How To Embed Matplotlib In TKinter Window

In this Python TKinter article i want to show How To Embed Matplotlib In TKinter Window.

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What Is Matplotlib ?

Matplotlib is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety

of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. Matplotlib can be used in

Python scripts, the Python and IPython shells, the Jupyter notebook, web application servers,

and four graphical user interface toolkits.

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So now this is the complete code for How To Embed Matplotlib In TKinter Window. make sure

that you have installed Matplotlib in your computer . if you have not installed, you can installed

by this command pip install matplotlib.

from tkinter import *
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg, NavigationToolbar2TkAgg



class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Python Tkinter Embeding Matplotlib")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.wm_iconbitmap('icon.ico')


        self.matplotCanvas()




    def matplotCanvas(self):
        f = Figure(figsize=(5,5), dpi=100)
        a = f.add_subplot(111)
        a.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [5, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 3, 5])

        canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, self)
        canvas.show()
        canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH, expand=True)
        toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)
        toolbar.update()
        canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)





root = Root()
root.mainloop()

from tkinter import *

from matplotlib.figure import Figure

from matplotlib.backends.backend_tkagg import FigureCanvasTkAgg, NavigationToolbar2TkAgg

class Root(Tk):

def __init__(self):

super(Root, self).__init__()

self.title("Python Tkinter Embeding Matplotlib")

self.minsize(640, 400)

self.wm_iconbitmap('icon.ico')

self.matplotCanvas()

def matplotCanvas(self):

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

a = f.add_subplot(111)

a.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [5, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 3, 5])

canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, self)

canvas.show()

canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)

toolbar.update()

canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

root = Root()

root.mainloop()

So at the top we have created our Root class that extends from TK, and we have added our window requirements like title, size and icon in the constructor of the class.

class Root(Tk):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Root, self).__init__()
        self.title("Python Tkinter Embeding Matplotlib")
        self.minsize(640, 400)
        self.wm_iconbitmap('icon.ico')


        self.matplotCanvas()

class Root(Tk):

def __init__(self):

super(Root, self).__init__()

self.title("Python Tkinter Embeding Matplotlib")

self.minsize(640, 400)

self.wm_iconbitmap('icon.ico')

self.matplotCanvas()

After that we have created our def matplotCanvas() method. in this method we have created our

Figure also we have created the values that we want to plot. the important point is this that you

need to created the object of FigureCanvasTKAgg().

def matplotCanvas(self):
    f = Figure(figsize=(5,5), dpi=100)
    a = f.add_subplot(111)
    a.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [5, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 3, 5])

    canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, self)
    canvas.show()
    canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH, expand=True)
    toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)
    toolbar.update()
    canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

def matplotCanvas(self):

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

a = f.add_subplot(111)

a.plot([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], [5, 6, 1, 3, 8, 9, 3, 5])

canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(f, self)

canvas.show()

canvas.get_tk_widget().pack(side=BOTTOM, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)

toolbar.update()

canvas._tkcanvas.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

This line of code is for creating NavigationToolbar for matplotlib window and we pass the object

of canvas in that.

toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)

1	toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, self)

Run the complete code and this will be the result.

How To Embed Matplotlib In TKinter Window

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