Hi Paul,
I would like to be able to use matplotlib as an object canvas, where
items on the canvas receive mouse events (enter, leave, press,
release) and the registered callback is invoked.
I do this rather extensively with the wxAgg backend and wxPython
widgets. Which backend/platform are you targeting?
For example, I want to be able to highlight the line associated with
the legend entry as I mouse over the legend, and conversely highlight
the legend entry associated with the line as I mouse over the line.
I will also want to do operations such right clicking on the axis to
modify axis properties such as linear/log scale, and click on legend
entries to toggle lines on and off.
These things are all do-able, but my experience has been that I've
needed to modify backend_bases.py, backend_wx.py, and backend_wxagg.py
in order to implement some of my own mouse events (double click, context
click). Further, I capture some wx events and pass them on to my
plotting canvas without using the mpl event system. As long as you
translate the pick locations properly (mpl uses lower left as x=0,y=0,
where wx uses upper left) it's not too difficult.
>From looking at the pick_event_demo in examples, I have a lot of work
ahead of me. Is this the state of the art?
Yes. Prior to 0.90 there was no pick_event at all, and doing picking
and hit testing was much more complicated. My own code existed pre 0.90
and so I have my own pick routines which work well but might be improved
by updating them to the new picker features. The problem is, of course,
that they work well enough and I've got other fish to fry.
There are quite a number of more experienced and more qualified people
on this list that also do the things you're talking about, but as far as
I know there's no "one way".
Good luck,
Anthony.
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