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)
    cb.ax.yaxis.set_tick_params(labelright=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 = fig.add_axes(divider.get_position(), axes_class=Axes)

    # axes for colorbar
    # (the label prevents Axes.add_axes from incorrectly believing that the two
    # axes are the same)
    ax_cb = fig.add_axes(divider.get_position(), axes_class=Axes, label="cb")

    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))

    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)
    ax_cb.yaxis.set_tick_params(labelright=False)


def demo_locatable_axes_easy(ax):
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable

    divider = make_axes_locatable(ax)

    ax_cb = divider.append_axes("right", 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.append_axes("right", 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()