AkvoFluo/GUI/MatplotlibWidget.py

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# Adopted from pyqtgraph (MIT license)
#from pyqtgraph.Qt import QtGui, QtCore, USE_PYSIDE
USE_PYSIDE = True 

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Qt4Agg')
#matplotlib.rcParams['backend.qt4']='PySide'

if USE_PYSIDE == True: 
    matplotlib.rcParams['backend.qt4']='PySide'
    from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
else:
    from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui


from matplotlib import rc                                                          #
#matplotlib.rcParams['text.latex.preamble']=[r"\usepackage{timet,amsmath,amssymb}"] #
#rc('font',**{'family':'serif','serif':['timet']})   
rc('font',**{'size':8})                                                            #
#rc('text', usetex=True)  

from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QT as NavigationToolbar
from matplotlib.figure import Figure

class MatplotlibWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
    """
    Implements a Matplotlib figure inside a QWidget.
    Use getFigure() and redraw() to interact with matplotlib.
    
    Example::
    
        mw = MatplotlibWidget()
        subplot = mw.getFigure().add_subplot(111)
        subplot.plot(x,y)
        mw.draw()
    """
    
    def __init__(self, parent=None, size=(5.0, 4.0), dpi=100):
        # thingy is the designer designated parent, layout manager, etc.
        self.size = size
        self.dpi = dpi
 
        #QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, thingy) 
        #super(thingy, self).__init__( MatplotlibWidget )
        #super(MatplotlibWidget, self).__init__( self, parent )
        super(MatplotlibWidget, self).__init__(parent)

        self.fig = Figure(size, dpi=dpi)
        self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.fig)
        self.canvas.setParent(self)
        self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
        
        self.vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
        self.vbox.addWidget(self.toolbar)
        self.vbox.addWidget(self.canvas)
        
        self.setLayout(self.vbox)

    def Clear(self):

        for ax in self.fig.axes:
            ax.cla()
            #ax.draw()
            self.fig.delaxes(ax)
        
        self.canvas.draw()
       
        #print ("axes", self.fig.axes)
 
#         del self.fig
#         del self.canvas
#         del self.toolbar
#         del self.vbox
# 
#         self.fig = Figure((3,4), dpi=self.dpi)
#         self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.fig)
#         self.canvas.setParent(self)
#         self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
#         
#         self.vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
#         self.vbox.addWidget(self.toolbar)
#         self.vbox.addWidget(self.canvas)
        
        #self.setLayout(self.vbox)
        

    def getFigure(self):
        return self.fig
        
    def draw(self):
        self.canvas.draw()