.. only:: html

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

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

    .. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_and_subplots.py:


==================================================
Combining two subplots using subplots and GridSpec
==================================================

Sometimes we want to combine two subplots in an axes layout created with
`~.Figure.subplots`.  We can get the `~.gridspec.GridSpec` from the axes
and then remove the covered axes and fill the gap with a new bigger axes.
Here we create a layout with the bottom two axes in the last column combined.

See also :doc:`/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec`.



.. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_gridspec_and_subplots_001.png
    :alt: gridspec and subplots
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img






.. code-block:: default


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(ncols=3, nrows=3)
    gs = axs[1, 2].get_gridspec()
    # remove the underlying axes
    for ax in axs[1:, -1]:
        ax.remove()
    axbig = fig.add_subplot(gs[1:, -1])
    axbig.annotate('Big Axes \nGridSpec[1:, -1]', (0.1, 0.5),
                   xycoords='axes fraction', va='center')

    fig.tight_layout()

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_gridspec_and_subplots.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: gridspec_and_subplots.py <gridspec_and_subplots.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: gridspec_and_subplots.ipynb <gridspec_and_subplots.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>`_