There seems to be a problem with the draggable annotation code when the annotation is just clicked, and not dragged. If you run the following code:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ann = ax.annotate('local max', xy=(2, 1), xytext=(3, 1.5),arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05)) ann.draggable() ax.set_ylim(-2,2) ax.set_xlim(0,5) plt.show() And click (just a single click) the annotation (the words "local max"), then resize your window a little to force a redraw. The annotation flips to the bottom left corner. The fix is in offsetbox.py, DraggableAnnotation.save_offset. If you add a call to update_offset() as the last call of that routine, everything is OK again. I think that finalize_offset is assuming that self.annotation.text is in pixels before it starts working with it, but when update_offset fails to get called (as the case with a click), self.annotation.xytext is still in axes fraction coordinates. def save_offset(self): ann = self.annotation x, y = ann.xytext if isinstance(ann.textcoords, tuple): xcoord, ycoord = ann.textcoords x1, y1 = ann._get_xy(self.canvas.renderer, x, y, xcoord) x2, y2 = ann._get_xy(self.canvas.renderer, x, y, ycoord) ox0, oy0 = x1, y2 else: ox0, oy0 = ann._get_xy(self.canvas.renderer, x, y, ann.textcoords) self.ox, self.oy = ox0, oy0 self.annotation.textcoords = "figure pixels" self.update_offset(0.0,0.0) # <----------- add this! It might be sufficient to just set self.annotation.xytext to self.ox,self.oy instead of calling update_offset like I did above. -- Daniel Hyams dhy...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users