Matplotlib: Adjust legend location/position

Question

I\'m creating a figure with multiple subplots. One of these subplots is giving me some trouble, as none of the axes corners or centers are free (or can be freed up) for placing

Answer 1

I saw the answer you posted and tried it out. The problem however is that it is also depended on the figure size.

Here's a new try:

import numpy
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


x = numpy.linspace(0, 10, 10000)
y = numpy.cos(x) + 2.

x_value = .014    #Offset by eye
y_value = .55

fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 2, sharex = False, sharey = False)
fig.set_size_inches(50,30)

ax[0].plot(x, y, label = "cos")
ax[0].set_ylim([0.8,3.2])
ax[0].legend(loc=2)

line1 ,= ax[1].plot(x,y)
ax[1].set_ylim([0.8,3.2])

axbox = ax[1].get_position()

fig.legend([line1], ["cos"], loc = (axbox.x0 + x_value, axbox.y0 + y_value))

plt.show()

So what I am now doing is basically getting the coordinates from the subplot. I then create the legend based on the dimensions of the entire figure. Hence, the figure size does not change anything to the legend positioning anymore.

With the values for x_value and y_value the legend can be positioned in the subplot. x_value has been eyeballed for a good correspondence with the "normal" legend. This value can be changed at your desire. y_value determines the height of the legend.

Good luck!