FIX

jklymak · jklymak · commit e391e62273c5 · 2021-07-01T09:44:18.000-07:00
diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_methods.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/colorbar_methods.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 New colorbar methods
 --------------------
 
-Colorbar now has `~.colorbar.set_scale`, `~.colorbar.get_scale` to set and get
-the scale from the main colorbar axis and `~.colorbar.set_aspect` to set the 
+Colorbar now has `~.Colorbar.set_scale`, `~.Colorbar.get_scale` to set and get
+the scale from the main colorbar axis and `~.Colorbar.set_aspect` to set the 
 aspect ratio of the colorbar axes.  
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py b/lib/matplotlib/colorbar.py
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ def __call__(self, ax, renderer):
         # extend tri/rectangles.
         if self._cbar.orientation == 'vertical':
             if aspect:
-                self._cbar.set_aspect(aspect*shrink)
+                self._cbar.ax.set_box_aspect(aspect*shrink)
             pos = pos.shrunk(1, shrink).translated(0, offset * pos.height)
         else:
             if aspect:
-                self._cbar.set_aspect(1 / (aspect / shrink))
+                self._cbar.ax.set_box_aspect(1/(aspect * shrink))
             pos = pos.shrunk(shrink, 1).translated(offset * pos.width, 0)
         return pos
 
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ def set_aspect(self, aspect):
         """
         Set ratio of the long axis to short axis.
         """
+        self.ax._colorbar_info['aspect'] = aspect
         if self.orientation == 'horizontal':
             aspect = 1 / aspect
         self.ax.set_box_aspect(aspect)
@@ -1318,7 +1319,7 @@ def make_axes(parents, location=None, orientation=None, fraction=0.15,
 
     anchor = kw.pop('anchor', loc_settings['anchor'])
     panchor = kw.pop('panchor', loc_settings['panchor'])
-
+    aspect0 = aspect
     # turn parents into a list if it is not already. We do this w/ np
     # because `plt.subplots` can return an ndarray and is natural to
     # pass to `colorbar`.
@@ -1376,7 +1377,7 @@ def make_axes(parents, location=None, orientation=None, fraction=0.15,
         anchor=anchor,
         panchor=panchor,
         fraction=fraction,
-        aspect=aspect,
+        aspect=aspect0,
         pad=pad)
     # and we need to set the aspect ratio by hand...
     cax.set_anchor(anchor)
@@ -1431,6 +1432,7 @@ def make_axes_gridspec(parent, *, location=None, orientation=None,
     kw['orientation'] = loc_settings['orientation']
     location = kw['ticklocation'] = loc_settings['location']
 
+    aspect0 = aspect
     anchor = kw.pop('anchor', loc_settings['anchor'])
     panchor = kw.pop('panchor', loc_settings['panchor'])
     pad = kw.pop('pad', loc_settings["pad"])
@@ -1492,7 +1494,7 @@ def make_axes_gridspec(parent, *, location=None, orientation=None,
         anchor=anchor,
         panchor=panchor,
         fraction=fraction,
-        aspect=aspect,
+        aspect=aspect0,
         pad=pad)
     return cax, kw
 
