matplotlib.axes.Axes.inset_axes

Axes.inset_axes(bounds, *, transform=None, zorder=5, **kwargs)

Add a child inset axes to this existing axes.

Parameters:

bounds : [x0, y0, width, height]

Lower-left corner of inset axes, and its width and height.

transform : Transform

Defaults to ax.transAxes, i.e. the units of rect are in axes-relative coordinates.

zorder : number

Defaults to 5 (same as Axes.legend). Adjust higher or lower to change whether it is above or below data plotted on the parent axes.

**kwargs

Other kwargs are passed on to the axes.Axes child axes.

Returns:

Axes

The created axes.Axes instance.

Warning

This method is experimental as of 3.0, and the API may change.

Examples

This example makes two inset axes, the first is in axes-relative coordinates, and the second in data-coordinates:

fig, ax = plt.suplots()
ax.plot(range(10))
axin1 = ax.inset_axes([0.8, 0.1, 0.15, 0.15])
axin2 = ax.inset_axes(
        [5, 7, 2.3, 2.3], transform=ax.transData)

Examples using matplotlib.axes.Axes.inset_axes

Zoom region inset axes