Added specialized twinx(), twiny() methods to FancyAxes

styling.py

@@ -328,8 +328,45 @@ class FancyAxes(mpl.axes.Axes):
             self.legend_ = Legend(self, handles, labels, **kwargs)
         self.legend_._remove_method = self._remove_legend
         return self.legend_
+    
+    
+    def twinx(self,fancy=True):
+        """
+        This is identical to the original twinx() with the exception of the 
+        'fancy' kwarg that will, per default, create a new FancyAxes instead
+        of a regular one.
+        """
+        if fancy:
+            ax2 = self._make_twin_axes(sharex=self,projection='fancy')
+        else:
+            ax2 = self._make_twin_axes(sharex=self)
+        ax2.yaxis.tick_right()
+        ax2.yaxis.set_label_position('right')
+        ax2.yaxis.set_offset_position('right')
+        ax2.set_autoscalex_on(self.get_autoscalex_on())
+        self.yaxis.tick_left()
+        ax2.xaxis.set_visible(False)
+        ax2.patch.set_visible(False)
+        return ax2
         
                 
+    def twiny(self,fancy=True):
+        """
+        This is identical to the original twinx() with the exception of the 
+        'fancy' kwarg that will, per default, create a new FancyAxes instead
+        of a regular one.
+        """
+        if fancy:
+            ax2 = self._make_twin_axes(sharey=self,projection='fancy')
+        else:
+            ax2 = self._make_twin_axes(sharey=self)
+        ax2.xaxis.tick_top()
+        ax2.xaxis.set_label_position('top')
+        ax2.set_autoscaley_on(self.get_autoscaley_on())
+        self.xaxis.tick_bottom()
+        ax2.yaxis.set_visible(False)
+        ax2.patch.set_visible(False)
+        return ax2
         
 # register the new Axes subclass as projection in matplotlib such that it can
 # easily be chosen in add_subplot(), add_axes() etc. by specifying