2012/8/19 Peter Combs <pcombs+...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > I'm trying to have a Text object with a fancy box, as in this example: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/fancybox_demo2.py > . However, the key difference is that I want to have the box (in my case, > I'm interested in an RArrow) be a specified width (in units of the plot), > rather than just fitting it to the text I've given (crude ascii art below). > The following seems not to work: > > > ax = gca() > txtobj = ax.text(0, -.1 * yrange, 'text', > bbox=dict(boxstyle='rarrow')) > txtobj.get_bbox_patch().set_ > width(SIZE_IM_INTERESTED_IN) > draw_if_interactive() > > It seems like draw()ing the text object will reset the size of the BBox... > Any idea how to fix this? At the moment, I'm experimenting with continually > drawing, polling the get_width() method, and when it's too small, adding in > spaces around the text field, but that seems both not to work reliably, and > be an incredibly boneheaded way to go about it.
Not ideal but better: from pyplot import * subplot(111) text(0.1, 0.3, 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', alpha=0, bbox=dict(boxstyle='rarrow')) text(0.1, 0.3, 'short') text(0.1, 0.6, 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', alpha=0, bbox=dict(boxstyle='rarrow')) text(0.1, 0.6, 'looooooooooong') show() Goyo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
