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Per-row or per-column colorbars#
This example shows how to use one common colorbar for each row or column of an image grid.
from matplotlib import cbook
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import AxesGrid
def get_demo_image():
z = cbook.get_sample_data("axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy", np_load=True)
# z is a numpy array of 15x15
return z, (-3, 4, -4, 3)
def demo_bottom_cbar(fig):
"""
A grid of 2x2 images with a colorbar for each column.
"""
grid = AxesGrid(fig, 121, # similar to subplot(121)
nrows_ncols=(2, 2),
axes_pad=0.10,
share_all=True,
label_mode="1",
cbar_location="bottom",
cbar_mode="edge",
cbar_pad=0.25,
cbar_size="15%",
direction="column"
)
Z, extent = get_demo_image()
cmaps = ["autumn", "summer"]
for i in range(4):
im = grid[i].imshow(Z, extent=extent, cmap=cmaps[i//2])
if i % 2:
grid.cbar_axes[i//2].colorbar(im)
for cax in grid.cbar_axes:
cax.axis[cax.orientation].set_label("Bar")
# This affects all axes as share_all = True.
grid.axes_llc.set_xticks([-2, 0, 2])
grid.axes_llc.set_yticks([-2, 0, 2])
def demo_right_cbar(fig):
"""
A grid of 2x2 images. Each row has its own colorbar.
"""
grid = AxesGrid(fig, 122, # similar to subplot(122)
nrows_ncols=(2, 2),
axes_pad=0.10,
label_mode="1",
share_all=True,
cbar_location="right",
cbar_mode="edge",
cbar_size="7%",
cbar_pad="2%",
)
Z, extent = get_demo_image()
cmaps = ["spring", "winter"]
for i in range(4):
im = grid[i].imshow(Z, extent=extent, cmap=cmaps[i//2])
if i % 2:
grid.cbar_axes[i//2].colorbar(im)
for cax in grid.cbar_axes:
cax.axis[cax.orientation].set_label('Foo')
# This affects all axes because we set share_all = True.
grid.axes_llc.set_xticks([-2, 0, 2])
grid.axes_llc.set_yticks([-2, 0, 2])
fig = plt.figure()
demo_bottom_cbar(fig)
demo_right_cbar(fig)
plt.show()