Issue
I want to show a given plot inside a PyQt application and show a line that moves along with the mouse cursor. However, the line shows up on the left of the plot and doesn't move at all when moving the cursor. I don't know why this is happening. Here's the code:
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.backends.qt_compat import QtWidgets
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
class SnaptoCursor(object):
def __init__(self, ax, x):
self.ax = ax
self.ly = ax.axvline(color='k')
self.x = x
self.txt = ax.text(0.7, 0.9, '', transform=ax.transAxes)
def mouse_move(self, event):
if event.inaxes:
indx = np.searchsorted(self.x, [event.xdata])[0]
x = self.x[indx]
self.ly.set_xdata(x)
self.txt.set_text('x=%1.2f' % x)
self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()
else:
pass
class App(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(App, self).__init__(parent)
self._main = QtWidgets.QWidget()
self.setCentralWidget(self._main)
self.figure = Figure(figsize=(10, 6.9))
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.figure)
self.canvas_ax = self.canvas.figure.subplots()
x = np.arange(0,40)
self.canvas_ax.plot(x, np.random.rand(40))
# Layout
layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout(self._main)
layout.addWidget(self.canvas)
self.showMaximized()
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########## This doesnt seem to work ##########
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cursor = SnaptoCursor(self.canvas_ax, x)
plt.connect('motion_notify_event', cursor.mouse_move)
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if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtWidgets.QApplication([])
ex = App()
ex.show()
app.exec_()
Solution
The two lines in question should be
self.cursor = SnaptoCursor(self.canvas_ax, x)
self.cid = self.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', self.cursor.mouse_move)
because else the cursor as well as the callback registration do not exist in memory at the point you would expect them to be used. And also you shouldn't be using pyplot
/plt
when your figure isn't even created with pyplot.
Answered By - ImportanceOfBeingErnest
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