Ubuntu Linux 10.04, matplotlib version: 0.99.1.1, backend GtkAgg;
probably the same in all later versions
There seems to be no way of protecting a GUI-only figure containing
matplotlib widgets. If this figure becomes active, any pyplot command
will draw over the widgets. As an example, this happens in the built-in
subplot_tool function where the plot command draws into the Reset box:
$ ipython -pylab
In [1]: subplot_tool()
# click any slider
In [2]: plot(range(2))
MATLAB deals with this issue by having a HandleVisibility and IntegerHandle
properties, which prevent a GUI figure from becoming the active one and protect
it from accidental changes. It would be surely useful to have some similar
option of protecting GUI figures in matplotlib.
Ubuntu Linux 10.04, matplotlib version: 0.99.1.1, backend GtkAgg;
probably the same in all later versions
There seems to be no way of protecting a GUI-only figure containing
matplotlib widgets. If this figure becomes active, any pyplot command
will draw over the widgets. As an example, this happens in the built-in
subplot_tool function where the plot command draws into the Reset box:
MATLAB deals with this issue by having a HandleVisibility and IntegerHandle
properties, which prevent a GUI figure from becoming the active one and protect
it from accidental changes. It would be surely useful to have some similar
option of protecting GUI figures in matplotlib.