python + matplotlib: barh plot show incomplete YTick labels - how to dynamically move the plot area to the right to fit the given YTickLabels?

Question

I\'m using matplotlib to plot a barh plot to a file. Unfortunate, the YTickLaels are a bit too long and the plot area won\'t move to the right auto

Answer 1

According to matplotlib mailing list, there is no automatic way of doing this. However, you can manually ajdust subplot padding by using figure.subplots_adjust method. Placing fig.subplots_adjust(left = 0.4) after ax = fig.add_subplot(111) in your code yields following result: