.. 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_subplots_axes_and_figures_axis_labels_demo.py:
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Axis Label Position
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Choose axis label position when calling `~.Axes.set_xlabel` and
`~.Axes.set_ylabel` as well as for colorbar.
.. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_axis_labels_demo_001.png
:alt: axis labels demo
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
sc = ax.scatter([1, 2], [1, 2], c=[1, 2])
ax.set_ylabel('YLabel', loc='top')
ax.set_xlabel('XLabel', loc='left')
cbar = fig.colorbar(sc)
cbar.set_label("ZLabel", loc='top')
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_axis_labels_demo.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: axis_labels_demo.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: axis_labels_demo.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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