From 1a2100b755cc0b0c60a17bc57bb6059fbe8fcd7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Droettboom Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:56:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Set maximum number of bins in ticking --- lib/matplotlib/ticker.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py index 903d62fb5c00..22dd2b68c275 100644 --- a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py +++ b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py @@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ def set_params(self, **kwargs): def bin_boundaries(self, vmin, vmax): nbins = self._nbins if nbins == 'auto': - nbins = self.axis.get_tick_space() + nbins = min(self.axis.get_tick_space(), 9) scale, offset = scale_range(vmin, vmax, nbins) if self._integer: scale = max(1, scale)