""" =================================== Make Room For Ylabel Using Axesgrid =================================== """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider import make_axes_area_auto_adjustable plt.figure() ax = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1]) ax.set_yticks([0.5]) ax.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax) ############################################################################### plt.figure() ax1 = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 0.5]) ax2 = plt.axes([0, 0.5, 1, 0.5]) ax1.set_yticks([0.5]) ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) ax1.set_ylabel("Y label") ax2.set_title("Title") make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax1, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2]) make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax2, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2]) ############################################################################### fig = plt.figure() ax1 = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1]) divider = make_axes_locatable(ax1) ax2 = divider.new_horizontal("100%", pad=0.3, sharey=ax1) ax2.tick_params(labelleft=False) fig.add_axes(ax2) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["left"]) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax2], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["right"]) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1, ax2], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["top", "bottom"]) ax1.set_yticks([0.5]) ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) ax2.set_title("Title") ax2.set_xlabel("X - Label") plt.show()