Merge pull request #28080 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-28077-on-v3.9.x

ksunden · web-flow · commit 2b584769c830 · 2024-04-17T10:16:39.000-05:00
Backport PR #28077 on branch v3.9.x (Parent tk StringVar to the canvas widget, not to the toolbar.)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ def save_figure(self, *args):
 
         default_extension = self.canvas.get_default_filetype()
         default_filetype = self.canvas.get_supported_filetypes()[default_extension]
-        filetype_variable = tk.StringVar(self, default_filetype)
+        filetype_variable = tk.StringVar(self.canvas.get_tk_widget(), default_filetype)
 
         # adding a default extension seems to break the
         # asksaveasfilename dialog when you choose various save types
