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data = RandomReal[NormalDistribution[0.5, 0.1], {10000, 2}];
DensityHistogram[data, PlotRange -> 1, Method -> {"DistributionAxes" -> "Histogram"}]

The problem I have is that the histogram on the axes is not aligned with the density plot because of the PlotRange. I tried using Mathematica 8 and 9. Can someone please help me fix this?

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Please try to post self contained code. Add one more statement to fill your data – belisarius Jan 17 at 21:09
Yes, please include code to fill data so this can be run and observed without additional effort. – Mr.Wizard♦ Mar 31 at 0:00
fixed it so that it is :) – AimForClarity Apr 1 at 19:46
I cannot reproduce this error in version 8.0.0. – whuber Apr 1 at 21:56
I definetly get it on 8.0.1.0 x64 – AimForClarity Apr 1 at 23:39

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This issue also arises in version 9. Possible workarounds include:

a) Removing the PlotRange option and letting Mathematica choose the plot range automatically.

data = RandomVariate[MultinormalDistribution[{0.001, 
     0.001}, {{0.005, 0.0015}, {0.0015, 0.0040}}], {1000}];

DensityHistogram[data, Method -> {"DistributionAxes" -> "Histogram"}, 
 ImageSize -> 250]

enter image description here

b) Using one of the other options for distribution axes, which do not suffer from this problem.

 DensityHistogram[data, PlotRange -> 0.35, 
 Method -> {"DistributionAxes" -> "BoxWhisker"}, ImageSize -> 250]

enter image description here

DensityHistogram[data, PlotRange -> 0.35, 
 Method -> {"DistributionAxes" -> True}, ImageSize -> 250]

enter image description here

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Is this a bug then? – Mike Honeychurch Jan 17 at 23:52
@MikeHoneychurch - I guess so. – Verbeia♦ Jan 17 at 23:58
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Maybe if someone like @BrettChampion can confirm then it can be tagged as a bug. – Mike Honeychurch Jan 18 at 0:09
Thank you, but the thing is that I need the histogram on the axrs and I need the Plot Range. I think it must be a bug. – AimForClarity Jan 18 at 0:31
I should point out that I really also want the whole distribution to be in its right place, ie the gaussian blob should have an offset it should NOT be centered on (0,0), but mathematica seems to recenter it after DensityHistogram. any thoughts on how I can move it? maybe using show – AimForClarity Jan 18 at 5:04

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