.. _widgets-rectangle_selector: widgets example code: rectangle_selector.py =========================================== [`source code `_] :: from __future__ import print_function """ Do a mouseclick somewhere, move the mouse to some destination, release the button. This class gives click- and release-events and also draws a line or a box from the click-point to the actual mouseposition (within the same axes) until the button is released. Within the method 'self.ignore()' it is checked wether the button from eventpress and eventrelease are the same. """ from matplotlib.widgets import RectangleSelector import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def line_select_callback(eclick, erelease): 'eclick and erelease are the press and release events' x1, y1 = eclick.xdata, eclick.ydata x2, y2 = erelease.xdata, erelease.ydata print ("(%3.2f, %3.2f) --> (%3.2f, %3.2f)" % (x1, y1, x2, y2)) print (" The button you used were: %s %s" % (eclick.button, erelease.button)) def toggle_selector(event): print (' Key pressed.') if event.key in ['Q', 'q'] and toggle_selector.RS.active: print (' RectangleSelector deactivated.') toggle_selector.RS.set_active(False) if event.key in ['A', 'a'] and not toggle_selector.RS.active: print (' RectangleSelector activated.') toggle_selector.RS.set_active(True) current_ax = plt.subplot(111) # make a new plotingrange N = 100000 # If N is large one can see x = np.linspace(0.0, 10.0, N) # improvement by use blitting! plt.plot(x, +np.sin(.2*np.pi*x), lw=3.5, c='b', alpha=.7) # plot something plt.plot(x, +np.cos(.2*np.pi*x), lw=3.5, c='r', alpha=.5) plt.plot(x, -np.sin(.2*np.pi*x), lw=3.5, c='g', alpha=.3) print ("\n click --> release") # drawtype is 'box' or 'line' or 'none' toggle_selector.RS = RectangleSelector(current_ax, line_select_callback, drawtype='box', useblit=True, button=[1,3], # don't use middle button minspanx=5, minspany=5, spancoords='pixels') plt.connect('key_press_event', toggle_selector) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)