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matplotlib figure example#

Basic example of adding a generic QWidget to a container.

Main lesson: add your QWidget to container.native.layout() as shown on line 30

mpl figurempl figure

Out:

<FunctionGui f(position: int = 0)>


import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvas

from magicgui import magicgui

x = np.linspace(0, 5, 256)
y = np.linspace(0, 5, 256)[:, np.newaxis]
data = np.sin(x) ** 10 + np.cos(10 + y * x) * np.cos(x)

mpl_fig = plt.figure()
ax = mpl_fig.add_subplot(111)
(line,) = ax.plot(data[123])  # linescan through the middle of the image


@magicgui(position={"widget_type": "Slider", "max": 255}, auto_call=True)
def f(position: int):
    """Function demonstrating magicgui combined with matplotlib."""
    line.set_ydata(data[position])
    line.figure.canvas.draw()


# rather than using the Container.append (`f.append`) ...
# grab the native layout and add the QWidget to it
f.native.layout().addWidget(FigureCanvas(mpl_fig))

f.show(run=True)

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.109 seconds)

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