René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Bug]: axes(position = [...]) behavior","articleBody":"### Bug summary\n\nwhen setting axes position with `ax = plt.axes(position = [...])` the position data is not being incorporated.\n\n### Code for reproduction\n\n```python\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\nfig = plt.figure()\r\n\r\npos1 = [0.1, 0.1, 0.3, 0.8]\r\npos2 = [0.5, 0.1, 0.4, 0.6]\r\n\r\nax1 = plt.axes(position = pos1)\r\nax1.plot([0,1], [0, 1], color = 'r', linewidth = 3)\r\n\r\nax2 = plt.axes(position = pos2)\r\nax2.plot([1, 0], [0, 1], color = 'b', linestyle = '--')\n```\n\n\n### Actual outcome\n\nThe two axes completely overlap\r\n![test1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11670408/138557633-5a375766-ac87-4fd0-9305-7c0ca7c5121c.png)\r\n\n\n### Expected outcome\n\nWould expect two separate axes (these were created by adding\r\n`ax1.set_axes(pos1)` and `ax2.set_axes(pos2)`, which should not be necessary)\r\n![test2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11670408/138557661-690221c9-8cb1-4496-8316-72c5bcbe9764.png)\r\n\r\n\n\n### Operating system\n\nWindows\n\n### Matplotlib Version\n\n3.4.2\n\n### Matplotlib Backend\n\nQt5Agg\n\n### Python version\n\n3.8.8\n\n### Jupyter version\n\n_No response_\n\n### Other libraries\n\n_No response_\n\n### Installation\n\nconda\n\n### Conda channel\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ramzim","@type":"Person","name":"ramzim"},"datePublished":"2021-10-23T13:13:45.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/21441/matplotlib/issues/21441"}