

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_axes_divider1.py:


=====================
Simple Axes Divider 1
=====================





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    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import Size, Divider
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


    fig1 = plt.figure(1, (6, 6))

    # fixed size in inch
    horiz = [Size.Fixed(1.), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.5),
             Size.Fixed(.5)]
    vert = [Size.Fixed(1.5), Size.Fixed(.5), Size.Fixed(1.)]

    rect = (0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8)
    # divide the axes rectangle into grid whose size is specified by horiz * vert
    divider = Divider(fig1, rect, horiz, vert, aspect=False)

    # the rect parameter will be ignore as we will set axes_locator
    ax1 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="1")
    ax2 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="2")
    ax3 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="3")
    ax4 = fig1.add_axes(rect, label="4")

    ax1.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=0))
    ax2.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=0, ny=2))
    ax3.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=2, ny=2))
    ax4.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0))

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.128 seconds)



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