""" ===================================== Resizing axes with constrained layout ===================================== Constrained layout attempts to resize subplots in a figure so that there are no overlaps between axes objects and labels on the axes. See :doc:`/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide` for more details and :doc:`/tutorials/intermediate/tight_layout_guide` for an alternative. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def example_plot(ax): ax.plot([1, 2]) ax.set_xlabel('x-label', fontsize=12) ax.set_ylabel('y-label', fontsize=12) ax.set_title('Title', fontsize=14) ############################################################################### # If we don't use constrained_layout, then labels overlap the axes fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, constrained_layout=False) for ax in axs.flat: example_plot(ax) ############################################################################### # adding ``constrained_layout=True`` automatically adjusts. fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2, constrained_layout=True) for ax in axs.flat: example_plot(ax) ############################################################################### # Below is a more complicated example using nested gridspecs. fig = plt.figure(constrained_layout=True) import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec gs0 = gridspec.GridSpec(1, 2, figure=fig) gs1 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 1, subplot_spec=gs0[0]) for n in range(3): ax = fig.add_subplot(gs1[n]) example_plot(ax) gs2 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(2, 1, subplot_spec=gs0[1]) for n in range(2): ax = fig.add_subplot(gs2[n]) example_plot(ax) plt.show() ############################################################################# # # ------------ # # References # """""""""" # # The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example: import matplotlib matplotlib.gridspec.GridSpec matplotlib.gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec