Per-row or per-column colorbars#

This example shows how to use one common colorbar for each row or column of an image grid.

demo edge colorbar
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from matplotlib import cbook
from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import AxesGrid


def get_demo_image():
    z = cbook.get_sample_data("axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy")  # 15x15 array
    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()

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