Matplotlib: get and set axes position

Question

In matlab, it\'s straightforward to get and set the position of an existing axes on the figure:

  pos = get(gca(), \'position\')
  set(gca(), \'position\', p         


        

Answer 1

Setting axes position is similar in Matplotlib. You can use the get_position and set_position methods of the axes.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ax = plt.subplot(111)
pos1 = ax.get_position() # get the original position 
pos2 = [pos1.x0 + 0.3, pos1.y0 + 0.3,  pos1.width / 2.0, pos1.height / 2.0] 
ax.set_position(pos2) # set a new position

You might also want to take a look at GridSpec if you haven't already.