############################################
+# In order for a legend or other artist to *not* steal space
+# from the subplot layout, we can ``leg.set_in_layout(False)``.
+# Of course this can mean the legend ends up
+# cropped, but can be useful if the plot is subsequently called
+# with ``fig.savefig('outname.png', bbox_inches='tight')``.  Note,
+# however, that the legend's ``get_in_layout`` status will have to be
+# toggled again to make the saved file work:
+
+fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, constrained_layout=True)
+for ax in axs.flatten()[:-1]:
+    ax.plot(np.arange(10))
+axs[1, 1].plot(np.arange(10), label='This is a plot')
+leg = axs[1, 1].legend(loc='center left', bbox_to_anchor=(0.8, 0.5))
+leg.set_in_layout(False)
+wanttoprint = False
+if wanttoprint:
+    leg.set_in_layout(True)
+    fig.do_constrained_layout(False)
+    fig.savefig('outname.png', bbox_inches='tight')
+
+#############################################
+# A better way to get around this awkwardness is to simply
+# use a legend for the figure:
+fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, constrained_layout=True)
+for ax in axs.flatten()[:-1]:
+    ax.plot(np.arange(10))
+lines = axs[1, 1].plot(np.arange(10), label='This is a plot')
+labels = [l.get_label() for l in lines]
+leg = fig.legend(lines, labels, loc='center left',
+                 bbox_to_anchor=(0.8, 0.5), bbox_transform=axs[1, 1].transAxes)
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Padding and Spacing