Added the ability for the following in the various GUI backends:

James Evans · James Evans · commit 889a3609495d · 2007-09-11T19:40:27.000Z
&gt;&gt;&gt; import pylab
&gt;&gt;&gt; fig = pylab.figure()
&gt;&gt;&gt; fig.canvas.set_window_title("My Plot Window")

svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=3833
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1205,6 +1205,14 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor='w', edgecolor='w',
     def get_default_filetype(self):
         raise NotImplementedError
     
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        """
+        Set the title text of the window containing the figure.  Note that
+        this has no effect if there is no window (eg, a PS backend).
+        """
+        if hasattr(self, "manager"):
+            self.manager.set_window_title(title)
+
     def switch_backends(self, FigureCanvasClass):
         """
         instantiate an instance of FigureCanvasClass
@@ -1317,6 +1325,13 @@ def show_popup(self, msg):
         """
         pass
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        """
+        Set the title text of the window containing the figure.  Note that
+        this has no effect if there is no window (eg, a PS backend).
+        """
+        pass
+
 # cursors
 class Cursors:  #namespace
     HAND, POINTER, SELECT_REGION, MOVE = range(4)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_fltkagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_fltkagg.py
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ def show(self):
         self.canvas.draw()
         self.window.redraw()
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window_title=title
+        self.window.label(title)
 
 class AxisMenu:
     def __init__(self, toolbar):
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ def _get_toolbar(self, canvas):
             toolbar = None
         return toolbar
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window.set_title(title)
 
     def resize(self, width, height):
         'set the canvas size in pixels'
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt.py
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ def destroy( self, *args ):
         if DEBUG: print "destroy figure manager"
         self.window.close(True)
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window.setCaption(title)
+
 class NavigationToolbar2QT( NavigationToolbar2, qt.QWidget ):
     # list of toolitems to add to the toolbar, format is:
     # text, tooltip_text, image_file, callback(str)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt4.py
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ def destroy( self, *args ):
         if DEBUG: print "destroy figure manager"
         self.window.close()
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window.setWindowTitle(title)
+
 class NavigationToolbar2QT( NavigationToolbar2, QtGui.QWidget ):
     # list of toolitems to add to the toolbar, format is:
     # text, tooltip_text, image_file, callback(str)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ def destroy(self, *args):
             pass
         self.window = None
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window.wm_title(title)
+
 class AxisMenu:
     def __init__(self, master, naxes):
         self._master = master
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_wx.py
@@ -1399,6 +1399,9 @@ def destroy(self, *args):
         #wx.GetApp().ProcessIdle()
         wx.WakeUpIdle()
 
+    def set_window_title(self, title):
+        self.window.SetTitle(title)
+
 # Identifiers for toolbar controls - images_wx contains bitmaps for the images
 # used in the controls. wxWindows does not provide any stock images, so I've
 # 'stolen' those from GTK2, and transformed them into the appropriate format.
