[Bug]: Clip box property of ax.text(...) has no effect #30718
Description
Bug summary
Setting the clip_box property of text generated with ax.text(...) has no effect, regardless of whether it is set directly during generation with the clip_box parameter or afterwards with the setter function text.set_clip_box(...).
Code for reproduction
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.transforms import Bbox, TransformedBbox
# Create data for the plot
x = range(10)
y = range(10)
# Create the plot
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
# Create a bounding box
bbox = Bbox([[5, 2], [7, 8]])
# Transform the bounding box to the coordinate system of the data
tbbox = TransformedBbox(bbox, ax.transData)
# Draw the bounding box on the plot for better understanding
rect = plt.Rectangle((bbox.xmin, bbox.ymin), bbox.width, bbox.height, fill=False, edgecolor='r', linewidth=2)
ax.add_patch(rect)
# Plot a line and a text
line, = ax.plot(x, y, color='blue')
text = ax.text(5, 5, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.")
# Apply the bounding box to the line and text
line.set_clip_box(tbbox)
text.set_clip_box(tbbox)
# Show the plot
plt.show()Actual outcome
While the line drawn with ax.plot(...) is correctly clipped, the text is not clipped:
Expected outcome
The text should be clipped in the same way as the line:
Additional information
The same problem occurs if you use text = ax.text(5, 5, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.", clip_box=tbbox) in line 22 instead of line 26.
Operating system
Windows 11
Matplotlib Version
3.10.7
Matplotlib Backend
module://backend_interagg
Python version
3.14.0
Jupyter version
No response
Installation
pip