interactive-figure 0.3.1

Create interactive Matplotlib figures!

Interactive Figure

This package serves for students to learn the basics of Python, Matplotlib and setting up reaction time experiments (visual search task, Stroop task, etc.). For a more accurate timing environment one should refer to e.g. PsychoPy.

This is currently used at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the course Introduction to Python Programming for Neuroscientists.

Package created using Hatch.

Installation

pip install interactive-figure

Usage

from interactive_figure import interactive_figure

interactive_figure.create()
# Stall until user input is received.
interactive_figure.wait_for_interaction()
key = interactive_figure.get_last_keypress()
print(f"Pressed key: {key}")
interactive_figure.close()

Demos can be found in the demo folder on GitHub.

Functionality

User interaction

• Capture key presses, button presses and mouse location

Figure control

• Create
• Toggle fullscreen
• Clear
• Wait
• Wait for interaction (optionally timeout)
• Draw
• Close

Limitations

• Waiting for user input will not work in Jupyter Notebooks and the interactive interpreter due to the way Matplotlib handles events.
• Automated testing is hard since tests should cover multiple backends (macosx, QtAgg, Tkgg) on multiple platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux). Tips are very welcome!

Links

• GitHub
• PyPI
• Documentation