_SelectorWidget overrides the active property.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 1b39b247b443 · 2014-08-18T10:01:12.000-07:00
... so it should dynamically retrieve the set_active method.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ def get_active(self):
         """
         return self._active
 
-    active = property(get_active, set_active, doc="Is the widget active?")
+    # set_active is overriden by SelectorWidgets.
+    active = property(get_active, lambda self, active: self.set_active(active),
+                      doc="Is the widget active?")
 
     def ignore(self, event):
         """Return True if event should be ignored.
