.. _pyplots-align_ylabels: pyplots example code: align_ylabels.py ====================================== [`source code `_] :: import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt box = dict(facecolor='yellow', pad=5, alpha=0.2) fig = plt.figure() fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.2, wspace=0.6) # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(221) ax1.plot(2000*np.random.rand(10)) ax1.set_title('ylabels not aligned') ax1.set_ylabel('misaligned 1', bbox=box) ax1.set_ylim(0, 2000) ax3 = fig.add_subplot(223) ax3.set_ylabel('misaligned 2',bbox=box) ax3.plot(np.random.rand(10)) labelx = -0.3 # axes coords ax2 = fig.add_subplot(222) ax2.set_title('ylabels aligned') ax2.plot(2000*np.random.rand(10)) ax2.set_ylabel('aligned 1', bbox=box) ax2.yaxis.set_label_coords(labelx, 0.5) ax2.set_ylim(0, 2000) ax4 = fig.add_subplot(224) ax4.plot(np.random.rand(10)) ax4.set_ylabel('aligned 2', bbox=box) ax4.yaxis.set_label_coords(labelx, 0.5) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)