.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py:


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Demo Colorbar With Inset Locator
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.. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator import inset_axes

    fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=[6, 3])

    axins1 = inset_axes(ax1,
                        width="50%",  # width = 10% of parent_bbox width
                        height="5%",  # height : 50%
                        loc=1)

    im1 = ax1.imshow([[1, 2], [2, 3]])
    plt.colorbar(im1, cax=axins1, orientation="horizontal", ticks=[1, 2, 3])
    axins1.xaxis.set_ticks_position("bottom")

    axins = inset_axes(ax2,
                       width="5%",  # width = 10% of parent_bbox width
                       height="50%",  # height : 50%
                       loc=3,
                       bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 0., 1, 1),
                       bbox_transform=ax2.transAxes,
                       borderpad=0,
                       )

    # Controlling the placement of the inset axes is basically same as that
    # of the legend.  you may want to play with the borderpad value and
    # the bbox_to_anchor coordinate.

    im = ax2.imshow([[1, 2], [2, 3]])
    plt.colorbar(im, cax=axins, ticks=[1, 2, 3])

    plt.draw()
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.118 seconds)



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     :download:`Download Python source code: demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py <demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py>`



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     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.ipynb <demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.ipynb>`


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