[bug #68266] plot does not make space for top xlabel

"Dmitri A. Sergatskov" <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:10:17 -0400 (EDT)

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                 Summary: plot does not make space for top xlabel
                   Group: GNU Octave
               Submitter: dasergatskov
               Submitted: Wed 22 Apr 2026 07:10:12 PM UTC
                Category: Plotting with OpenGL
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Unexpected Error or Warning
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
                 Release: 11.1.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Wed 22 Apr 2026 07:10:12 PM UTC By: Dmitri A. Sergatskov <dasergatskov>
When "xaxislocation" set to "top", the plot figure does not make space for
xlabel, so xlabel and title will collide:

octave:1> plot(1:3)
octave:2> set (gca (), "xaxislocation", "top");
octave:3> xlabel("xlabel")
octave:4> title("Title")


This is with Octave 10.3 and 12.0.0

Dmitri.
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