MPLTraits_qt.py

import PyQt4
from pyface.qt import QtGui, QtCore

import matplotlib

# We want matplotlib to use a QT backend
matplotlib.use("Qt4Agg")
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.figure import Figure

from traits.api import Any, Instance
from traitsui.qt4.editor import Editor
from traitsui.qt4.basic_editor_factory import BasicEditorFactory


class _MPLFigureEditor(Editor):
    scrollable = True

    def init(self, parent):
        self.control = self._create_canvas(parent)
        self.set_tooltip()

    def update_editor(self):
        pass

    def _create_canvas(self, parent):
        """Create the MPL canvas."""
        # matplotlib commands to create a canvas
        mpl_canvas = FigureCanvas(self.value)
        return mpl_canvas


class MPLFigureEditor(BasicEditorFactory):
    klass = _MPLFigureEditor


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Create a window to demo the editor
    from traits.api import HasTraits
    from traitsui.api import View, Item
    from numpy import sin, cos, linspace, pi

    class Test(HasTraits):
        figure = Instance(Figure, ())

        view = View(
            Item("figure", editor=MPLFigureEditor(), show_label=False),
            width=400,
            height=300,
            resizable=True,
        )

        def __init__(self):
            super(Test, self).__init__()
            axes = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
            t = linspace(0, 2 * pi, 200)
            axes.plot(
                sin(t) * (1 + 0.5 * cos(11 * t)), cos(t) * (1 + 0.5 * cos(11 * t))
            )

    Test().configure_traits()