pylab_examples example code: annotation_demo3.py

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2)

bbox_args = dict(boxstyle="round", fc="0.8")
arrow_args = dict(arrowstyle="->")

ax1.annotate('figure fraction : 0, 0', xy=(0, 0), xycoords='figure fraction',
             xytext=(20, 20), textcoords='offset points',
             ha="left", va="bottom",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )

ax1.annotate('figure fraction : 1, 1', xy=(1, 1), xycoords='figure fraction',
             xytext=(-20, -20), textcoords='offset points',
             ha="right", va="top",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )

ax1.annotate('axes fraction : 0, 0', xy=(0, 0), xycoords='axes fraction',
             xytext=(20, 20), textcoords='offset points',
             ha="left", va="bottom",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )

ax1.annotate('axes fraction : 1, 1', xy=(1, 1), xycoords='axes fraction',
             xytext=(-20, -20), textcoords='offset points',
             ha="right", va="top",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )


an1 = ax1.annotate('Drag me 1', xy=(.5, .7), xycoords='data',
                   #xytext=(.5, .7), textcoords='data',
                   ha="center", va="center",
                   bbox=bbox_args,
                   #arrowprops=arrow_args
                   )

an2 = ax1.annotate('Drag me 2', xy=(.5, .5), xycoords=an1,
                   xytext=(.5, .3), textcoords='axes fraction',
                   ha="center", va="center",
                   bbox=bbox_args,
                   arrowprops=dict(patchB=an1.get_bbox_patch(),
                                   connectionstyle="arc3,rad=0.2",
                                   **arrow_args)
                   )

an3 = ax1.annotate('', xy=(.5, .5), xycoords=an2,
                   xytext=(.5, .5), textcoords=an1,
                   ha="center", va="center",
                   bbox=bbox_args,
                   arrowprops=dict(patchA=an1.get_bbox_patch(),
                                   patchB=an2.get_bbox_patch(),
                                   connectionstyle="arc3,rad=0.2",
                                   **arrow_args)
                   )


t = ax2.annotate('xy=(0, 1)\nxycoords=("data", "axes fraction")',
                 xy=(0, 1), xycoords=("data", 'axes fraction'),
                 xytext=(0, -20), textcoords='offset points',
                 ha="center", va="top",
                 bbox=bbox_args,
                 arrowprops=arrow_args
                 )

from matplotlib.text import OffsetFrom

ax2.annotate('xy=(0.5, 0)\nxycoords=artist',
             xy=(0.5, 0.), xycoords=t,
             xytext=(0, -20), textcoords='offset points',
             ha="center", va="top",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )

ax2.annotate('xy=(0.8, 0.5)\nxycoords=ax1.transData',
             xy=(0.8, 0.5), xycoords=ax1.transData,
             xytext=(10, 10), textcoords=OffsetFrom(ax2.bbox, (0, 0), "points"),
             ha="left", va="bottom",
             bbox=bbox_args,
             arrowprops=arrow_args
             )

ax2.set_xlim(-2, 2)
ax2.set_ylim(-2, 2)

an1.draggable()
an2.draggable()

plt.show()

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