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--- other:python:jyp_steps [2019/06/18 17:53] – [Useful matplotlib reference pages] Added contourf + demo jypeter
+++ other:python:jyp_steps [2019/06/27 10:49] – [Matplotlib] Added example of get/set_position jypeter
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 bottom_plot = plot_array[2]</code>
           * creating a figure and axes with a single line: ''my_page, plot_array = **plt**.subplots(3, 1)''
+        * use [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_axes|my_page.add_axes(...)]] to add an axis in an arbirary location of the page\\ ''my_page.add_axes([left, bottom, width, height])''
       * a Matplotlib **//Artist//** or //Patch// is //something// (e.g a line, a group of markers, text, the legend...) plotted  on the Figure/Axis
       * **clearing** the //page// (or part of it): you probably won't need that...
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         * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots.html|plt.subplots(...)]] with an **s** at the end ([[https://matplotlib.org/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/subplots_demo.html|demo]])
         * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust.html|subplots_adjust]] can be used to change the overall boundaries of the subplots on the figure, and the spacing between the subplots\\ ''plt.subplots_adjust(left=None, bottom=None, right=None, top=None, wspace=None, hspace=None)''\\ or ''my_page.subplots_adjust(left=None, bottom=None, right=None, top=None, wspace=None, hspace=None)''
+          * ''hspace''/''wspace'' is the amount of height/width between the subplots
+            * ''hspace=0.1'' is enough for just displaying the ticks and the labels, without the axis name
+            * use ''hspace=0'' to stick the plots together vertically
+              * do not forget to disable the ticks where there is no space to plot them: ''my_plot.set_xticks([])''
+          * ''my_page.subplots_adjust(right=0.75)'' will leave 25% on the right of the page for adding a legend outside of a plot
+        * You can also **resize an existing (sub)plot** the following way:
+          - Get the current size information: ''pl_x_bottomleft, pl_y_bottomleft, pl_width, pl_height = my_plot.get_position().bounds''
+          - Set the new size: e.g reduce the height with ''my_plot.set_position( (pl_x_bottomleft, pl_y_bottomleft, pl_width, pl_height  * 0.5) )''
       * [[https://matplotlib.org/gallery/index.html#subplots-axes-and-figures|Subplots, axes and figures]] gallery
       * [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/intermediate/gridspec.html#sphx-glr-tutorials-intermediate-gridspec-py|Customizing Figure Layouts Using GridSpec and Other Functions]], [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.html|constrained layout]] and [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/intermediate/tight_layout_guide.html|tight layout]]
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   * The [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html|figure(...)]] and the associated methods
   * The [[https://matplotlib.org/api/axes_api.html|axes]] and the associated methods
-  * [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html#matplotlib-rcparams|matplotlib default settings]] can be queried and updated
+  * [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html#matplotlib-rcparams|matplotlib default config/settings]] can be queried and updated
     * example: the default figure size (inches) is ''mpl.rcParams['figure.figsize']'' (''[6.4, 4.8]'')
     * current settings' file:  ''mpl.matplotlib_fname()''