.. _sphx_glr_gallery_userdemo_axis_direction_demo_step01.py:


==========================
Axis Direction Demo Step01
==========================





.. image:: /gallery/userdemo/images/sphx_glr_axis_direction_demo_step01_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import mpl_toolkits.axisartist as axisartist


    def setup_axes(fig, rect):
        ax = axisartist.Subplot(fig, rect)
        fig.add_axes(ax)

        ax.set_ylim(-0.1, 1.5)
        ax.set_yticks([0, 1])

        ax.axis[:].set_visible(False)

        ax.axis["x"] = ax.new_floating_axis(1, 0.5)
        ax.axis["x"].set_axisline_style("->", size=1.5)

        return ax


    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(3, 2.5))
    fig.subplots_adjust(top=0.8)
    ax1 = setup_axes(fig, "111")

    ax1.axis["x"].set_axis_direction("left")

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.020 seconds)



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