.. _ticks_and_spines-spines_demo_dropped:

ticks_and_spines example code: spines_demo_dropped.py
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.. plot:: /home/travis/build/jenshnielsen/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/ticks_and_spines/spines_demo_dropped.py

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    """
    Demo of spines offset from the axes (a.k.a. "dropped spines").
    """
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    
    image = np.random.uniform(size=(10, 10))
    ax.imshow(image, cmap=plt.cm.gray, interpolation='nearest')
    ax.set_title('dropped spines')
    
    # Move left and bottom spines outward by 10 points
    ax.spines['left'].set_position(('outward', 10))
    ax.spines['bottom'].set_position(('outward', 10))
    # Hide the right and top spines
    ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
    ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
    # Only show ticks on the left and bottom spines
    ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('left')
    ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
    
    plt.show()
    

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