DOC: make simple animation example easier to find

rcomer · rcomer · commit 1cf4bb96e692 · 2026-04-08T09:46:30.000+01:00
diff --git a/doc/api/animation_api.rst b/doc/api/animation_api.rst
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ artists and functions.  A fourth method is to create a class.
 Examples
 ^^^^^^^^
 
+* :doc:`../gallery/animation/animate_basic`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/animate_decay`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/bayes_update`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/double_pendulum`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/animated_histogram`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/rain`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/random_walk`
-* :doc:`../gallery/animation/simple_anim`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/strip_chart`
 * :doc:`../gallery/animation/unchained`
 
diff --git a/galleries/examples/animation/animate_basic.py b/galleries/examples/animation/animate_basic.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 """
-==================
-Animated line plot
-==================
+========================
+Basic animated line plot
+========================
 
 Output generated via `matplotlib.animation.Animation.to_jshtml`.
+
+.. redirect-from:: /gallery/animation/simple_anim
 """
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -36,3 +38,9 @@ def animate(i):
 # ani.save("movie.mp4", writer=writer)
 
 plt.show()
+
+# %%
+#
+# .. tags::
+#    component: animation,
+#    level: beginner
