From 746c161f52fc48df6220eeed9202044a72a625f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Sunden <git@ksunden.space>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 14:38:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #31837: DOC: reorder subplots, axes, and figures
 examples

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 .../gallery_order.txt                         | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gallery_order.txt

diff --git a/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gallery_order.txt b/galleries/examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/gallery_order.txt
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+# Explicit example order. See https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/document.html#order-examples
+
+# subplots
+subplot
+subplots_demo
+axes_demo
+gridspec_customization
+gridspec_multicolumn
+gridspec_nested
+gridspec_and_subplots
+subplot2grid
+demo_constrained_layout
+demo_tight_layout
+subplots_adjust
+auto_subplots_adjust
+ganged_plots
+
+axes_margins
+axes_box_aspect
+axis_equal_demo
+
+# figure
+multiple_figs_demo
+figure_size_units
+subfigures
+custom_figure_class
+
+# shared, twined, and secondary axes
+shared_axis_demo
+invert_axes
+two_scales
+fahrenheit_celsius_scales
+multiple_yaxis_with_spines
+twin_axes_zorder
+secondary_axis
+
+# titles and labels
+align_labels_demo
+axis_labels_demo
+axes_props
+figure_title
+
+# other
+axes_zoom_effect
+zoom_inset_axes
+broken_axis
+geo_demo
+axhspan_demo