.. _event_handling-keypress_demo: event_handling example code: keypress_demo.py ============================================= [`source code `_] :: #!/usr/bin/env python """ Show how to connect to keypress events """ from __future__ import print_function import sys import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def press(event): print('press', event.key) sys.stdout.flush() if event.key=='x': visible = xl.get_visible() xl.set_visible(not visible) fig.canvas.draw() fig, ax = plt.subplots() fig.canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event', press) ax.plot(np.random.rand(12), np.random.rand(12), 'go') xl = ax.set_xlabel('easy come, easy go') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)