Scrollbars seem like the only reasonable solution I can think of. Of course, this will require adding support in all the backends -- not a small undertaking.
I've filed a feature request for this here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2906107&group_id=80706&atid=560723 Maybe if we can select a developer for each backend it won't be too much work. Any takers? Mike On 11/28/2009 12:03 AM, Michiel de Hoon wrote: > I think the best solution to this problem is to have scroll bars in the > figure window if needed. Depending on the size of the figure (in physical > units), the size of the window containing the figure, and the zoom factor the > scroll bars would appear or disappear. This would require some modifications > to all GUI backends. > > The same problem occurs in the Mac OS X backend, where the figure window size > can be smaller than the requested size if the requested size is larger than > the monitor size. See bug 2891502: > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=560720&aid=2891502&group_id=80706 > > Any comments, opinions? > > > --Michiel. > > --- On Wed, 11/25/09, > doct...@users.sourceforge.net<doct...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > >> From: doct...@users.sourceforge.net<doct...@users.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Large figure sizes get squashed or clipped? >> To: "Michael Droettboom"<md...@stsci.edu> >> Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 7:43 PM >> Yes, I should have mentioned that; >> saving an image works fine. But >> then if I want to display it 1:1 with figimage() or such, I >> can't. :( >> Silly GUIs, not wanting to display a window larger than my >> screen.... >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Michael Droettboom<md...@stsci.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> There may be a limitation on window sizes in the >>> >> various GUI backends. Have >> >>> you tried using the non-GUI backend (agg), and now >>> >> "show"ing it, but just >> >>> using "savefig"? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> doct...@users.sourceforge.net >>> >> wrote: >> >>>> I'm trying to make a 10 inch wide by 30 inch high, >>>> >> 72 dpi figure and >> >>>> display it interactively. Matplotlib seems to >>>> >> squash the height for >> >>>> anything over a certain size, depending on the >>>> >> backend: >> >>>> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> #!/usr/bin/env python >>>> >>>> import sys, os, matplotlib >>>> matplotlib.use('TkAgg') >>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>>> >>>> print os.uname() >>>> print sys.version >>>> print matplotlib.__version__ >>>> print >>>> >>>> f = plt.figure(figsize=(10,30), dpi=72) >>>> print "figheight before show(): %f" % >>>> >> f.get_figheight() >> >>>> plt.show() >>>> print "figheight after show(): %f" % >>>> >> f.get_figheight() >> >>>> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> Prints this: >>>> >>>> ========================== >>>> ('Linux', 'prime', '2.6.31-14-generic', >>>> >> '#48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 >> >>>> 14:05:01 UTC 2009', 'x86_64') >>>> 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Nov 2 2009, 14:44:17) >>>> [GCC 4.4.1] >>>> 0.99.0 >>>> >>>> figheight before show(): 30.000000 >>>> figheight after show(): 22.027778 >>>> ========================== >>>> >>>> Tk squashes heights over 12 inches (the heights do >>>> >> get larger as you >> >>>> request larger figures, but not as large as what >>>> >> you request); GTK >> >>>> goes up to 11; and Qt4Agg only goes up to 7.3. >>>> >> WX seems to be the >> >>>> only backend that will give me a 30 inch figure, >>>> >> but even then I have >> >>>> to manually resize the window to make it fit. >>>> >> This happens in scripts >> >>>> with pyplot, in ipython with or without -pylab, >>>> >> and via the matplotlib >> >>>> API. >>>> >>>> Is there some limitation on figure sizes? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free >>>> >> Crystal Reports 2008 >> >>>> 30-Day trial. 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