""" ============= GridSpec demo ============= This example demonstrates the use of `.GridSpec` to generate subplots, the control of the relative sizes of subplots with *width_ratios* and *height_ratios*, and the control of the spacing around and between subplots using subplot params (*left*, *right*, *bottom*, *top*, *wspace*, and *hspace*). """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.gridspec import GridSpec def annotate_axes(fig): for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes): ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center") ax.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False) fig = plt.figure() fig.suptitle("Controlling subplot sizes with width_ratios and height_ratios") gs = GridSpec(2, 2, width_ratios=[1, 2], height_ratios=[4, 1]) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs[0]) ax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs[1]) ax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs[2]) ax4 = fig.add_subplot(gs[3]) annotate_axes(fig) fig = plt.figure() fig.suptitle("Controlling spacing around and between subplots") gs1 = GridSpec(3, 3, left=0.05, right=0.48, wspace=0.05) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[:-1, :]) ax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[-1, :-1]) ax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[-1, -1]) gs2 = GridSpec(3, 3, left=0.55, right=0.98, hspace=0.05) ax4 = fig.add_subplot(gs2[:, :-1]) ax5 = fig.add_subplot(gs2[:-1, -1]) ax6 = fig.add_subplot(gs2[-1, -1]) annotate_axes(fig) plt.show()