Perhaps it might make sense to generalize this stuff even further with some
sort of format string approach with named components. So, people could
modify the format string without needing to do a massive code modification?
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.root at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this is reasonable. Can you make a Pull Request with this change?
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 5:28 PM, Olivier via Matplotlib-users <
> matplotlib-users at python.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Please consider the figure produced by "im = imshow(scipy.misc.face())".
>> The message in the Toolbar reflects the position of the cursor and displays
>> for example:
>>
>> "x=843.9 y=384.7 [91, 102, 88]"
>>
>> I changed the method "im.axes.format_coord()" in order to show specific
>> information in the Toolbar message, and this works fine.
>>
>> However, the value of the cursor data, i.e. the string " [91, 102, 88]"
>> in the example above, is still printed after my home-made coordinate
>> information.
>>
>> PROBLEM: I don't want this information to be displayed.
>>
>> NOT A SOLUTION: I overrode the method "im.format_cursor_data()" so that
>> it returns either "" or 'None'. However, in both cases, the brackets are
>> still displayed, showing either " []" or " [None]", which I find
>> unsatisfactory.
>>
>> It seems that the brackets are hardcoded in "backend_bases.NavigationToolb
>> ar2.mouse_move()".
>>
>> Is there a clean way to get rid of the cursor data and the brackets?
>>
>> If not, I suggest the patch below. Does it make sense? The effect is
>> simply that if "im.format_cursor_data()" returns 'None', no cursor data
>> will be appended to the coordinate information.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>> """
>> --- backend_bases.py 2017-12-10 04:59:43.000000000 +0100
>> +++ temp/backend_bases.py 2018-03-23 22:09:10.611351451 +0100
>> @@ -2898,7 +2898,9 @@
>> if a is not event.inaxes.patch:
>> data = a.get_cursor_data(event)
>> if data is not None:
>> - s += ' [%s]' % a.format_cursor_data(data)
>> + data_str = a.format_cursor_data(data)
>> + if data_str is not None:
>> + s += ' [%s]' % data_str
>>
>> if len(self.mode):
>> self.set_message('%s, %s' % (self.mode, s))
>> """
>>
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