python - matplotlib set shared axis

Question

Using matplotlib, it seems the only time to set the sharex or sharey axis parameters are during sub_plot creation (add_subplot(), subplot(), subplots()). For an axes class there are methods for getting axis sharing (get_shared_x_axes(), get_shared_y_axes()), but no corresponding methods for setting sharing. Maybe this is an API oversight, or perhaps it did not fit architecturally.

Is there a way to change the shared axis parameter?

For those that ask why: I'm using a matrix of plots dynamically, and can control this using view limits, but it just seems like there could be an easier way, and turning sharing on/off and using autoscale would be it.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Just to mention that a method for sharing axes after their creation does exist by now. For two axes ax1 and ax2 you can use

ax1.get_shared_x_axes().join(ax1, ax2)

See How share x axis of two subplots after they are created?.