On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Kun Hong<kun.h...@uqconnect.edu.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to matplotlib. Currently I have a need to change the subplot > orders after the subplts have been added to a figure. I haven't found a > way to do it easily. One of my solution is to keep an ordered list of > the subplots and re-add them in the correct order. But this way, all the > navigation information (zoom/pan) is lost. Another way I found is to > get the positions (get_position method of Axes) of the subplot and > then set the positions according to the new order, which is quite > cumbersom. I am thinking if there is a similar method like add_subplot > (that is, accepting new positional information of row, column, number > instead of Bbox), it will be great. Does anyone know any better > solution?
It should work to call ax.change_geometry on the existing subplot instances. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.SubplotBase.change_geometry Haven't tested it for this use case, but I'm pretty sure it will do what you want. Let me know! JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
