matplotlib · timhoffm · Nov 5, 2018 · Nov 5, 2018
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ def draw(self, renderer):
        mtext.Text.draw(self, renderer)
        self.stale = False

+    def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
+        # Overwriting the 2d Text behavior which is not valid for 3d.
+        # For now, just return None to exclude from layout calculation.
+        return None
+

 def text_2d_to_3d(obj, z=0, zdir='z'):
    """Convert a Text to a Text3D object."""

diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D, axes3d, proj3d, art3d
 from matplotlib import cm
-from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison
+from matplotlib.testing.decorators import image_comparison, check_figures_equal
 from matplotlib.collections import LineCollection
 from matplotlib.patches import Circle
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ def f(t):
    ax.set_zlim3d(-1, 1)


+@check_figures_equal(extensions=['png'])
+def test_tight_layout_text(fig_test, fig_ref):
+    # text is currently ignored in tight layout. So the order of text() and
+    # tight_layout() calls should not influence the result.
+    ax1 = fig_test.gca(projection='3d')
+    ax1.text(.5, .5, .5, s='some string')
+    fig_test.tight_layout()
+
+    ax2 = fig_ref.gca(projection='3d')
+    fig_ref.tight_layout()
+    ax2.text(.5, .5, .5, s='some string')
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['scatter3d'], remove_text=True)
 def test_scatter3d():
    fig = plt.figure()