.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_widgets_textbox.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_widgets_textbox.py:


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Textbox
=======

Allowing text input with the Textbox widget.

You can use the Textbox widget to let users provide any text that needs to be
displayed, including formulas. You can use a submit button to create plots
with the given input.




.. image:: /gallery/widgets/images/sphx_glr_textbox_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from matplotlib.widgets import TextBox
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2)
    t = np.arange(-2.0, 2.0, 0.001)
    s = t ** 2
    initial_text = "t ** 2"
    l, = plt.plot(t, s, lw=2)


    def submit(text):
        ydata = eval(text)
        l.set_ydata(ydata)
        ax.set_ylim(np.min(ydata), np.max(ydata))
        plt.draw()

    axbox = plt.axes([0.1, 0.05, 0.8, 0.075])
    text_box = TextBox(axbox, 'Evaluate', initial=initial_text)
    text_box.on_submit(submit)

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_widgets_textbox.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: textbox.py <textbox.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: textbox.ipynb <textbox.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_