Bug summary

I'm used to using the Axis API likeax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(...) etc., so to be consistent it would be nice if one could doax.xaxis.set_label(...) instead ofax.set_xlabel(...). It seems likeax.xaxis.set_label(...) does not label the axis however.

Code for reproduction

importmatplotlib.pyplotaspltfig,ax=plt.subplots()ax.xaxis.set_label("x-label")

Actual outcome

Expected outcome

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Matplotlib Version

3.8.3

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Installation

conda