BUG: plot.hide_axes(show_frame=True) is broken

[neutrinoceros]

Bug report

Bug summary
The show_frame argument has no effect
This is visible in the second-to-last example in this docs section
https://yt-project.org/doc/visualizing/plots.html#colormaps

[neutrinoceros]

Oh, so it's not that it doesn't work, it's really just that the explanation is superfluous and confusing (though there were good reasons for it at the time).
It can be replaced by a runtime warning within #3849

[chummels]

I'm looking at the docs example you've linked, and there is no reference to a show_frame kwarg in plot.hide_axes, but there is a draw_frame kwarg. Is that what you mean? Also, according to that documentation, it does seem to be working, as it enables the use of the set_background_color(). So I'm confused how this is a bug at all. But maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're describing in this bug report.

[neutrinoceros]

there is a draw_frame kwarg. Is that what you mean?

indeed, my mistake.

it does seem to be working, as it enables the use of the set_background_color().

You're right. I guess I was confused by the name and expected some frame to show around the figure, not the background itself. Even reading it now I find this documentation confusing :/

[neutrinoceros]

I tried to retro-engineer my own thought process and couldn't make sense of this. I also linked #3849 here but I don't see any difference in behaviour between the main branch and that one, so I'm going to say "case closed" here.

Unrelated but there's also some good news for this particular example in the docs, the latest build (yt 4.0.2) produced this image

And now (main branch) we're getting this

I wouldn't be surprised that this was fixed with #4050

anyway, closing this