Default is None, for no change. Other Parameters ---------------- **kwargs Remaining keyword arguments are passed to directly to the ``set_params()`` method of the locator. Supported keywords depend on the type of the locator. See for example `~.ticker.MaxNLocator.set_params` for the `.ticker.MaxNLocator` used by default for linear. Examples -------- When plotting small subplots, one might want to reduce the maximum number of ticks and use tight bounds, for example:: ax.locator_params(tight=True, nbins=4) rÄ