Re: [Matplotlib-users] tooltips in matplotlib?

[Ken M. <mc...@ii...>]

On Sep 11, 2006, at 5:28 PM, Martin Spacek wrote:
>
> I'd like to be able to pop up a tooltip on, say, a matplotlib
> 'motion_notify_event', or maybe just a 'button_press_event'. Does MPL
> have the ability to control tooltips, or do I have to drop down to the
> specific backend to do that (wxagg in my case).

I don't think there's a backend-level API for drawing tooltips.

> If the latter, anyone know off the top of their head how to do this in
> wxagg?

Unfortunately, I don't think wxWidgets exposes the functionality for  
displaying a wx.ToolTip.  You might be able to fake it with a  
wx.PopupWindow.

Ken