Merge pull request matplotlib#7346 from afvincent/fix_linestyles_example

DOC: Fix annotation position (issue matplotlib#7345)

Author: NelleV

examples/lines_bars_and_markers/linestyles.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from matplotlib.transforms import blended_transform_factory
 
 linestyles = OrderedDict(
  [('solid', (0, ())),
@@ -35,9 +36,13 @@
 plt.yticks(np.arange(len(linestyles)), linestyles.keys())
 plt.xticks([])
 
+# For each line style, add a text annotation with a small offset from
+# the reference point (0 in Axes coords, y tick value in Data coords).
+reference_transform = blended_transform_factory(ax.transAxes, ax.transData)
 for i, (name, linestyle) in enumerate(linestyles.items()):
- ax.text(-0.5, i-0.4, str(linestyle), fontsize=8, ha="right",
- color="blue", family="monospace")
+ ax.annotate(str(linestyle), xy=(0.0, i), xycoords=reference_transform,
+ xytext=(-6, -12), textcoords='offset points', color="blue",
+ fontsize=8, ha="right", family="monospace")
 
 plt.tight_layout()
 plt.show()