.. _event_handling-close_event: event_handling example code: close_event.py =========================================== [`source code `_] :: from __future__ import print_function import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def handle_close(evt): print('Closed Figure!') fig = plt.figure() fig.canvas.mpl_connect('close_event', handle_close) plt.text(0.35, 0.5, 'Close Me!', dict(size=30)) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)