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

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

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_recipes_share_axis_lims_views.py:


Sharing axis limits and views
=============================

It's common to make two or more plots which share an axis, e.g., two
subplots with time as a common axis.  When you pan and zoom around on
one, you want the other to move around with you.  To facilitate this,
matplotlib Axes support a ``sharex`` and ``sharey`` attribute.  When
you create a :func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.subplot` or
:func:`~matplotlib.pyplot.axes` instance, you can pass in a keyword
indicating what axes you want to share with




.. image:: /gallery/recipes/images/sphx_glr_share_axis_lims_views_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    t = np.arange(0, 10, 0.01)

    ax1 = plt.subplot(211)
    ax1.plot(t, np.sin(2*np.pi*t))

    ax2 = plt.subplot(212, sharex=ax1)
    ax2.plot(t, np.sin(4*np.pi*t))

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_recipes_share_axis_lims_views.py:


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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
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  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



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


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    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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