[Matplotlib-users] Cursor position

2010-10-07 Thread Thomas Robitaille
Hi, I am using matplotlib with the MacOSX backend. If I run: import matplotlib matplotlib.use('MacOSX') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(1,1,1) the cursor coordinates are missing from the bottom right of the window. If I click on the figure, the coordinat

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Cursor position

2009-08-24 Thread Thomas Robitaille
> I think the easiest solution is to override the Axes.format_coord. > For example, > > ax = gca() > ax.format_coord = lambda x,y : "x=%g y=%g" % (x, y) > > x,y are in data coordinate. I'm not sure if there is any side effect, > but it seems that the format_coord method is only used to display

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Cursor position

2009-08-24 Thread Jae-Joon Lee
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Thomas Robitaille wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm interested in controlling how the cursor position appears at the bottom > of interactive windows. > > I noticed that by default, it is the Formatter that gets called. However, in > my case, the displayed coordinates each depe

[Matplotlib-users] Cursor position

2009-08-24 Thread Thomas Robitaille
Hi, I'm interested in controlling how the cursor position appears at the bottom of interactive windows. I noticed that by default, it is the Formatter that gets called. However, in my case, the displayed coordinates each depend on both the x and y pixel value, and therefore I need to somehow ove