.. _pylab_examples-demo_tight_layout: pylab_examples example code: demo_tight_layout.py ================================================= .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/demo_tight_layout.py :: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import random fontsizes = [8, 16, 24, 32] def example_plot(ax): ax.plot([1, 2]) ax.set_xlabel('x-label', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes)) ax.set_ylabel('y-label', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes)) ax.set_title('Title', fontsize=random.choice(fontsizes)) fig, ax = plt.subplots() example_plot(ax) plt.tight_layout() fig, ((ax1, ax2), (ax3, ax4)) = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) example_plot(ax3) example_plot(ax4) plt.tight_layout() fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=1) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) plt.tight_layout() fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) plt.tight_layout() fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=3, ncols=3) for row in axes: for ax in row: example_plot(ax) plt.tight_layout() fig = plt.figure() ax1 = plt.subplot(221) ax2 = plt.subplot(223) ax3 = plt.subplot(122) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) example_plot(ax3) plt.tight_layout() fig = plt.figure() ax1 = plt.subplot2grid((3, 3), (0, 0)) ax2 = plt.subplot2grid((3, 3), (0, 1), colspan=2) ax3 = plt.subplot2grid((3, 3), (1, 0), colspan=2, rowspan=2) ax4 = plt.subplot2grid((3, 3), (1, 2), rowspan=2) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) example_plot(ax3) example_plot(ax4) plt.tight_layout() plt.show() fig = plt.figure() import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec gs1 = gridspec.GridSpec(3, 1) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[0]) ax2 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[1]) ax3 = fig.add_subplot(gs1[2]) example_plot(ax1) example_plot(ax2) example_plot(ax3) gs1.tight_layout(fig, rect=[None, None, 0.45, None]) gs2 = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 1) ax4 = fig.add_subplot(gs2[0]) ax5 = fig.add_subplot(gs2[1]) #example_plot(ax4) #example_plot(ax5) gs2.tight_layout(fig, rect=[0.45, None, None, None]) # now match the top and bottom of two gridspecs. top = min(gs1.top, gs2.top) bottom = max(gs1.bottom, gs2.bottom) gs1.update(top=top, bottom=bottom) gs2.update(top=top, bottom=bottom) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)