.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py: =================================== Make Room For Ylabel Using Axesgrid =================================== .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-horizontal * .. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid_001.png :scale: 47 * .. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid_002.png :scale: 47 * .. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid_003.png :scale: 47 .. code-block:: python from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider import make_axes_area_auto_adjustable if __name__ == "__main__": import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def ex1(): plt.figure(1) ax = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1]) #ax = plt.subplot(111) ax.set_yticks([0.5]) ax.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax) def ex2(): plt.figure(2) ax1 = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 0.5]) ax2 = plt.axes([0, 0.5, 1, 0.5]) ax1.set_yticks([0.5]) ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) ax1.set_ylabel("Y label") ax2.set_title("Title") make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax1, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2]) make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax2, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2]) def ex3(): fig = plt.figure(3) ax1 = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1]) divider = make_axes_locatable(ax1) ax2 = divider.new_horizontal("100%", pad=0.3, sharey=ax1) ax2.tick_params(labelleft="off") fig.add_axes(ax2) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["left"]) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax2], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["right"]) divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1, ax2], pad=0.1, adjust_dirs=["top", "bottom"]) ax1.set_yticks([0.5]) ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"]) ax2.set_title("Title") ax2.set_xlabel("X - Label") ex1() ex2() ex3() plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.092 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_