adding example file

fariza · OceanWolf · commit 490629fb06af · 2016-08-04T01:37:31.000+02:00
diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/gui_elements.py b/examples/user_interfaces/gui_elements.py
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+'''This example demonstrates how to:
+* Create new toolbars
+* Create new windows
+Using `matplotlib.backend_managers.ToolManager`,
+`matplotlib.backend_bases.WindowBase` and
+`matplotlib.backend_bases.ToolContainerBase`
+'''
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use('GTK3Cairo')
+matplotlib.rcParams['toolbar'] = 'toolmanager'
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+fig = plt.figure()
+
+# Shortcuts to FigureManager and ToolManager
+manager = fig.canvas.manager
+tool_mgr = manager.toolmanager
+
+# Create a new toolbar
+topbar = manager.backend.Toolbar(tool_mgr)
+# The options are north, east, west and south
+manager.window.add_element(topbar, False, 'north')
+
+# Remove some tools from the main toolbar and add them to the
+# new sidebar
+for tool in ('home', 'back', 'forward'):
+    manager.toolbar.remove_toolitem(tool)
+    topbar.add_tool(tool, None)
+
+plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
+
+# Add a new window
+win = manager.backend.Window('Extra tools')
+# create a sidebar for the new window
+sidebar = manager.backend.Toolbar(tool_mgr)
+# set the direction of the sidebar
+# the options are horizontal and vertical
+sidebar.set_flow('vertical')
+# add the sidebar to the new window
+win.add_element(sidebar, False, 'west')
+
+# Add some tools to the new sidebar
+for tool in ('home', 'back', 'forward', 'zoom', 'pan'):
+    sidebar.add_tool(tool, None)
+# show the new window
+win.show()
+
+plt.show()
