.. _axes_grid-make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid:

axes_grid example code: make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/axes_grid/make_room_for_ylabel_using_axesgrid.py

::

    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import make_axes_locatable
    from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.axes_divider import make_axes_area_auto_adjustable
    
    
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
    
        import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
        def ex1():
            plt.figure(1)
            ax = plt.axes([0,0,1,1])
            # ax = plt.subplot(111)
    
            ax.set_yticks([0.5])
            ax.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
    
            make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax)
    
    
        def ex2():
    
            plt.figure(2)
            ax1 = plt.axes([0,0,1,0.5])
            ax2 = plt.axes([0,0.5,1,0.5])
    
            ax1.set_yticks([0.5])
            ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
            ax1.set_ylabel("Y label")
    
            ax2.set_title("Title")
    
            make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax1, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2])
            make_axes_area_auto_adjustable(ax2, pad=0.1, use_axes=[ax1, ax2])
    
        def ex3():
    
            fig = plt.figure(3)
            ax1 = plt.axes([0,0,1,1])
            divider = make_axes_locatable(ax1)
    
            ax2 = divider.new_horizontal("100%", pad=0.3, sharey=ax1)
            ax2.tick_params(labelleft="off")
            fig.add_axes(ax2)
    
            divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1], pad=0.1,
                                             adjust_dirs=["left"])
            divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax2], pad=0.1,
                                             adjust_dirs=["right"])
            divider.add_auto_adjustable_area(use_axes=[ax1, ax2], pad=0.1,
                                             adjust_dirs=["top", "bottom"])
    
            ax1.set_yticks([0.5])
            ax1.set_yticklabels(["very long label"])
    
            ax2.set_title("Title")
            ax2.set_xlabel("X - Label")
    
        ex1()
        ex2()
        ex3()
    
        plt.show()
    

Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)