.. _sphx_glr_gallery_event_handling_keypress_demo.py: ============= Keypress Demo ============= Show how to connect to keypress events .. image:: /gallery/event_handling/images/sphx_glr_keypress_demo_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python 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() # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) 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') ax.set_title('Press a key') plt.show() .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: keypress_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: keypress_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_