Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to put the label above horizontal colorbar?

[Chao Y. <cha...@gm...>]

Dear Arnaldo,

sorry for the delay in reply. Thanks a lot. This solves my problem well.

Cheers,

Chao


On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Arnaldo Russo <arn...@gm...>wrote:

> Dear Chao,
>
> You could try this,
>
> import matplotlib
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> # create a color bar with:
> sm = plt.cm.ScalarMappable(cmap=plt.get_cmap('Reds'))
> sm.set_array(range(10))
>
> # create an horizontal colorbar and put the ticks on the top.
> # in your case, you could plot colorbar on top, and tick at 'bottom'
> cb = plt.colorbar(sm, orientation='horizontal', location=1.0)
> cb.ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('top')
> plt.show()
>
> Another way, you could find useful a function written by Ryan May [0]
>
> Hope that fits.
>
> Arnaldo.
>
> [0]
> https://www.mail-archive.com/mat...@li.../msg07447.html
>
>
> ---
> *Arnaldo D'Amaral Pereira Granja Russo*
> Lab. de Estudos dos Oceanos e Clima
> Instituto de Oceanografia - FURG
>
>
>
>
> 2014-03-10 14:39 GMT-03:00 Chao YUE <cha...@gm...>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am using the matplotlib 1.2.0 version, is there some way to put the
>> label above the horizontal colorbar? like in the attached example, I would
>> like the labels to be shown above the colorbar?
>>
>> thanks a lot in advance,
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chao
>>
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