""" ================= Demo Axes Divider ================= Axes divider to calculate location of axes and create a divider for them using existing axes instances. """ from matplotlib import cbook import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def get_demo_image(): z = cbook.get_sample_data("axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy", np_load=True) # z is a numpy array of 15x15 return z, (-3, 4, -4, 3) def demo_simple_image(ax): Z, extent = get_demo_image() im = ax.imshow(Z, extent=extent) cb = plt.colorbar(im) plt.setp(cb.ax.get_yticklabels(), visible=False) def demo_locatable_axes_hard(fig): from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import SubplotDivider, Size from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.mpl_axes import Axes divider = SubplotDivider(fig, 2, 2, 2, aspect=True) # axes for image ax = Axes(fig, divider.get_position()) # axes for colorbar ax_cb = Axes(fig, divider.get_position()) h = [Size.AxesX(ax), # main axes Size.Fixed(0.05), # padding, 0.1 inch Size.Fixed(0.2), # colorbar, 0.3 inch ] v = [Size.AxesY(ax)] divider.set_horizontal(h) divider.set_vertical(v) ax.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0)) ax_cb.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=2, ny=0)) fig.add_axes(ax) fig.add_axes(ax_cb) ax_cb.axis["left"].toggle(all=False) ax_cb.axis["right"].toggle(ticks=True) Z, extent = get_demo_image() im = ax.imshow(Z, extent=extent) plt.colorbar(im, cax=ax_cb) plt.setp(ax_cb.get_yticklabels(), visible=False) def demo_locatable_axes_easy(ax): from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable divider = make_axes_locatable(ax) ax_cb = divider.new_horizontal(size="5%", pad=0.05) fig = ax.get_figure() fig.add_axes(ax_cb) Z, extent = get_demo_image() im = ax.imshow(Z, extent=extent) plt.colorbar(im, cax=ax_cb) ax_cb.yaxis.tick_right() ax_cb.yaxis.set_tick_params(labelright=False) def demo_images_side_by_side(ax): from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable divider = make_axes_locatable(ax) Z, extent = get_demo_image() ax2 = divider.new_horizontal(size="100%", pad=0.05) fig1 = ax.get_figure() fig1.add_axes(ax2) ax.imshow(Z, extent=extent) ax2.imshow(Z, extent=extent) ax2.yaxis.set_tick_params(labelleft=False) def demo(): fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 6)) # PLOT 1 # simple image & colorbar ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 2, 1) demo_simple_image(ax) # PLOT 2 # image and colorbar whose location is adjusted in the drawing time. # a hard way demo_locatable_axes_hard(fig) # PLOT 3 # image and colorbar whose location is adjusted in the drawing time. # a easy way ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 2, 3) demo_locatable_axes_easy(ax) # PLOT 4 # two images side by side with fixed padding. ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 2, 4) demo_images_side_by_side(ax) plt.show() demo()