Matplotlib move tick labels inside plot area : <p>Is it possible to put tick labels inside the plotting area?  I have already tried:</p>

<pre><code>ax.tick_params(axis="y",pad=-.5, left="off",labelleft="on")
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<p>and </p>

<pre><code>ax.tick_params(axis="y",direction="in", left="off",labelleft="on")
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<p>The former just moves the axis inward, and the latter only moves the ticks not the tick labels.</p>
