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mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.zoomed_inset_axes

mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.zoomed_inset_axes(parent_axes, zoom, loc=1, bbox_to_anchor=None, bbox_transform=None, axes_class=None, axes_kwargs=None, borderpad=0.5)[source]

Create an anchored inset axes by scaling a parent axes. For usage, also see the examples.

Parameters:
parent_axes : matplotlib.axes.Axes

Axes to place the inset axes.

zoom : float

Scaling factor of the data axes. zoom > 1 will enlargen the coordinates (i.e., "zoomed in"), while zoom < 1 will shrink the coordinates (i.e., "zoomed out").

loc : int or string, optional, default to 1

Location to place the inset axes. The valid locations are:

'upper right'  : 1,
'upper left'   : 2,
'lower left'   : 3,
'lower right'  : 4,
'right'        : 5,
'center left'  : 6,
'center right' : 7,
'lower center' : 8,
'upper center' : 9,
'center'       : 10
bbox_to_anchor : tuple or matplotlib.transforms.BboxBase, optional

Bbox that the inset axes will be anchored to. If None, parent_axes.bbox is used. If a tuple, can be either [left, bottom, width, height], or [left, bottom]. If the kwargs width and/or height are specified in relative units, the 2-tuple [left, bottom] cannot be used. Note that the units of the bounding box are determined through the transform in use. When using bbox_to_anchor it almost always makes sense to also specify a bbox_transform. This might often be the axes transform parent_axes.transAxes.

bbox_transform : matplotlib.transforms.Transform, optional

Transformation for the bbox that contains the inset axes. If None, a transforms.IdentityTransform is used (i.e. pixel coordinates). This is useful when not providing any argument to bbox_to_anchor. When using bbox_to_anchor it almost always makes sense to also specify a bbox_transform. This might often be the axes transform parent_axes.transAxes. Inversely, when specifying the axes- or figure-transform here, be aware that not specifying bbox_to_anchor will use parent_axes.bbox, the units of which are in display (pixel) coordinates.

axes_class : matplotlib.axes.Axes type, optional

If specified, the inset axes created will be created with this class's constructor.

axes_kwargs : dict, optional

Keyworded arguments to pass to the constructor of the inset axes. Valid arguments include:

Property Description
adjustable [ 'box' | 'datalim']
agg_filter a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array
alpha float (0.0 transparent through 1.0 opaque)
anchor [ 'C' | 'SW' | 'S' | 'SE' | 'E' | 'NE' | 'N' | 'NW' | 'W' ]
animated bool
aspect unknown
autoscale_on bool
autoscalex_on bool
autoscaley_on bool
axes_locator a callable object which takes an axes instance and renderer and returns a bbox.
axisbelow [ bool | 'line' ]
clip_box a Bbox instance
clip_on bool
clip_path [(Path, Transform) | Patch | None]
contains a callable function
facecolor color
fc color
figure Figure
frame_on bool
gid an id string
label object
navigate bool
navigate_mode unknown
path_effects AbstractPathEffect
picker [None | bool | float | callable]
position unknown
rasterization_zorder float or None
rasterized bool or None
sketch_params (scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)
snap bool or None
title unknown
transform Transform
url a url string
visible bool
xbound (lower: float, upper: float)
xlabel unknown
xlim (left: float, right: float)
xmargin float greater than -0.5
xscale [ 'linear' | 'log' | 'symlog' | 'logit' | ... ]
xticklabels list of string labels
xticks list of tick locations.
ybound (lower: float, upper: float)
ylabel unknown
ylim (bottom: float, top: float)
ymargin float greater than -0.5
yscale [ 'linear' | 'log' | 'symlog' | 'logit' | ... ]
yticklabels list of string labels
yticks list of tick locations.
zorder float
borderpad : float, optional

Padding between inset axes and the bbox_to_anchor. Defaults to 0.5. The units are axes font size, i.e. for a default font size of 10 points borderpad = 0.5 is equivalent to a padding of 5 points.

Returns:
inset_axes : axes_class

Inset axes object created.

Examples using mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.zoomed_inset_axes