mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.InsetPosition

class mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.InsetPosition(parent, lbwh)

An object for positioning an inset axes.

This is created by specifying the normalized coordinates in the axes, instead of the figure.

Parameters:

parent : matplotlib.axes.Axes

Axes to use for normalizing coordinates.

lbwh : iterable of four floats

The left edge, bottom edge, width, and height of the inset axes, in units of the normalized coordinate of the parent axes.

See also

matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_axes_locator()

Examples

The following bounds the inset axes to a box with 20% of the parent axes's height and 40% of the width. The size of the axes specified ([0, 0, 1, 1]) ensures that the axes completely fills the bounding box:

>>> parent_axes = plt.gca()
>>> ax_ins = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1])
>>> ip = InsetPosition(ax, [0.5, 0.1, 0.4, 0.2])
>>> ax_ins.set_axes_locator(ip)