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Reputation: 232

Matplotlib: how to update the figure title after user has zoomed?

Is there any way to update the title of a Matplotlib figure after the user has zoomed in? For example, I would like the title to display the exact extends of the x-axis,

import pylab as pl
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10,step=0.1)
y = np.sin(x)

f = pl.figure()
pl.plot(x,y)

def my_ondraw(ev):
    x1,x2 = f.gca().get_xlim() # FIXME value hasn't been updated yet
    pl.title("x = [%f, %f]" % (x1,x2))

f.canvas.mpl_connect('draw_event', my_ondraw)

pl.show()

As noted, my code doesn't get the right values back from get_xlim() because the re-draw hasn't been done at the time my_ondraw is called...

Any suggestions?

Modified code that works based on Ilya's suggestion below:

import pylab as pl
import numpy as np

x = np.arange(10,step=0.1)
y = np.sin(x)

f = pl.figure()
ax = f.gca()
pl.plot(x,y)

def my_ondraw(ev):
    print "my_ondraw: %s" % ev.name
    x1,x2 = f.gca().get_xlim() # FIXME value hasn't been updated yet
    pl.title("x = [%f, %f]" % (x1,x2))

ax.callbacks.connect('xlim_changed', my_ondraw)

pl.show()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 603

Answers (1)

Ilya
Ilya

Reputation: 4689

You can register callback functions on the xlim_changed and ylim_changed events. Try something like this:

def on_xylims_change(axes):
  x1,x2 = f.gca().get_xlim() # FIXME value hasn't been updated yet
  pl.title("x = [%f, %f]" % (x1,x2))

fig, ax = pl.subplots(1, 1)
ax.callbacks.connect('xlim_changed', on_xylims_change)
ax.callbacks.connect('ylim_changed', on_xylims_change)

You can read more about it here: Event handling and picking in Matplotlib.

Upvotes: 1

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