.. 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_event_handling_figure_axes_enter_leave.py: ======================= Figure Axes Enter Leave ======================= Illustrate the figure and axes enter and leave events by changing the frame colors on enter and leave .. code-block:: python 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() .. code-block:: python 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) .. image:: /gallery/event_handling/images/sphx_glr_figure_axes_enter_leave_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: python 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() .. image:: /gallery/event_handling/images/sphx_glr_figure_axes_enter_leave_002.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_event_handling_figure_axes_enter_leave.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: figure_axes_enter_leave.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: figure_axes_enter_leave.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_