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MatplotlibChart

Displays a Matplotlib chart.

Warning

This control requires the matplotlib Python package to be installed.

See this installation guide for more information.

MatplotlibChart

Inherits: GestureDetector

Properties

  • figure(Figure) –

    Matplotlib figure to draw - an instance of

Events

Methods

  • back

    Goes back to the previous view.

  • download

    Downloads the current figure in the specified format.

  • forward

    Goes forward to the next view.

  • home

    Resets the view to the original state.

  • pan

    Activates the pan tool.

  • send_binary

    Sends a binary message to the front end.

  • send_json

    Sends a JSON message to the front end.

  • send_message

    Sends a message to the figure's canvas manager.

  • zoom

    Activates the zoom tool.

Examples#

Bar chart#

Based on an official Matplotlib example.

import flet_charts as fch
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    fruits = ["apple", "blueberry", "cherry", "orange"]
    counts = [40, 100, 30, 55]
    bar_labels = ["red", "blue", "_red", "orange"]
    bar_colors = ["tab:red", "tab:blue", "tab:red", "tab:orange"]

    ax.bar(fruits, counts, label=bar_labels, color=bar_colors)

    ax.set_ylabel("fruit supply")
    ax.set_title("Fruit supply by kind and color")
    ax.legend(title="Fruit color")

    page.add(fch.MatplotlibChart(figure=fig, expand=True))


ft.run(main)

bar_chart.png

Chart with Toolbar#

Based on an official Matplotlib example.

import flet_charts as fch
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

import flet as ft


def main(page: ft.Page):
    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    dt = 0.01
    t = np.arange(0, 30, dt)
    nse1 = np.random.randn(len(t))  # white noise 1
    nse2 = np.random.randn(len(t))  # white noise 2

    # Two signals with a coherent part at 10Hz and a random part
    s1 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * 10 * t) + nse1
    s2 = np.sin(2 * np.pi * 10 * t) + nse2

    fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 1)
    axs[0].plot(t, s1, t, s2)
    axs[0].set_xlim(0, 2)
    axs[0].set_xlabel("time")
    axs[0].set_ylabel("s1 and s2")
    axs[0].grid(True)

    cxy, f = axs[1].cohere(s1, s2, 256, 1.0 / dt)
    axs[1].set_ylabel("coherence")

    fig.tight_layout()

    page.add(fch.MatplotlibChartWithToolbar(figure=fig, expand=True))


ft.run(main)

toolbar.png

3D chart#

import logging

import flet_charts
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

import flet as ft

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


def main(page: ft.Page):
    plt.style.use("_mpl-gallery")

    # Make data for a double helix
    n = 50
    theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, n)
    x1 = np.cos(theta)
    y1 = np.sin(theta)
    z1 = np.linspace(0, 1, n)
    x2 = np.cos(theta + np.pi)
    y2 = np.sin(theta + np.pi)
    z2 = z1

    # Plot with defined figure size
    fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={"projection": "3d"}, figsize=(8, 6))
    ax.fill_between(x1, y1, z1, x2, y2, z2, alpha=0.5)
    ax.plot(x1, y1, z1, linewidth=2, color="C0")
    ax.plot(x2, y2, z2, linewidth=2, color="C0")

    ax.set(xticklabels=[], yticklabels=[], zticklabels=[])

    page.add(flet_charts.MatplotlibChartWithToolbar(figure=fig))


ft.run(main)

3d.png

Handle events#

import flet_charts
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

import flet as ft

state = {}


def main(page: ft.Page):
    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    X = np.random.rand(100, 200)
    xs = np.mean(X, axis=1)
    ys = np.std(X, axis=1)

    fig, (ax, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, 1)
    ax.set_title("click on point to plot time series")
    (line,) = ax.plot(xs, ys, "o", picker=True, pickradius=5)

    class PointBrowser:
        """
        Click on a point to select and highlight it -- the data that
        generated the point will be shown in the lower Axes.  Use the 'n'
        and 'p' keys to browse through the next and previous points
        """

        def __init__(self):
            self.lastind = 0

            self.text = ax.text(
                0.05, 0.95, "selected: none", transform=ax.transAxes, va="top"
            )
            (self.selected,) = ax.plot(
                [xs[0]], [ys[0]], "o", ms=12, alpha=0.4, color="yellow", visible=False
            )

        def on_press(self, event):
            if self.lastind is None:
                return
            if event.key not in ("n", "p"):
                return
            inc = 1 if event.key == "n" else -1

            self.lastind += inc
            self.lastind = np.clip(self.lastind, 0, len(xs) - 1)
            self.update()

        def on_pick(self, event):
            if event.artist != line:
                return True

            N = len(event.ind)
            if not N:
                return True

            # the click locations
            x = event.mouseevent.xdata
            y = event.mouseevent.ydata

            distances = np.hypot(x - xs[event.ind], y - ys[event.ind])
            indmin = distances.argmin()
            dataind = event.ind[indmin]

            self.lastind = dataind
            self.update()

        def update(self):
            if self.lastind is None:
                return

            dataind = self.lastind

            ax2.clear()
            ax2.plot(X[dataind])

            ax2.text(
                0.05,
                0.9,
                f"mu={xs[dataind]:1.3f}\nsigma={ys[dataind]:1.3f}",
                transform=ax2.transAxes,
                va="top",
            )
            ax2.set_ylim(-0.5, 1.5)
            self.selected.set_visible(True)
            self.selected.set_data([xs[dataind]], [ys[dataind]])

            self.text.set_text("selected: %d" % dataind)
            fig.canvas.draw()

    browser = PointBrowser()
    state["browser"] = browser

    fig.canvas.mpl_connect("pick_event", browser.on_pick)
    fig.canvas.mpl_connect("key_press_event", browser.on_press)

    # plt.show()

    page.add(flet_charts.MatplotlibChartWithToolbar(figure=fig, expand=True))


ft.run(main)

handle_events.png

Animated chart#

import logging

import flet_charts
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

import flet as ft

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

state = {}


def main(page: ft.Page):
    import matplotlib.animation as animation

    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    def random_walk(num_steps, max_step=0.05):
        """Return a 3D random walk as (num_steps, 3) array."""
        start_pos = np.random.random(3)
        steps = np.random.uniform(-max_step, max_step, size=(num_steps, 3))
        walk = start_pos + np.cumsum(steps, axis=0)
        return walk

    def update_lines(num, walks, lines):
        for line, walk in zip(lines, walks):
            line.set_data_3d(walk[:num, :].T)
        return lines

    # Data: 40 random walks as (num_steps, 3) arrays
    num_steps = 30
    walks = [random_walk(num_steps) for index in range(40)]

    # Attaching 3D axis to the figure
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(projection="3d")

    # Create lines initially without data
    lines = [ax.plot([], [], [])[0] for _ in walks]

    # Setting the Axes properties
    ax.set(xlim3d=(0, 1), xlabel="X")
    ax.set(ylim3d=(0, 1), ylabel="Y")
    ax.set(zlim3d=(0, 1), zlabel="Z")

    # Creating the Animation object
    state["anim"] = animation.FuncAnimation(
        fig, update_lines, num_steps, fargs=(walks, lines), interval=100
    )

    page.add(flet_charts.MatplotlibChartWithToolbar(figure=fig, expand=True))


ft.run(main)

animate.png

Properties#

figure #

figure: Figure = field(metadata={'skip': True})

Matplotlib figure to draw - an instance of matplotlib.figure.Figure.

Events#

on_message #

on_message: (
    EventHandler[MatplotlibChartMessageEvent] | None
) = None

The event is triggered on figure message update.

on_toolbar_buttons_update #

on_toolbar_buttons_update: (
    EventHandler[MatplotlibChartToolbarButtonsUpdateEvent]
    | None
) = None

Triggers when toolbar buttons status is updated.

Methods#

back #

back()

Goes back to the previous view.

download #

download(format) -> bytes

Downloads the current figure in the specified format. Args: format (str): The format to download the figure in (e.g., 'png', 'jpg', 'svg', etc.). Returns: bytes: The figure image in the specified format as a byte array.

forward #

forward()

Goes forward to the next view.

home #

home()

Resets the view to the original state.

pan #

pan()

Activates the pan tool.

send_binary #

send_binary(blob)

Sends a binary message to the front end.

send_json #

send_json(content)

Sends a JSON message to the front end.

send_message #

send_message(message)

Sends a message to the figure's canvas manager.

zoom #

zoom()

Activates the zoom tool.