labelposition.py

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x,y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0.1,0.9,9),np.linspace(0.1,0.9,9))

#xlabel position
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1,3,figsize=(8,3)) 
ax = ax.ravel()  
fig.patch.set_facecolor('white')
loc=['left','center','right']

for a,i in zip(ax,range(3)):
    a.patch.set_facecolor('k')
    a.grid(color='gray', linestyle='-', linewidth=4)
    a.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)
    a.tick_params(color='white')
    a.plot(x,y,'o',c='white', ms=3)
    a.set_xlabel('xlabel loc='+str(loc[i])+'', loc=loc[i])
    a.xaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.yaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.set_box_aspect(1)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("kirameki_xlabel.png",dpi=100, pad_inches = 'tight')
plt.show()

#ylabel position
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1,3,figsize=(8,3)) 
ax = ax.ravel()  
fig.patch.set_facecolor('white')
loc=['bottom', 'center', 'top']

for a,i in zip(ax,range(3)):
    a.patch.set_facecolor('k')
    a.grid(color='gray', linestyle='-', linewidth=4)
    a.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)
    a.tick_params(color='white')
    a.plot(x,y,'o',c='white', ms=3)
    a.set_ylabel('xlabel loc='+str(loc[i])+'', loc=loc[i])
    a.xaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.yaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.set_box_aspect(1)
    
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("kirameki_ylabel.png",dpi=100, pad_inches = 'tight')
plt.show()

x,y = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0.1,0.9,9),np.linspace(0.1,0.9,9))

#xlabel position
fig,ax = plt.subplots(1,3,figsize=(8,3)) 
ax = ax.ravel()  
fig.patch.set_facecolor('white')
pad=[10,20,30]

for a,i in zip(ax,range(3)):
    a.patch.set_facecolor('k')
    a.grid(color='gray', linestyle='-', linewidth=4)
    a.tick_params(labelbottom=False, labelleft=False)
    a.tick_params(color='white')
    a.plot(x,y,'o',c='white', ms=3)
    a.set_xlabel('labelpad='+str(pad[i])+'',labelpad=pad[i])
    a.xaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.yaxis.set_major_locator(plt.MaxNLocator(10))
    a.set_box_aspect(1)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig("kirameki_xlabelpad.png",dpi=100, pad_inches = 'tight')
plt.show()

#version
import matplotlib
print(matplotlib.__version__)
3.3.0
print(np.__version__)
1.19.1