FIX : first pass at fixing nbagg close issue

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 78aa7a5e3cc2 · 2015-05-22T10:39:20.000-04:00
Add callback to destroy figure when the user hits the red x
in the notebook.

This is not the correct solution, but it (might) work for now.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_nbagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_nbagg.py
@@ -223,10 +223,16 @@ def new_figure_manager_given_figure(num, figure):
     """
     Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.
     """
+    from _pylab_helpers import Gcf
+
+    def closer(event):
+        Gcf.destroy(num)
+
     canvas = FigureCanvasNbAgg(figure)
     if rcParams['nbagg.transparent']:
         figure.patch.set_alpha(0)
     manager = FigureManagerNbAgg(canvas, num)
+    canvas.mpl_register('close_event', closer)
     return manager
 
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_webagg_core.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_webagg_core.py
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ def handle_event(self, event):
             self.send_event('figure_label', label=figure_label)
             self._force_full = True
             self.draw_idle()
+        elif e_type == 'closing':
+            self.close_event()
+
         else:
             handler = getattr(self, 'handle_{0}'.format(e_type), None)
             if handler is None:
