How do I adjust (offset) colorbar title in matplotlib

alignment, colorbar, matplotlib

Solution

cb.set_label("Foo", labelpad=-1)

Negative labelpad values will move closer to the bar, positive away.

Problem

Given the following code: ``` imshow(np.arange(16*16).reshape(16,16)) cb = colorbar() cb.set_label("Foo") cb.set_ticks([0,255]) ``` Which produces: How do I adjust the colorbar text "Foo" so that it is offset to the left, betwen the 0 and 255, closer to the colorbar, reducing the un-needed whitespace?

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