Re: [matplotlib-devel] Toolbar button for relimiting

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:

> Second, irregardless of whether this button is included or not, there have
> been app developers who have added buttons to the toolbar for their own
> use.  Can these developers count on that real estate to always be free?  Can
> we definitively say that matplotlib will never have more buttons added to
> its default toolbar?

On a different but related topic, I think it would definitely be
desirable to support customizable toolbars, so users could easily add
their own buttons, remove buttons, connect them to their own
callbacks, etc...  That would take a bit of work to handle this across
GUIS and platforms with icon specifications, etc, but would certainly
be useful.  Adding one more button for a somewhat specialized use case
is definitely not a good idea, as only a tiny faction of users
actually modify data in objects in place.

A related button to autoscale y after zoom based on current x limits
would be somewhat handy in my own experience, but again, I'd rather
have customizable toolbars with a stock functionality that we could
add or remove as desired.

JDH