API: forward figure resize to the manager

closes matplotlib#4680
mdboom · Nov 16, 2015 · 1e0dca6 · 1e0dca6
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diff --git a/doc/users/whats_new/behavior_changes.rst b/doc/users/whats_new/behavior_changes.rst
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+Changes to default behavior
+---------------------------
+
+In matplotlib version 2.0, a number of changes were made to default behavior.
+
+- After calling `figure.set_size_inches()` on a figure displayed in a
+  GUI window, the window is automatically resized.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ def figimage(self, X,
         self.stale = True
         return im
 
-    def set_size_inches(self, w, h=None, forward=False):
+    def set_size_inches(self, w, h=None, forward=True):
         """
         set_size_inches(w,h, forward=False)