Merge pull request #1088 from dhyams/text_contains_based_on_master

WeatherGod · WeatherGod · commit 963506fae323 · 2012-08-20T12:50:55.000-07:00
For a text artist, if it has a _bbox_patch associated with it, the contains test should reflect this.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -211,7 +211,16 @@ def contains(self,mouseevent):
         
         x, y = mouseevent.x, mouseevent.y
         inside = (l <= x <= r and b <= y <= t)
-        return inside, {}
+        cattr = {}
+
+        # if the text has a surrounding patch, also check containment for it,
+        # and merge the results with the results for the text.
+        if self._bbox_patch:
+            patch_inside, patch_cattr =  self._bbox_patch.contains(mouseevent)
+            inside = inside or patch_inside
+            cattr["bbox_patch"] = patch_cattr
+
+        return inside, cattr 
 
     def _get_xy_display(self):
         'get the (possibly unit converted) transformed x, y in display coords'
