'Set the direction of the dash following the text.
1 is before the text and 0 is after. The default
is 0, which is what you\'d want for the typical
case of ticks below and on the left of the figure.
ACCEPTS: int (1 is before, 0 is after)'

def set_dashdirection(self, dd):

    self._dashdirection = dd
    self.stale = True
