matplotlib.widgets

Widgets that are designed to work for any of the GUI backends.

All of these widgets require you to predefine an Axes instance and pass that as the first parameter. Matplotlib doesn't try to be too smart with respect to layout -- you will have to figure out how wide and tall you want your Axes to be to accommodate your widget.

Widget classes

Widget	Abstract base class for GUI neutral widgets.
AxesWidget	Widget connected to a single Axes.
Cursor	A crosshair cursor that spans the Axes and moves with mouse cursor.
MultiCursor	Provide a vertical (default) and/or horizontal line cursor shared between multiple Axes.
Button	A GUI neutral button.
_Buttons	The base class for CheckButtons and RadioButtons.
CheckButtons	A GUI neutral set of check buttons.
RadioButtons	A GUI neutral radio button.
SliderBase	The base class for constructing Slider widgets.
Slider	A slider representing a floating point range.
RangeSlider	A slider representing a range of floating point values.
TextBox	A GUI neutral text input box.
_SelectorWidget	The base class for selector widgets.
RectangleSelector	Select a rectangular region of an Axes.
EllipseSelector	Select an elliptical region of an Axes.
Lasso	Selection curve of an arbitrary shape.
LassoSelector	Selection curve of an arbitrary shape.
PolygonSelector	Select a polygon region of an Axes.
SpanSelector	Visually select a min/max range on a single axis and call a function with those values.
SubplotTool	A tool to adjust the subplot params of a Figure.

Helper classes

LockDraw	Some widgets, like the cursor, draw onto the canvas, and this is not desirable under all circumstances, like when the toolbar is in zoom-to-rect mode and drawing a rectangle.
ToolHandles	Control handles for canvas tools.
ToolLineHandles	Control handles for canvas tools.