Is there a way to make local titles using subplot2grid in Python
Question: I'm using suplot2grid like in the example in the matplotlib page:

    
    
    ax1 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (0,0), colspan=3)
    ax2 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (1,0), colspan=2)
    ax3 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (1, 2), rowspan=2)
    ax4 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (2, 0))
    ax5 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (2, 1))
    plt.suptitle("subplot2grid")
    

![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0vII7.png)

Is there a way to make a local subtitle below ax1, instead of the global one
on top of it?

Thanks


Answer: You can add titles to each sub plot using the set_title() method of the axes.
Each title will still be display above the axis. If you want text below the
axis, you could use set_xlabel. For example:

    
    
    import pylab as plt
    ax1 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (0,0), colspan=3)
    ax2 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (1,0), colspan=2)
    ax3 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (1, 2), rowspan=2)
    ax4 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (2, 0))
    ax5 = plt.subplot2grid((3,3), (2, 1))
    
    # add titles to subplots
    ax2.set_title('plot 2')
    ax3.set_title('plot 3')
    
    # add x-label to subplot
    ax1.set_xlabel('plot 1 x-label')
    
    # add y-label to subplot
    ax1.set_ylabel('y-label')
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()
    

![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0CNJg.png)

You can also use figtext to add a new title like this:

    
    
    # add Text
    pos = ax1.get_position()
    x = pos.x0 + 0.35
    y = pos.y0
    plt.figtext(x,y,'new title')
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()
    

