Merge pull request #4945 from jrevans/issue13

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 512b5d79b0d6 · 2015-08-17T19:33:24.000-04:00
FIX: qt backend default bbox not set when blitting

Makes the qt backends consistent with gtk3/wx
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5agg.py
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ def blit(self, bbox=None):
         """
         Blit the region in bbox
         """
+        # If bbox is None, blit the entire canvas. Otherwise
+        # blit only the area defined by the bbox.
+        if bbox is None and self.figure:
+            bbox = self.figure.bbox
+
         self.blitbox = bbox
         l, b, w, h = bbox.bounds
         t = b + h
