""" ============================================ Set default y-axis tick labels on the right ============================================ We can use :rc:`ytick.labelright` (default False) and :rc:`ytick.right` (default False) and :rc:`ytick.labelleft` (default True) and :rc:`ytick.left` (default True) to control where on the axes ticks and their labels appear. These properties can also be set in the ``.matplotlib/matplotlibrc``. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams['ytick.right'] = plt.rcParams['ytick.labelright'] = True plt.rcParams['ytick.left'] = plt.rcParams['ytick.labelleft'] = False x = np.arange(10) fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(2, 1, sharex=True, figsize=(6, 6)) ax0.plot(x) ax0.yaxis.tick_left() # use default parameter in rcParams, not calling tick_right() ax1.plot(x) plt.show()