separate and clarify axisartist default tables

story645 · story645 · commit b74aea11b6d2 · 2023-09-12T15:01:48.000-04:00
diff --git a/galleries/users_explain/toolkits/axisartist.rst b/galleries/users_explain/toolkits/axisartist.rst
@@ -341,18 +341,61 @@ On the other hand, there is a concept of "axis_direction". This is a
 default setting of above properties for each, "bottom", "left", "top",
 and "right" axis.
 
-========== =========== ========= ========== ========= ==========
-   ?           ?        left      bottom      right      top
----------- ----------- --------- ---------- --------- ----------
-axislabel   direction      '-'       '+'        '+'      '-'
-axislabel   rotation      180         0          0       180
-axislabel   va           center    top       center     bottom
-axislabel   ha           right    center      right     center
-ticklabel   direction      '-'       '+'        '+'      '-'
-ticklabels  rotation       90         0        -90       180
-ticklabel   ha           right    center      right     center
-ticklabel   va           center   baseline    center   baseline
-========== =========== ========= ========== ========= ==========
+.. list-table::  ``axislabel`` defaults
+
+  * - reference direction
+    - label direction
+    - label rotation
+    - horizontal alignment
+    - vertical alignment
+  * - left
+    - '-'
+    - 180
+    - right
+    - center
+  * - bottom
+    - '+'
+    - 0
+    - center
+    - top
+  * - right
+    - '+'
+    - 0
+    - right
+    - center
+  * - top
+    - '-'
+    - 180
+    - center
+    - bottom
+
+.. list-table::  ``ticklabel`` defaults
+
+  * - reference direction
+    - label direction
+    - label rotation
+    - horizontal alignment
+    - vertical alignment
+  * - left
+    - '-'
+    - 90
+    - right
+    - center
+  * - bottom
+    - '+'
+    - 0
+    - center
+    - baseline
+  * - right
+    - '+'
+    - -90
+    - right
+    - center
+  * - top
+    - '-'
+    - 180
+    - center
+    - baseline
 
 And, 'set_axis_direction("top")' means to adjust the text rotation
 etc, for settings suitable for "top" axis. The concept of axis
