matplotlib · warrd · Mar 16, 2013
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2399,6 +2399,7 @@ def key_press_handler(event, canvas, toolbar=None):
         # saving current figure (default key 's')
         elif event.key in save_keys:
             toolbar.save_figure()
+        toolbar.display_cursor(event)
 
     if event.inaxes is None:
         return
@@ -2676,7 +2677,7 @@ class implementation.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def mouse_move(self, event):
+    def display_cursor(self, event):
         if not event.inaxes or not self._active:
             if self._lastCursor != cursors.POINTER:
                 self.set_cursor(cursors.POINTER)
@@ -2692,8 +2693,9 @@ def mouse_move(self, event):
 
                 self._lastCursor = cursors.MOVE
 
+    def mouse_move(self, event):
+        self.display_cursor(event)
         if event.inaxes and event.inaxes.get_navigate():
-
             try:
                 s = event.inaxes.format_coord(event.xdata, event.ydata)
             except (ValueError, OverflowError):
@@ -3096,3 +3098,7 @@ def zoom(self, *args):
     def set_history_buttons(self):
         """Enable or disable back/forward button"""
         pass
+
+    def set_hidden(self, is_hidden):
+        """Set the toolbars visibility."""
+        pass
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
@@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ def configure_subplots(self, button):
     def _get_canvas(self, fig):
         return FigureCanvasGTK(fig)
 
+    def set_hidden(self, hidden):
+        self.set_visible(hidden)
+
 
 class NavigationToolbar(gtk.Toolbar):
     """

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk3.py
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@ def configure_subplots(self, button):
     def _get_canvas(self, fig):
         return self.canvas.__class__(fig)
 
+    def set_hidden(self, hidden):
+        self.set_visible(hidden)
+
 
 class NavigationToolbar(Gtk.Toolbar):
     """

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt.py
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ def set_history_buttons( self ):
         self.buttons[ 'Back' ].setEnabled( canBackward )
         self.buttons[ 'Forward' ].setEnabled( canForward )
 
+    def set_hidden(self, hidden):
+        self.setVisible(hidden)
+
 # set icon used when windows are minimized
 try:
     # TODO: This is badly broken

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ def save_figure(self, *args):
                     self, "Error saving file", str(e),
                     QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok, QtGui.QMessageBox.NoButton)
 
-
+    def set_hidden(self, hidden):
+        self.setVisible(hidden)
 
 class SubplotToolQt( SubplotTool, QtGui.QWidget ):
     def __init__(self, targetfig, parent):

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ class that will be passed on to :meth:`new_figure_manager` in the
     if figManager is None:
         if get_backend().lower() == 'ps':  dpi = 72
 
+        # If toolbar is set to 'None', it should still be instantiated if
+        # the backend supports setting it's visibility, so that keyboard
+        # shortcut logic is preserved
+        invisible_toolbar = False
+        if rcParams['toolbar'] not in ('toolbar2', 'classic'):
+            if get_backend().lower() in ('qt4agg', 'qtagg', 'gtk', 'gtkagg',
+                    'gtkcairo'):
+                rcParams['toolbar'] = 'toolbar2'
+                invisible_toolbar = True
+
         figManager = new_figure_manager(num, figsize=figsize,
                                              dpi=dpi,
                                              facecolor=facecolor,
@@ -347,6 +357,10 @@ class that will be passed on to :meth:`new_figure_manager` in the
                                              FigureClass=FigureClass,
                                              **kwargs)
 
+        if invisible_toolbar:
+            figManager.toolbar.set_hidden(False)
+            rcParams['toolbar'] = 'None'
+
         if figLabel:
             figManager.set_window_title(figLabel)
             figManager.canvas.figure.set_label(figLabel)