

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider.py:


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Demo Colorbar with Axes Divider
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.. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_demo_colorbar_with_axes_divider_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider import make_axes_locatable

    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.colorbar import colorbar
    # from matplotlib.pyplot import colorbar

    fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(6, 3))
    fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.5)

    ax1 = fig.add_subplot(121)
    im1 = ax1.imshow([[1, 2], [3, 4]])

    ax1_divider = make_axes_locatable(ax1)
    cax1 = ax1_divider.append_axes("right", size="7%", pad="2%")
    cb1 = colorbar(im1, cax=cax1)

    ax2 = fig.add_subplot(122)
    im2 = ax2.imshow([[1, 2], [3, 4]])

    ax2_divider = make_axes_locatable(ax2)
    cax2 = ax2_divider.append_axes("top", size="7%", pad="2%")
    cb2 = colorbar(im2, cax=cax2, orientation="horizontal")
    cax2.xaxis.set_ticks_position("top")
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.134 seconds)



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