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The SpanSelector is a mouse widget to select a xmin/xmax range and plot the detail view of the selected region in the lower axes
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.widgets import SpanSelector
# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)
fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, figsize=(8, 6))
ax1.set(facecolor='#FFFFCC')
x = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.01)
y = np.sin(2*np.pi*x) + 0.5*np.random.randn(len(x))
ax1.plot(x, y, '-')
ax1.set_ylim(-2, 2)
ax1.set_title('Press left mouse button and drag to test')
ax2.set(facecolor='#FFFFCC')
line2, = ax2.plot(x, y, '-')
def onselect(xmin, xmax):
indmin, indmax = np.searchsorted(x, (xmin, xmax))
indmax = min(len(x) - 1, indmax)
thisx = x[indmin:indmax]
thisy = y[indmin:indmax]
line2.set_data(thisx, thisy)
ax2.set_xlim(thisx[0], thisx[-1])
ax2.set_ylim(thisy.min(), thisy.max())
fig.canvas.draw()
# set useblit True on gtkagg for enhanced performance
span = SpanSelector(ax1, onselect, 'horizontal', useblit=True,
rectprops=dict(alpha=0.5, facecolor='red'))
plt.show()
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