.. 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_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider.py:
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Demo Colorbar with Axes Divider
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The make_axes_locatable function (part of the axes_divider module) takes an
existing axes, creates a divider for it and returns an instance of the
AxesLocator class. The append_axes method of this AxesLocator can then be used
to create a new axes on a given side ("top", "right", "bottom", or "left") of
the original axes. This example uses Axes Divider to add colorbars next to
axes.
.. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider_001.png
:alt: demo colorbar with axes divider
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider import make_axes_locatable
fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2)
fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.5)
im1 = ax1.imshow([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
ax1_divider = make_axes_locatable(ax1)
# add an axes to the right of the main axes.
cax1 = ax1_divider.append_axes("right", size="7%", pad="2%")
cb1 = fig.colorbar(im1, cax=cax1)
im2 = ax2.imshow([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
ax2_divider = make_axes_locatable(ax2)
# add an axes above the main axes.
cax2 = ax2_divider.append_axes("top", size="7%", pad="2%")
cb2 = fig.colorbar(im2, cax=cax2, orientation="horizontal")
# change tick position to top. Tick position defaults to bottom and overlaps
# the image.
cax2.xaxis.set_ticks_position("top")
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider.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: demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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