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[Bug]: TextBox does not work with MacOSX backend #24372
Description
Bug summary
When creating widgets.TextBox with MacOSX backend, the text box is shown but cannot be edited.
Code for reproduction
%matplotlib osx
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.widgets import TextBox
TextBox(ax=plt.gca(), label='radius', initial='2')Actual outcome
TextBox appear but is not active
Expected outcome
TextBox should allow editting
Additional information
No response
Operating system
osx
Matplotlib Version
2.5.3
Matplotlib Backend
MacOSX
Python version
3.10
Jupyter version
6.4.12
Installation
pip
Activity
QuLogic commentedon Nov 5, 2022
You need to assign this to something so it doesn't get garbage collected, as noted in its docs.
rkishony commentedon Nov 6, 2022
The bug persists even if we keep a reference to the TextBox.
Namely, the following code produce a TextBox that is non-editable on MaxOSX backend (yet, it is ok on TK backend):
greglucas commentedon Nov 6, 2022
I'm able to edit the textbox on current main, so I think this has likely been fixed in a more recent version. 2.x is quite an old version of Matplotlib now and there has been a lot of work on the macosx backend since then.
edit: This fails on 3.5.x, but is working on 3.6.x so the fix is only in the most recent release series.
rkishony commentedon Nov 6, 2022
fantastic - thanks !
btw: the original issue was raised for Ver 3.5.3 (2.5.3 was a typo - sorry)