using the Plots package. I looked here: Cannot change colorbar position , which does suggest that heatmap(rand(5,5); cb=:top) should work, however, it does not. Might be that it requires the pgfplot backend, but seems like osmething that might be possible using the default one?

[image] Torkel: which does suggest that heatmap(rand(5,5); cb=:top) should work, It actually suggests that it should work for the pyplot() and pgfplotsx() backends, only.

How do I put the heatmap colorbar at the top of the plot?

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rafael.guerra October 5, 2025, 7:07pm 2

It actually suggests that it should work for the pyplot() and pgfplotsx() backends, only.

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How do I put the heatmap colorbar at the top of the plot?

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