.. 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_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:: default 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 = f.add_subplot(gs00[:-1, :]) ax2 = f.add_subplot(gs00[-1, :-1]) ax3 = f.add_subplot(gs00[-1, -1]) # the following syntax does the same as the GridSpecFromSubplotSpec call above: gs01 = gs0[1].subgridspec(3, 3) ax4 = f.add_subplot(gs01[:, :-1]) ax5 = f.add_subplot(gs01[:-1, -1]) ax6 = f.add_subplot(gs01[-1, -1]) 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 ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: gridspec_nested.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_