Inline {x,y}axis labels in Matplotlib

inline_labels.py

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/74706214/3979938
from matplotlib.transforms import offset_copy

def inline_xlabel(ax, label):
    t = offset_copy(
        ax.transAxes,
        y=-(ax.xaxis.get_tick_padding() + ax.xaxis.get_tick_space()), 
        fig=fig,
        units='points'
    )
    ax.xaxis.set_label_coords(.5, 0, transform=t)
    ax.set_xlabel(label, va='top')

def inline_ylabel(ax, label):
  t = offset_copy(
      ax.transAxes,
      x=-(ax.yaxis.get_tick_padding() + ax.yaxis.get_tick_space()), 
      fig=fig,
      units='points'
  )
  ax.yaxis.set_label_coords(0, .5, transform=t)
  ax.set_ylabel(label, va='bottom')