I'm trying to embed a matplotlib graph in my tkinter GUI. After many attempts of trying examples posted on the matplotlib site, none of them seem to work.
For example:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('TkAgg')
from numpy import arange, sin, pi
from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg, NavigationToolbar2TkAgg
# implement the default mpl key bindings
from matplotlib.backend_bases import key_press_handler
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
import sys
if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
import Tkinter as Tk
else:
import tkinter as Tk
root = Tk.Tk()
root.wm_title("Embedding in TK")
f = Figure(figsize=(5, 4), dpi=100)
a = f.add_subplot(111)
t = arange(0.0, 3.0, 0.01)
s = sin(2*pi*t)
a.plot(t, s)
# a tk.DrawingArea
canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, master=root)
canvas.show()
canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=Tk.TOP, fill=Tk.BOTH, expand=1)
toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, root)
toolbar.update()
canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=Tk.TOP, fill=Tk.BOTH, expand=1)
def on_key_event(event):
print('you pressed %s' % event.key)
key_press_handler(event, canvas, toolbar)
canvas.mpl_connect('key_press_event', on_key_event)
def _quit():
root.quit() # stops mainloop
root.destroy() # this is necessary on Windows to prevent
# Fatal Python Error: PyEval_RestoreThread: NULL tstate
button = Tk.Button(master=root, text='Quit', command=_quit)
button.pack(side=Tk.BOTTOM)
Tk.mainloop()
# If you put root.destroy() here, it will cause an error if
# the window is closed with the window manager.
The example above gives me this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<tmp 1>", line 34, in <module>
canvas.show()
File "C:\pyzo2015a\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_tkagg.py", line 350, in draw
tkagg.blit(self._tkphoto, self.renderer._renderer, colormode=2)
File "C:\pyzo2015a\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\tkagg.py", line 24, in blit
tk.call("PyAggImagePhoto", photoimage, id(aggimage), colormode, id(bbox_array))
_tkinter.TclError
Another example:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- noplot -*-
import matplotlib as mpl
import numpy as np
import sys
if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
import Tkinter as tk
else:
import tkinter as tk
import matplotlib.backends.tkagg as tkagg
from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg
def draw_figure(canvas, figure, loc=(0, 0)):
""" Draw a matplotlib figure onto a Tk canvas
loc: location of top-left corner of figure on canvas in pixels.
Inspired by matplotlib source: lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py
"""
figure_canvas_agg = FigureCanvasAgg(figure)
figure_canvas_agg.draw()
figure_x, figure_y, figure_w, figure_h = figure.bbox.bounds
figure_w, figure_h = int(figure_w), int(figure_h)
photo = tk.PhotoImage(master=canvas, width=figure_w, height=figure_h)
# Position: convert from top-left anchor to center anchor
canvas.create_image(loc[0] + figure_w/2, loc[1] + figure_h/2, image=photo)
# Unfortunatly, there's no accessor for the pointer to the native renderer
tkagg.blit(photo, figure_canvas_agg.get_renderer()._renderer, colormode=2)
# Return a handle which contains a reference to the photo object
# which must be kept live or else the picture disappears
return photo
# Create a canvas
w, h = 300, 200
window = tk.Tk()
window.title("A figure in a canvas")
canvas = tk.Canvas(window, width=w, height=h)
canvas.pack()
# Generate some example data
X = np.linspace(0, 2.0*3.14, 50)
Y = np.sin(X)
# Create the figure we desire to add to an existing canvas
fig = mpl.figure.Figure(figsize=(2, 1))
ax = fig.add_axes([0, 0, 1, 1])
ax.plot(X, Y)
# Keep this handle alive, or else figure will disappear
fig_x, fig_y = 100, 100
fig_photo = draw_figure(canvas, fig, loc=(fig_x, fig_y))
fig_w, fig_h = fig_photo.width(), fig_photo.height()
# Add more elements to the canvas, potentially on top of the figure
canvas.create_line(200, 50, fig_x + fig_w / 2, fig_y + fig_h / 2)
canvas.create_text(200, 50, text="Zero-crossing", anchor="s")
# Let Tk take over
tk.mainloop()
This one gives me this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<tmp 2>", line 56, in <module>
fig_photo = draw_figure(canvas, fig, loc=(fig_x, fig_y))
File "<tmp 2>", line 32, in draw_figure
tkagg.blit(photo, figure_canvas_agg.get_renderer()._renderer, colormode=2)
File "C:\pyzo2015a\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\tkagg.py", line 24, in blit
tk.call("PyAggImagePhoto", photoimage, id(aggimage), colormode, id(bbox_array))
_tkinter.TclError
I don't understand why these examples are not working. Can someone please help me?
