Changing matplotlib subplot size/position after axes creation

Question

Is it possible to set the size/position of a matplotlib subplot after the axes are created? I know that I can do:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ax = plt.subp         


        

Answer 1

You can create a figure with one subplot that spans two rows and one subplot that spans one row using the rowspan argument to subplot2grid:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig = plt.figure()
ax1 = plt.subplot2grid((3,1), (0,0), rowspan=2)
ax2 = plt.subplot2grid((3,1), (2,0))
plt.show()

If you want to change the subplot size and position after it's been created you can use the set_position method.

ax1.set_position([0.1,0.1, 0.5, 0.5])

Bu you don't need this to create the figure you described.