.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_axes_divider1.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_axes_divider1.py:


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





.. image:: /gallery/axes_grid1/images/sphx_glr_simple_axes_divider1_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. 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()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_axes_grid1_simple_axes_divider1.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: simple_axes_divider1.py <simple_axes_divider1.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: simple_axes_divider1.ipynb <simple_axes_divider1.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
