Figure/Axes enter and leave events#

Illustrate the figure and Axes enter and leave events by changing the frame colors on enter and leave.

mouse hover over figure or axes to trigger events
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


def on_enter_axes(event):
    print('enter_axes', event.inaxes)
    event.inaxes.patch.set_facecolor('yellow')
    event.canvas.draw()


def on_leave_axes(event):
    print('leave_axes', event.inaxes)
    event.inaxes.patch.set_facecolor('white')
    event.canvas.draw()


def on_enter_figure(event):
    print('enter_figure', event.canvas.figure)
    event.canvas.figure.patch.set_facecolor('red')
    event.canvas.draw()


def on_leave_figure(event):
    print('leave_figure', event.canvas.figure)
    event.canvas.figure.patch.set_facecolor('grey')
    event.canvas.draw()


fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 1)
fig.suptitle('mouse hover over figure or axes to trigger events')

fig.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_enter_event', on_enter_figure)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_leave_event', on_leave_figure)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_enter_event', on_enter_axes)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_leave_event', on_leave_axes)

plt.show()

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