Xticks spacing changes when decorations are hidden

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Helloo,

I made a MWE that emulates the kind of problem I have:

begin
       f = Figure()
       gl = GridLayout()
       f.layout[1,1] = gl
       for i in 1:2, j in 1:2
       gl[i,j] = a  = Axis(f)
       for (i,data) in enumerate([rand(100) for i in 1:(j == 2 ? 3 : 5)])
           boxplot!(a, fill(i,100), data)
           end
       if j == 2
          hideydecorations!(a, grid = false)
          end
          end
       colsize!(gl, 1, Relative(5/8))
       Label(f[1,0], "A common y label", rotation = pi/2, tellheight = false)
       Label(f[2,1:2], "A common x label", tellwidth = false)
       f
       end

To obtain

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I know it may sound as a silly detail, but because I hide the y-decorations of the second column in the GL, the spacing between the xticks is not the same (if you use a ruler).
I’d like to know if there’s a way to set the relative colsize wrt the content of the axes only?

EDIT: Actually, the x-spines of the axes are correctly 5/8-3/8. The problem is more that the width of the boxes are not the same and thus the space between ticks neither.

Many thanks

2

Okay I found on my own. The difference between upper and lower xlims are not integers when auto-determined. Setting to 0.5 and 5+0.5 or 3+0.5 ensures they add to 8.

Here’s a working solution if someone’s ever interested:

begin
       f = Figure()
       gl = GridLayout()
       f.layout[1,1] = gl
       for i in 1:2, j in 1:2
            gl[i,j] = a  = Axis(f)
            n = (j == 2 ? 3 : 5)
            for (i,data) in enumerate([rand(100) for i in 1:n])
                boxplot!(a, fill(i,100), data)
            end
            if j == 2
                hideydecorations!(a, grid = false)
            end
            xlims!(a, low = 0.5, high = n+0.5)
            a.xticks = 1:n
        end
       colsize!(gl, 1, Relative(5/8))
       colsize!(gl, 2, Relative(3/8))
       Label(f[1,0], "A common y label", rotation = pi/2, tellheight = false)
       Label(f[2,1:2], "A common x label", tellwidth = false)
       f
end
3

The reason is that the automatic gaps are given in fractions of the data limits, and 10% of the left plot x range is more than 10% of the right.