.. _event_handling-figure_axes_enter_leave: event_handling example code: figure_axes_enter_leave.py ======================================================= [`source code `_] :: """ Illustrate the figure and axes enter and leave events by changing the frame colors on enter and leave """ from __future__ import print_function import matplotlib.pyplot as plt def enter_axes(event): print('enter_axes', event.inaxes) event.inaxes.patch.set_facecolor('yellow') event.canvas.draw() def leave_axes(event): print('leave_axes', event.inaxes) event.inaxes.patch.set_facecolor('white') event.canvas.draw() def enter_figure(event): print('enter_figure', event.canvas.figure) event.canvas.figure.patch.set_facecolor('red') event.canvas.draw() def leave_figure(event): print('leave_figure', event.canvas.figure) event.canvas.figure.patch.set_facecolor('grey') event.canvas.draw() fig1, (ax, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, 1) fig1.suptitle('mouse hover over figure or axes to trigger events') fig1.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_enter_event', enter_figure) fig1.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_leave_event', leave_figure) fig1.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_enter_event', enter_axes) fig1.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_leave_event', leave_axes) fig2, (ax, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, 1) fig2.suptitle('mouse hover over figure or axes to trigger events') fig2.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_enter_event', enter_figure) fig2.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_leave_event', leave_figure) fig2.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_enter_event', enter_axes) fig2.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_leave_event', leave_axes) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)