.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_nested.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_nested.py:


================
Nested Gridspecs
================

GridSpecs can be nested, so that a subplot from a parent GridSpec can
set the position for a nested grid of subplots.





.. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_gridspec_nested_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec


    def format_axes(fig):
        for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes):
            ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center")
            ax.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)


    # gridspec inside gridspec
    f = plt.figure()

    gs0 = gridspec.GridSpec(1, 2, figure=f)

    gs00 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3, subplot_spec=gs0[0])

    ax1 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[:-1, :])
    f.add_subplot(ax1)
    ax2 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[-1, :-1])
    f.add_subplot(ax2)
    ax3 = plt.Subplot(f, gs00[-1, -1])
    f.add_subplot(ax3)


    gs01 = gridspec.GridSpecFromSubplotSpec(3, 3, subplot_spec=gs0[1])

    ax4 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[:, :-1])
    f.add_subplot(ax4)
    ax5 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[:-1, -1])
    f.add_subplot(ax5)
    ax6 = plt.Subplot(f, gs01[-1, -1])
    f.add_subplot(ax6)

    plt.suptitle("GridSpec Inside GridSpec")
    format_axes(f)

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_nested.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_