.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_user_interfaces_pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.py: ============== Pylab With GTK ============== An example of how to use pylab to manage your figure windows, but modify the GUI by accessing the underlying gtk widgets .. code-block:: python from __future__ import print_function import matplotlib matplotlib.use('GTKAgg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() plt.plot([1, 2, 3], 'ro-', label='easy as 1 2 3') plt.plot([1, 4, 9], 'gs--', label='easy as 1 2 3 squared') plt.legend() manager = plt.get_current_fig_manager() # you can also access the window or vbox attributes this way toolbar = manager.toolbar # now let's add a button to the toolbar import gtk next = 8 # where to insert this in the mpl toolbar button = gtk.Button('Click me') button.show() def clicked(button): print('hi mom') button.connect('clicked', clicked) toolitem = gtk.ToolItem() toolitem.show() toolitem.set_tooltip( toolbar.tooltips, 'Click me for fun and profit') toolitem.add(button) toolbar.insert(toolitem, next) next += 1 # now let's add a widget to the vbox label = gtk.Label() label.set_markup('Drag mouse over axes for position') label.show() vbox = manager.vbox vbox.pack_start(label, False, False) vbox.reorder_child(manager.toolbar, -1) def update(event): if event.xdata is None: label.set_markup('Drag mouse over axes for position') else: label.set_markup('x,y=(%f, %f)' % (event.xdata, event.ydata)) plt.connect('motion_notify_event', update) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_user_interfaces_pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: pylab_with_gtk_sgskip.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_