Merge pull request #16179 from jklymak/auto-backport-of-pr-16175-on-v…

…3.2.x

Backport PR #16175: FIX: ignore axes that aren't visible

lib/matplotlib/_constrained_layout.py

@@ -254,10 +254,7 @@ def _make_ghost_gridspec_slots(fig, gs):
             # this gridspec slot doesn't have an axis so we
             # make a "ghost".
             ax = fig.add_subplot(gs[nn])
-            ax.set_frame_on(False)
-            ax.set_xticks([])
-            ax.set_yticks([])
-            ax.set_facecolor((1, 0, 0, 0))
+            ax.set_visible(False)
 
 
 def _make_layout_margins(ax, renderer, h_pad, w_pad):

lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py

@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ def enter_notify_event(self, guiEvent=None, xy=None):
 
     def inaxes(self, xy):
         """
-        Check if a point is in an axes.
+        Return the topmost visible `~.axes.Axes` containing the point *xy*.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -1864,12 +1864,11 @@ def inaxes(self, xy):
 
         Returns
         -------
-        axes: topmost axes containing the point, or None if no axes.
-
+        axes : `~matplotlib.axes.Axes` or None
+            The topmost visible axes containing the point, or None if no axes.
         """
         axes_list = [a for a in self.figure.get_axes()
-                     if a.patch.contains_point(xy)]
-
+                     if a.patch.contains_point(xy) and a.get_visible()]
         if axes_list:
             axes = cbook._topmost_artist(axes_list)
         else:

lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py

@@ -6626,3 +6626,11 @@ def test_aspect_nonlinear_adjustable_datalim():
     ax.apply_aspect()
     assert ax.get_xlim() == pytest.approx([1*10**(1/2), 100/10**(1/2)])
     assert ax.get_ylim() == (1 / 101, 1 / 11)
+
+
+def test_invisible_axes():
+    # invisible axes should not respond to events...
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    assert fig.canvas.inaxes((200, 200)) is not None
+    ax.set_visible(False)
+    assert fig.canvas.inaxes((200, 200)) is None