GridSpec.update

GridSpec.update(**kwargs)[source]

Update the gridspec with arbitrary initialization keyword arguments and update the subplot positions.

Parameters
  • left, right, top, bottom (unit-spec, optional) – The fixed space between the subplots and the figure edge. Default is None. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units. If None, the space is determined automatically based on the font size and axis sharing settings. If rc['subplots.tight'] is True, the space is determined by the tight layout algorithm.

  • wspace, hspace, space (unit-spec or sequence, optional) – The fixed space between grid columns, rows, and both, respectively. If float, string, or None, this value is expanded into lists of length ncols - 1 (for wspace) or length nrows - 1 (for hspace). If a sequence, its length must match these lengths. Default is None. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units.

    For elements equal to None, the space is determined automatically based on the font and tick settings. If rc['subplots.tight'] is True, the space is determined by the tight layout algorithm. Otherwise, a sensible default value is chosen. For example, subplots(ncols=3, tight=True, wspace=(2, None)) fixes the space between columns 1 and 2 but lets the tight layout algorithm determine the space between columns 2 and 3.

  • wratios, hratios (float or sequence, optional) – Passed to GridSpec, denotes the width and height ratios for the subplot grid. Length of wratios must match the number of rows, and length of hratios must match the number of columns.

  • width_ratios, height_ratios – Aliases for wratios, hratios. Included for consistency with the matplotlib.pyplot.subplots command.

  • wpad, hpad, pad (unit-spec or sequence, optional) – The tight layout padding between columns, rows, and both, respectively. Unlike space, these control the padding between subplot content (including text, ticks, etc.) rather than subplot edges. As with space, these can be scalars or arrays optionally containing None. Default is innerpad. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units.

  • wequal, hequal, equal (bool, optional) – Whether to make the tight layout algorithm apply equal spacing between columns, rows, or both. Default is False. Ignored if rc.tight is False.

  • outerpad (unit-spec, optional) – The tight layout padding around the left, right, top, and bottom edges of the figure. Default is rc['subplots.outerpad'] = 0.5. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units.

  • innerpad (unit-spec, optional) – The scalar tight layout padding between columns and rows. Synonymous with pad. Default is rc['subplots.innerpad'] = 1.0. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units.

  • panelpad (unit-spec, optional) – The tight layout padding between subplots and axes panels and between “stacked” panels. Default is rc['subplots.panelpad'] = 0.5. If float, units are em-widths. If string, interpreted by units.