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Adding a cursor in WX#
Example to draw a cursor and report the data coords in wx.
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wxagg import FigureCanvasWxAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_wx import NavigationToolbar2Wx
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import numpy as np
import wx
class CanvasFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, ):
super().__init__(None, -1, 'CanvasFrame', size=(550, 350))
self.figure = Figure()
self.axes = self.figure.add_subplot()
t = np.arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
s = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
self.axes.plot(t, s)
self.axes.set_xlabel('t')
self.axes.set_ylabel('sin(t)')
self.figure_canvas = FigureCanvas(self, -1, self.figure)
# Note that event is a MplEvent
self.figure_canvas.mpl_connect(
'motion_notify_event', self.UpdateStatusBar)
self.figure_canvas.Bind(wx.EVT_ENTER_WINDOW, self.ChangeCursor)
self.sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
self.sizer.Add(self.figure_canvas, 1, wx.LEFT | wx.TOP | wx.GROW)
self.SetSizer(self.sizer)
self.Fit()
self.statusBar = wx.StatusBar(self, -1)
self.SetStatusBar(self.statusBar)
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar2Wx(self.figure_canvas)
self.sizer.Add(self.toolbar, 0, wx.LEFT | wx.EXPAND)
self.toolbar.Show()
def ChangeCursor(self, event):
self.figure_canvas.SetCursor(wx.Cursor(wx.CURSOR_BULLSEYE))
def UpdateStatusBar(self, event):
if event.inaxes:
self.statusBar.SetStatusText(
"x={} y={}".format(event.xdata, event.ydata))
class App(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
"""Create the main window and insert the custom frame."""
frame = CanvasFrame()
self.SetTopWindow(frame)
frame.Show(True)
return True
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = App()
app.MainLoop()