Merge pull request #4942 from jrevans/issue16

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit c29c77384aba · 2015-08-22T16:27:37.000-04:00
FIX: only update bbox_patch if passed in to `Text.update`
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ def update(self, kwargs):
         """
         bbox = kwargs.pop('bbox', None)
         super(Text, self).update(kwargs)
-        self.set_bbox(bbox)  # depends on font properties
+        if bbox:
+            self.set_bbox(bbox)  # depends on font properties
 
     def __getstate__(self):
         d = super(Text, self).__getstate__()
