Removing figureoptions from subclassed NavigationToolbar2QT #4574
Description
Subclassing a NavigationToolbar2QT allows one to add and remove buttons on the navigation bar. However, the figure options menu remains and cannot be removed like the other default buttons. I was able to construct a temporary solution by importing matplotlib.backends.backend_qt and setting figureoptions = None. Please see below example:
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QT
import matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5 as backend
class MplToolbar(NavigationToolbar2QT):
def __init__(self, canvas_, parent_):
backend.figureoptions = None # Monkey patched to kill the figure options button on matplotlib toolbar
self.toolitems = (
('Home', 'Reset original view', 'home', 'home'),
('Back', 'Back to previous view', 'back', 'back'),
('Forward', 'Forward to next view', 'forward', 'forward'),
(None, None, None, None),
('Pan', 'Pan axes with left mouse, zoom with right', 'move', 'pan'),
('Zoom', 'Zoom to rectangle', 'zoom_to_rect', 'zoom'),
(None, None, None, None),
('Save', 'Save the current image', 'filesave', 'save_figure'),
)
NavigationToolbar2QT.__init__(self, canvas_, parent_)
Is there another, better solution out there? Appreciated!