.. 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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Colorbar with `.AxesDivider`
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The `.axes_divider.make_axes_locatable` function takes an existing axes, adds
it to a new `.AxesDivider` and returns the `.AxesDivider`. The `.append_axes`
method of the `.AxesDivider` 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 `.append_axes` 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 (with the default tick position "bottom", ticks
# overlap 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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