.. only:: html
.. 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_ticks_and_spines_spines_dropped.py:
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Dropped spines
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Demo of spines offset from the axes (a.k.a. "dropped spines").
.. image:: /gallery/ticks_and_spines/images/sphx_glr_spines_dropped_001.png
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
image = np.random.uniform(size=(10, 10))
ax.imshow(image, cmap=plt.cm.gray, interpolation='nearest')
ax.set_title('dropped spines')
# Move left and bottom spines outward by 10 points
ax.spines['left'].set_position(('outward', 10))
ax.spines['bottom'].set_position(('outward', 10))
# Hide the right and top spines
ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
# Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_ticks_and_spines_spines_dropped.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: spines_dropped.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: spines_dropped.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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