""" ============ Tool Manager ============ This example demonstrates how to * modify the Toolbar * create tools * add tools * remove tools using `matplotlib.backend_managers.ToolManager`. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.backend_tools import ToolBase, ToolToggleBase plt.rcParams['toolbar'] = 'toolmanager' class ListTools(ToolBase): """List all the tools controlled by the `ToolManager`.""" default_keymap = 'm' # keyboard shortcut description = 'List Tools' def trigger(self, *args, **kwargs): print('_' * 80) fmt_tool = "{:12} {:45} {}".format print(fmt_tool('Name (id)', 'Tool description', 'Keymap')) print('-' * 80) tools = self.toolmanager.tools for name in sorted(tools): if not tools[name].description: continue keys = ', '.join(sorted(self.toolmanager.get_tool_keymap(name))) print(fmt_tool(name, tools[name].description, keys)) print('_' * 80) fmt_active_toggle = "{!s:12} {!s:45}".format print("Active Toggle tools") print(fmt_active_toggle("Group", "Active")) print('-' * 80) for group, active in self.toolmanager.active_toggle.items(): print(fmt_active_toggle(group, active)) class GroupHideTool(ToolToggleBase): """Show lines with a given gid.""" default_keymap = 'S' description = 'Show by gid' default_toggled = True def __init__(self, *args, gid, **kwargs): self.gid = gid super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) def enable(self, *args): self.set_lines_visibility(True) def disable(self, *args): self.set_lines_visibility(False) def set_lines_visibility(self, state): for ax in self.figure.get_axes(): for line in ax.get_lines(): if line.get_gid() == self.gid: line.set_visible(state) self.figure.canvas.draw() fig = plt.figure() plt.plot([1, 2, 3], gid='mygroup') plt.plot([2, 3, 4], gid='unknown') plt.plot([3, 2, 1], gid='mygroup') # Add the custom tools that we created fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.add_tool('List', ListTools) fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.add_tool('Show', GroupHideTool, gid='mygroup') # Add an existing tool to new group `foo`. # It can be added as many times as we want fig.canvas.manager.toolbar.add_tool('zoom', 'foo') # Remove the forward button fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.remove_tool('forward') # To add a custom tool to the toolbar at specific location inside # the navigation group fig.canvas.manager.toolbar.add_tool('Show', 'navigation', 1) plt.show()