Hello John and others, my favorite solution is: > * axes param: specific for a given axes in figure; interface would > be something like > > ax.auto_toolbar_keys(False)
Which would be really helpful in case an axes belongs to a button (slider, ...), where logarithmic scaling or a grid are not of special interest - at least for me. best regards, Matthias On Wednesday 17 September 2008 04:58:34 John Hunter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:00 PM, James Schombert <jscho...@uoregon.edu> wrote: > > I'm switching from an old graphics package (PGPLOT) to matplotlib, and I > > prefer to use the graphics window to input commands (such as, a new > > file name) by typing at the bottom of the frame > > > > so if the file name, for example, has a 'g' or 'l' in its name, the > > window redraws a grid or log > > > > it would be nice to have some sort of disable option, or a freeze method > > until I have finished inputing the text > > > > currently my work around is to test for a 'g' or 'l' and ax.grid(False) > > plus a forced redraw, but this is not elegant and breaks the flow of my > > analysis routines > > This will not be particularly hard to conditionally turn off -- the > question is what is the best mechanism? The main choices are: > > * rc param - global for all figures > > * figure param - specific to a given figure; interface would be > something like: > > fig.auto_toolbar_keys(False) > > * axes param: specific for a given axes in figure; interface would > be something like > > ax.auto_toolbar_keys(False) > > Any preferences, thoughts? I think the ability to turn this off is > pretty important for application developers and others. I guess > another option would be to support an rc param like > > figure.toolbar_keys : l, g, f, a > > which is a sequence of keys that will generate the default behavior > (log, grid, fullscreen, set_navigate on all). The user could set just > the elements of the list that they want to have the default action for > (or None) > > JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
