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[Matplotlib-users] How to modify the navigation toolbar easily in a matplotlib figure window?

[Jianbao T. <jia...@gm...>]

Is it possible to do something like the following to modify the navigation
toolbar in matplotlib?

   1. Generate a figure window, such as by *fig = figure()*
   2. Get a reference of the navigation toolbar, such as by *tbar =
   fig.get_navigation_toolbar()* or better yet, just by *tbar = fig.navtbar*
   3. Modify the toolbar through the reference *tbar*, such as
   delete/add/edit a button by something like this: *tbar.add_button()*,
    *tbar.remove_button(a reference to a button)*,  *tbar.edit_button(a
   reference to a button)*.
   4. Update the figure by *fig.canvas.draw()*

Thank you very much.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to modify the navigation toolbar easily in a matplotlib figure window?

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2012/10/02 8:08 AM, Jianbao Tao wrote:
> Is it possible to do something like the following to modify the
> navigation toolbar in matplotlib?
>
>  1. Generate a figure window, such as by *fig = figure()*
>  2. Get a reference of the navigation toolbar, such as by *tbar =
>     fig.get_navigation_toolbar()* or better yet, just by *tbar =
>     fig.navtbar*
>  3. Modify the toolbar through the reference /tbar/, such as
>     delete/add/edit a button by something like this:
>     *tbar.add_button()*,  *tbar.remove_button(a reference to a button)*,
>       *tbar.edit_button(a reference to a button)*.
>  4. Update the figure by *fig.canvas.draw()*

No, this sort of flexibility has been at least on the mental wish-list 
for a long time, but it is not available.  It would require substantial 
work on all of the gui backends.

Eric

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Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to modify the navigation toolbar easily in a matplotlib figure window?

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:

> On 2012/10/02 8:08 AM, Jianbao Tao wrote:
> > Is it possible to do something like the following to modify the
> > navigation toolbar in matplotlib?
> >
> >  1. Generate a figure window, such as by *fig = figure()*
> >  2. Get a reference of the navigation toolbar, such as by *tbar =
> >     fig.get_navigation_toolbar()* or better yet, just by *tbar =
> >     fig.navtbar*
> >  3. Modify the toolbar through the reference /tbar/, such as
> >     delete/add/edit a button by something like this:
> >     *tbar.add_button()*,  *tbar.remove_button(a reference to a button)*,
> >       *tbar.edit_button(a reference to a button)*.
> >  4. Update the figure by *fig.canvas.draw()*
>
> No, this sort of flexibility has been at least on the mental wish-list
> for a long time, but it is not available.  It would require substantial
> work on all of the gui backends.
>
> Eric
>
>
Note, however, code has been improved for the 1.2.0 release to make it
easier to modify the set of buttons that are used.  In backend_bases.py,
look for the NavigationToolbar2 class.

Cheers!
Ben Root

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to modify the navigation toolbar easily in a matplotlib figure window?

[Phil E. <pel...@gm...>]

> Note, however, code has been improved for the 1.2.0 release to make it
easier to modify the set of buttons that are used.  In backend_bases.py,
look for the NavigationToolbar2 class.

Ah yes! I knew I did that for a good reason. :-) Good thinking Ben!