wip attempt at fixing #3579

Author: etpinard

src/plots/cartesian/axes.js

@@ -1984,6 +1984,30 @@ axes.drawOne = function(gd, ax, opts) {
             if(ax.title.text !== fullLayout._dfltTitle[axLetter]) {
                 push[s] += ax.title.font.size;
             }
+
+            if(axLetter === 'x' && bbox.width > 0) {
+                var rExtra = bbox.right - (ax._offset + ax._length);
+                if(rExtra > 0) {
+                    push.x = 1;
+                    push.r = rExtra;
+                }
+                var lExtra = ax._offset - bbox.left;
+                if(lExtra > 0) {
+                    push.x = 0;
+                    push.l = lExtra;
+                }
+            } else if(axLetter === 'y' && bbox.height > 0) {
+                var bExtra = bbox.bottom - (ax._offset + ax._length);
+                if(bExtra > 0) {
+                    push.y = 0;
+                    push.b = bExtra;
+                }
+                var tExtra = ax._offset - bbox.top;
+                if(tExtra > 0) {
+                    push.y = 1;
+                    push.t = tExtra;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         Plots.autoMargin(gd, axAutoMarginID(ax), push);