.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py: ============================================================== Controlling the position and size of colorbars with Inset Axes ============================================================== This example shows how to control the position, height, and width of colorbars using `~mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.inset_axes`. Controlling the placement of the inset axes is done similarly as that of the legend: either by providing a location option ("upper right", "best", ...), or by providing a locator with respect to the parent bbox. .. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default 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 = 50% of parent_bbox width height="5%", # height : 5% loc='upper right') im1 = ax1.imshow([[1, 2], [2, 3]]) fig.colorbar(im1, cax=axins1, orientation="horizontal", ticks=[1, 2, 3]) axins1.xaxis.set_ticks_position("bottom") axins = inset_axes(ax2, width="5%", # width = 5% of parent_bbox width height="50%", # height : 50% loc='lower left', 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]]) fig.colorbar(im, cax=axins, ticks=[1, 2, 3]) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: demo_colorbar_with_inset_locator.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_