Merge pull request #21 from jakirkham/use_axes_facecolor

Use facecolor with axes
jakirkham · Dec 7, 2017 · e1583d5 · e1583d5
2 parents 174edca + 2e12437
commit e1583d5
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diff --git a/mplview/core.py b/mplview/core.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 __date__ = "$Nov 01, 2016 9:19$"
 
 
+import distutils
+
 import numpy
 
 import matplotlib
@@ -234,8 +236,15 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         self.next_cid = 0
 
+        mpl_ver = distutils.version.LooseVersion(matplotlib.__version__)
+        mpl_2_ver = distutils.version.LooseVersion("2")
+
+        fig_axes_kwargs = {}
+        axcolor_name = "facecolor" if mpl_ver >= mpl_2_ver else "axisbg"
+        fig_axes_kwargs[axcolor_name] = self.axcolor
+
         self.axtime = fig.add_axes(
-            [0.25, 0.1, 0.65, 0.03], axisbg=self.axcolor
+            [0.25, 0.1, 0.65, 0.03], **fig_axes_kwargs
         )
         self.stime = matplotlib.widgets.Slider(
             self.axtime,