Displaying Matplotlib Navigation Toolbar in Tkinter via grid

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I'm developing a small Tkinter GUI to draw matplotlib-plots. (It contains a few Entries and assembles the plot according to their content.)

I have designed my plotting widget according to http://matplotlib.org/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_tk.html, only I use grid instead of pack:

canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(fig, master=root)
canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=1,column=4,columnspan=3,rowspan=20)

That part works. But embedding the NavigationToolbar in the same fashion does not. Tkinter breaks down without error when I include the lines:

toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg( canvas, root )
canvas._tkcanvas.grid(row=22,column=4)

I know this is because NavigationToolbar calls pack internally, and pack and grid don't get along. However, I like grid and would hate to have to redesign my whole GUI just to be able to use the NavigationToolbar.

Is there a workaround so I can use NavigationToolbar2TkAgg via grid? (I have found the advice to "subclass and overload" here, but don't know how to do that.)

Any help greatly appreciated!

Bryan Oakley · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 12:40:36Z

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Can you create an empty frame, then put the NavigationToolbar in that frame? I assume the NavigationToolbar will then pack itself in that frame. You can then use grid on the frame.

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 12:40

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CodingCat Over a year ago

I have tried that: toolbar_frame = Frame(root) toolbar_frame.grid(row=21,column=4,columnspan=2) toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg( canvas, toolbar_frame ) That does display the Navigation Toolbar, thank you! But it does not seem to be connected to the FigureCanvas?

Bogey Jammer Over a year ago

I just tested the trick for my application. The toolbar acts as expected on the canvas. So I think the answer is yes.

LBoss · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-25 07:59:08Z

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Here is a code example for what was mentioned in Bryan Oakleys answer (add toolbar to frame, place frame on grid):

    fig = Figure(figsize=(5, 5), dpi=100)

    canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(fig, master=root)
    canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=1,column=4,columnspan=3,rowspan=20)
    # here: plot suff to your fig
    canvas.draw()

    ###############    TOOLBAR    ###############
    toolbarFrame = Frame(master=root)
    toolbarFrame.grid(row=22,column=4)
    toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, toolbarFrame)

answered Jun 25, 2018 at 7:59

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Harry · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-05 05:54:36Z

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I believe what you're looking for is the pack_toolbar=False kwarg
Your toolbar definition should look something like this:

toolbar = NavigationToolbar2Tk(canvas, root, pack_toolbar=False)

The following two lines are executed within the NavigationToolbar2TK constructor:

if pack_toolbar:
        self.pack(side=tk.BOTTOM, fill=tk.X)

So setting pack_toolbar to False disables the internal packing, allowing you to use to use grid as per usual.

toolbar.grid()

edited Sep 5, 2021 at 5:54

answered Jun 1, 2021 at 0:19

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crispengari · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-18 20:28:43Z

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# the following works for me. I created an empty frame and display it using the grid
# management system, so the frame will be able to use pack management system
canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(fig, root)
canvas.draw()
canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=2, column=0)
frame = Frame(root)
frame.grid(row=0, column=1)
toobar = NavigationToolbar2Tk(canvas, frame)
canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=1, column=0)

answered May 18, 2020 at 20:28

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