[Matplotlib-users] confused with name of certain events

[Jose Borreguero]

Dear Matplotlib gurus,

The following example prints the event.name
for two events: ​
'figure_enter_event' and 'axes_enter_event':

from __future__ import print_function
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('figure_enter_event',
                       lambda event: print(f'enter figure: {event.name}'))
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('axes_enter_event',
                       lambda event: print(f'enter axes: {event.name}'))
plt.show()

This is what I get
​when ​
hovering the mouse
​ over the canvas:​

enter figure: figure_enter_event
enter axes: motion_notify_event
enter figure: figure_enter_event
enter axes: motion_notify_event

What is the reason for 'motion_notify_event' being the assigned name to
axes_enter_event but not figure_enter_event
​ ?

Best,
.Jose​
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