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Add custom label inside PlotWidget

I'm trying to add a label to the top right corner of the plot showing the most recent data value. I've tried using pg.LabelItem and adding this to pg.PlotWidget and updating the label with each new data update but I'm unable to get the label to appear. Here's some pictures of what I'm trying to do:
What I have:
What I'm trying to do:
I can't get the white label to appear on the plot. Here's my code:
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
from threading import Thread
import pyqtgraph as pg
import numpy as np
import random
import sys
import time
class SimplePlot(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(SimplePlot, self).__init__(parent)
# Desired Frequency (Hz) = 1 / self.FREQUENCY
# USE FOR TIME.SLEEP (s)
self.FREQUENCY = .004
# Frequency to update plot (ms)
# USE FOR TIMER.TIMER (ms)
self.TIMER_FREQUENCY = self.FREQUENCY * 1000
# Set X Axis range. If desired is [-10,0] then set LEFT_X = -10 and RIGHT_X = 0
self.LEFT_X = -10
self.RIGHT_X = 0
self.X_Axis = np.arange(self.LEFT_X, self.RIGHT_X, self.FREQUENCY)
self.buffer = int((abs(self.LEFT_X) + abs(self.RIGHT_X))/self.FREQUENCY)
self.data = []
# Create Plot Widget
self.simple_plot_widget = pg.PlotWidget()
# Enable/disable plot squeeze (Fixed axis movement)
self.simple_plot_widget.plotItem.setMouseEnabled(x=False, y=False)
self.simple_plot_widget.setXRange(self.LEFT_X, self.RIGHT_X)
self.simple_plot_widget.setTitle('Plot')
self.simple_plot_widget.setLabel('left', 'Value')
self.simple_plot_widget.setLabel('bottom', 'Time (s)')
self.simple_plot = self.simple_plot_widget.plot()
self.simple_plot.setPen(197,235,255)
self.label_value = pg.LabelItem('', **{'color': '#FFF'})
self.simple_plot_widget.addItem(self.label_value)
self.layout = QtGui.QGridLayout()
self.layout.addWidget(self.simple_plot_widget)
self.read_position_thread()
self.start()
# Update plot
def start(self):
self.position_update_timer = QtCore.QTimer()
self.position_update_timer.timeout.connect(self.plot_updater)
self.position_update_timer.start(self.get_simple_plot_timer_frequency())
# Read in data using a thread
def read_position_thread(self):
self.current_position_value = 0
self.old_current_position_value = 0
self.position_update_thread = Thread(target=self.read_position, args=())
self.position_update_thread.daemon = True
self.position_update_thread.start()
def read_position(self):
frequency = self.get_simple_plot_frequency()
while True:
try:
# Add data
self.current_position_value = self.current_position_value + random.uniform(-1, -5)
self.old_current_position_value = self.current_position_value
time.sleep(frequency)
except:
self.current_position_value = self.old_current_position_value
def plot_updater(self):
self.dataPoint = float(self.current_position_value)
if len(self.data) >= self.buffer:
del self.data[:1]
self.data.append(self.dataPoint)
self.simple_plot.setData(self.X_Axis[len(self.X_Axis) - len(self.data):], self.data)
# Update label value
self.label_value.setText(str(self.dataPoint))
def clear_simple_plot(self):
self.data[:] = []
def get_simple_plot_frequency(self):
return self.FREQUENCY
def get_simple_plot_timer_frequency(self):
return self.TIMER_FREQUENCY
def get_simple_plot_layout(self):
return self.layout
def get_current_position_value(self):
return self.current_position_value
def get_simple_plot_widget(self):
return self.simple_plot_widget
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication([])
mw = QtGui.QMainWindow()
mw.setWindowTitle('Plot')
simple_plot_widget = SimplePlot()
cw = QtGui.QWidget()
ml = QtGui.QGridLayout()
cw.setLayout(ml)
mw.setCentralWidget(cw)
ml.addLayout(simple_plot_widget.get_simple_plot_layout(),0,0)
mw.show()
# Start Qt event loop unless running in interactive mode or using pyside
if (sys.flags.interactive != 1) or not hasattr(QtCore, 'PYQT_VERSION'):
QtGui.QApplication.instance().exec_()

It may be because your plot is rescaling constantly, and the size of the LabelItem doesn't change with it, also it seems to be positioned on the positive side of the x-axis, so you cant visualize the text.
Pyqtgraph recommends here to use TextItem instead of LabelItem, to display text inside a scaled view.
I tried using the TextItem and it worked fine, but its default position is bad, maybe because your plot is in the negative quadrant. Just use the setPos() method like this:
# Update label value
self.label_value.setPos(QtCore.QPointF(-9, 0.6*min(self.data)))
self.label_value.setText(str(self.dataPoint))
And it should do what you want.

Python scatter updating using Qt4 - Qslider

I am trying to write a GUI in Python3 using PyQt4.
For data visualization, I need to isolate a specific point on a curve plotted by the function whole_plot(). To do so, I am currently using a slider that let the GUI user choose a point of interest. When the slider_value is changed, the point is selected and plotted by calling the function point_plot().
Regarding some previous answers, I am now trying to update my graph through matplotlib.animation (cf. post python matplotlib update scatter plot from a function). But for some reasons, I still got the wrong updating, can someone help me figure out what is the problem in my code?
import sys
import numpy as np
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from PyQt4 import QtCore
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation
#
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QT as NavigationToolbar
#%%
# some Arbitrary data
nbr_points = 500
my_X_data = np.linspace(-10,10,nbr_points)
my_Y_data = my_X_data**3 + 100*np.cos(my_X_data*5)
class MyWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(MyWidget, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setGeometry(600,300,1000,600)
grid = QtGui.QGridLayout()
self.setLayout(grid)
self.figure_1 = plt.figure(figsize=(15,5))
self.canvas_1 = FigureCanvas(self.figure_1)
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas_1, self)
grid.addWidget(self.canvas_1, 2,0,1,2)
grid.addWidget(self.toolbar, 0,0,1,2)
# Slider
self.slider = QtGui.QSlider(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
self.slider.setMinimum(0)
self.slider.setMaximum(nbr_points-1)
self.slider.setTickInterval(1)
self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.point_plot)
# Slider info box
self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self)
grid.addWidget(self.label,4,0)
# +1 / -1 buttons
btn_plus_one = QtGui.QPushButton('+1', self)
btn_plus_one.clicked.connect(self.value_plus_one)
btn_minus_one = QtGui.QPushButton('-1', self)
btn_minus_one.clicked.connect(self.value_minus_one)
hbox = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
hbox.addWidget(btn_minus_one)
hbox.addWidget(self.slider)
hbox.addWidget(btn_plus_one)
grid.addLayout(hbox, 3,0,1,3)
self.whole_plot()
self.point_plot()
self.show()
def whole_plot(self):
ax1 = self.figure_1.add_subplot(111)
ax1.clear()
ax1.cla()
#
ax1.plot(my_X_data,my_Y_data,'b-')
#
ax1.set_xlim([-10,10])
ax1.set_ylim([-1000,1000])
ax1.set_xlabel('X')
ax1.set_ylabel('Y')
#
self.canvas_1.draw()
def point_plot(self):
ax1 = self.figure_1.add_subplot(111)
#
X_point, Y_point = [],[]
scat = ax1.scatter(X_point,Y_point, s=100,c='k')
def animate(i):
index_slider_value = self.slider.value()
X_point = my_X_data[index_slider_value,]
Y_point = my_Y_data[index_slider_value,]
scat.set_offsets(np.c_[X_point,Y_point])
anim = matplotlib.animation.FuncAnimation(self.figure_1,animate, frames=my_X_data, interval=200, repeat=True)
self.canvas_1.draw()
def value_plus_one(self):
# slider +1
if self.slider.value() < (my_X_data.shape[0]-1):
index_slider_value = self.slider.value() + 1
self.slider.setValue(index_slider_value)
def value_minus_one(self):
# slider -1
if self.slider.value() > 0:
index_slider_value = self.slider.value() - 1
self.slider.setValue(index_slider_value)
def main():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
MyWidget()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()

You have to learn what is better to reuse than create, in this case you just need to create a scatter and update the data with set_offsets() when the value of the slider changes, so FuncAnimation is not necessary.
import numpy as np
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.animation
#
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QT as NavigationToolbar
#%%
# some Arbitrary data
nbr_points = 500
my_X_data = np.linspace(-10,10,nbr_points)
my_Y_data = my_X_data**3 + 100*np.cos(my_X_data*5)
class MyWidget(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super(MyWidget, self).__init__()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setGeometry(600,300,1000,600)
self.figure_1 = plt.figure(figsize=(15,5))
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.figure_1)
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
# Slider
self.slider = QtGui.QSlider(minimum=0,
maximum= nbr_points-1,
orientation=QtCore.Qt.Horizontal,
tickInterval=1)
self.slider.valueChanged.connect(self.on_valueChanged)
# Slider info box
self.label = QtGui.QLabel()
# +1 / -1 buttons
btn_plus_one = QtGui.QPushButton('+1')
btn_plus_one.clicked.connect(self.value_plus_one)
btn_minus_one = QtGui.QPushButton('-1')
btn_minus_one.clicked.connect(self.value_minus_one)
grid = QtGui.QGridLayout(self)
grid.addWidget(self.canvas, 2, 0, 1, 2)
grid.addWidget(self.toolbar, 0, 0, 1, 2)
grid.addWidget(self.label, 4, 0)
hbox = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
hbox.addWidget(btn_minus_one)
hbox.addWidget(self.slider)
hbox.addWidget(btn_plus_one)
grid.addLayout(hbox, 3, 0, 1, 3)
self.whole_plot()
def whole_plot(self):
ax = self.figure_1.add_subplot(111)
ax.clear()
ax.plot(my_X_data,my_Y_data,'b-')
ax.set_xlim([-10,10])
ax.set_ylim([-1000,1000])
ax.set_xlabel('X')
ax.set_ylabel('Y')
self.canvas.draw()
X_point, Y_point = [],[]
self.scat = ax.scatter(X_point, Y_point, s=100,c='k')
# set initial
self.on_valueChanged(self.slider.value())
#QtCore.pyqtSlot(int)
def on_valueChanged(self, value):
X_point = my_X_data[value,]
Y_point = my_Y_data[value,]
self.scat.set_offsets(np.c_[X_point,Y_point])
self.canvas.draw()
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def value_plus_one(self):
self.slider.setValue(self.slider.value() + 1)
#QtCore.pyqtSlot()
def value_minus_one(self):
self.slider.setValue(self.slider.value() - 1)
def main():
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MyWidget()
w.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
On the other hand QSlider will not update the value if it is less than minimum or greater than maximum

How to display a value in a PyQt text field using matplotlib's object picking function?

I am using PyQt 4 for a basic GUI and matplotlib for a plot from which I want to read the coordinates of the plotted data points. Based on these examples (simple picking example), I have the simple problem that I cannot display the coordinates of a data point in a text field such as QtGui.QLabel(). I do not understand why I cannot call the instance Window.msg in the method onpick(). Probably it is because the instance it not given to the method. I only have a basic understanding of object oriented programming (but I am working on it), so the problem is my lack of knowledge.
My question: How to display the coordinates of chosen data (by clicking on it) from a matplotlib plot in my GUI based on PyQT (in that case in my label lbl)?
Also, it would be nice to highlight the chosen data point in the plot.
Here is my code (working):
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import sys
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QTAgg as NavigationToolbar
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
class Window(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Window, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.msg = '0'
# a figure instance to plot on
self.figure = plt.figure()
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.figure)
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
# a label
self.lbl = QtGui.QLabel(self.msg)
# set the layout
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.toolbar)
layout.addWidget(self.canvas)
layout.addWidget(self.lbl)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.plot()
def plot(self):
# random data
data = [np.random.random() for i in range(10)]
# create an axis
ax = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
# discards the old graph
ax.hold(False)
# plot data
line, = ax.plot(data, 'o', picker=5) # 5 points tolerance
self.canvas.draw()
self.canvas.mpl_connect('pick_event', Window.onpick)
def onpick(self):
thisline = self.artist
xdata = thisline.get_xdata()
ydata = thisline.get_ydata()
ind = self.ind
# show data
self.msg = (xdata[ind], ydata[ind])
print(self.msg)
# This does not work:
#Window.lbl.setText(self.msg)
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
main = Window()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

The self is being overlapped by the picker (not sure why). In any case this should work:
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from PyQt4 import QtGui
import sys
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QTAgg as NavigationToolbar
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
class Window(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(Window, self).__init__(parent)
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.msg = '0'
# a figure instance to plot on
self.figure = plt.figure()
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.figure)
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
# a label
self.lbl = QtGui.QLabel(self.msg)
# set the layout
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.toolbar)
layout.addWidget(self.canvas)
layout.addWidget(self.lbl)
self.setLayout(layout)
self.plot()
def changelabel(arg):
main.lbl.setText(str(arg[0])+' '+str(arg[1]))
def plot(self):
# random data
data = [np.random.random() for i in range(10)]
# create an axis
ax = self.figure.add_subplot(111)
# discards the old graph
ax.hold(False)
# plot data
line, = ax.plot(data, 'o', picker=5) # 5 points tolerance
self.canvas.draw()
self.canvas.mpl_connect('pick_event', Window.onpick)
def onpick(self):
thisline = self.artist
xdata = thisline.get_xdata()
ydata = thisline.get_ydata()
ind = self.ind
# show data
self.msg = (xdata[ind], ydata[ind])
print(self.msg)
# Window.changelabel(self.msg)
main.lbl.setText(str(self.msg[0])+' '+str(self.msg[1]))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
main = Window()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
, the change is in the setText function, since I call it directly from the variable (no self or Window).
main.lbl.setText(str(self.msg[0])+' '+str(self.msg[1]))

Expediting matplotlib's scatter function in a pyqt wrapper

I am trying to plot real-time data using matplotlib's scatter function (~200 fps) with a pyqt wrapper. Each frame consists of around 1000 points. However, I get a maximum of around 7 or 8 frames per second. My code is as follows:
import sys
import random
import types
import re
import sys
import os
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import NavigationToolbar2QTAgg as NavigationToolbar
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
from time import sleep
class Window(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self, increment=10, nSteps=500, timestep=0.0004, parent=None):
super(Window, self).__init__(parent)
# frame increment
self.increment = increment
self.nSteps = nSteps
self.timestep = timestep # in seconds
# a figure instance to plot on
self.figure = plt.figure()
self.ax1 = self.figure.add_subplot(1, 1, 1)
# this is the Canvas Widget that displays the `figure`
# it takes the `figure` instance as a parameter to __init__
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.figure)
# this is the Navigation widget
# it takes the Canvas widget and a parent
self.toolbar = NavigationToolbar(self.canvas, self)
# Just some button connected to `plot` method
self.button = QtGui.QPushButton('Plot')
self.button.clicked.connect(self.start)
# the current frame
self.index = 0
# set the layout
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
layout.addWidget(self.toolbar)
layout.addWidget(self.canvas)
layout.addWidget(self.button)
self.setLayout(layout)
def start(self):
# connects timer to dynamic plot
self.timer = QtCore.QTimer(self)
self.timer.timeout.connect(self.updatePlot)
self.timer.start(100)
def updatePlot(self):
if self.index > self.increment*self.nSteps:
self.timer.stop()
return
data = [["ghost_points.dat", "green"], ["wall_points.dat", "red"], [("mps.%s.out") % self.index, "blue"]]
self.index += self.increment
self.ax1.cla() # clear axes
for i in data:
<gets x and y data and color>
self.ax1.scatter(x, y, c=color)
self.canvas.draw()
def mpsPlot():
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
main = Window()
main.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
if __name__ == "__main__":
mpsPlot()
I've looked at several other sources online, but none of them have provided substantial answers that have helped me in my goal. Is there any way to speed up my code to reach ~250 fps? If not, are there any alternatives to matplotlib that will allow me to reach this speed?

plot mutiple line on the same figure using mplwidget in python(x,y)

I was trying to plot multiple line/dots using the mplwidget in Qtdesigner plugin. Usually when i use matplotlib in python by default it will keep the first line graph and plot another graph on top of that for comparison. But in Qtdesigner,after i am using matplotlib as a widget object, i select figure object then addsubplot and then plot the graph, it seems like it will delete the old line graph and plot the new one. I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with the coding, but i'm new to this GUI stuff, i'm not sure which part of it went wrong
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
from window import Ui_MainWindow
import sqlite3
import os
from datetime import datetime
import calendar
import numpy
os.chdir("C:\Data")
conn = sqlite3.connect('FBG.db')
c=conn.cursor()
class Main(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def searching_database(self):
self.ui.listWidget.clear()
data = self.ui.Inputname.text()
for df in c.execute("select name from sqlite_master where type='table'; "):
strdf=str(df)
if len(data)==0:
break
if strdf[3:(len(data)+3)] == data: # the name for df start from position 3 due to "[u "
self.ui.listWidget.addItem(strdf[3:-3])
else:
pass
def delete_selection(self):
self.ui.listWidget_3.takeItem(self.ui.listWidget_3.currentRow())
def clear_graph(self):
self.ui.listWidget_3.clear()
self.ax.clear()
self.ui.mplwidget.draw()
def plot_graph(self):
b=self.ui.listWidget.currentItem().text()
b=str(b)
self.ui.listWidget_3.addItem(b)
time1= QtCore.QDateTime(self.ui.dateTimeEdit.dateTime())
date1 = time1.toPyDateTime()
timestamp1 = calendar.timegm(date1.utctimetuple()) #return a integer value
time2= QtCore.QDateTime(self.ui.dateTimeEdit_2.dateTime())
date2 = time2.toPyDateTime()
timestamp2 = calendar.timegm(date2.utctimetuple())
time=[]
data=[]
for df in c.execute('''select * from '''+ b ):
time= numpy.append(time, df[0])
data= numpy.append(data, df[1])
self.ax.plot([2,4,5,6],[1,5,6,7],label=b) % set up for matplot widget
self.ax.plot([1,3,4,5],[2,4,5,6],label=b+"afasdasdasd") % set up for matplot widget
self.ax.legend() % set up for matplot widget
self.ui.mplwidget.draw() % set up for matplot widget
def __init__(self):
QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
self.ui = Ui_MainWindow()
self.ui.setupUi(self)
self.ui.Inputname.textChanged.connect(self.searching_database)
self.ui.listWidget.itemDoubleClicked.connect(self.plot_graph)
self.ui.pushButton.clicked.connect(self.plot_graph)
self.ui.Delete.clicked.connect(self.delete_selection)
self.ui.Clear.clicked.connect(self.clear_graph)
self.ui.mplwidget.axes.set_title("Strain/Temperature vs Time") % set up for matplot widget
self.fig = self.ui.mplwidget.figure % set up for matplot widget
self.ax = self.fig.add_subplot(1,1,1) % set up for matplot widget
if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window= Main()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
The code is running fine. But i think there must be some code prevent me getting what i am trying to achieve. I think it might those codes with "% set up for matplot widget" following them. Any suggestions would be good.

from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
class myWidget(QWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super(myWidget, self).__init__(parent)
self.fig = plt.figure()
self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.fig)
self.vbox = QVBoxLayout()
self.vbox.addWidget(self.canvas)
self.setLayout(self.vbox)
self.plotCurve(self.canvas)
def plotCurve(self, FigureCanvas):
left, width = 0.1, 0.8
rect1 = [left, 0.2, width, 0.6]
FigureCanvas.figure.set_facecolor('white')
axescolor = '#f6f6f6' # the axies background color
FigureCanvas.figure.clear()
ax1 = FigureCanvas.figure.add_axes(rect1, axisbg=axescolor) #left, bottom, width, height
ax1.set_title('Some Curve')
x = range(10, 20)
y = range(10, 20)
z = range(20, 30)
p1, = ax1.plot(x, y, 'ro')
p2, = ax1.plot(x, z, '-')
ax1.set_ylabel('Some Label')
FigureCanvas.draw()
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
form = myWidget()
form.show()
app.exec_()
main()

Try this:
self.ui.mplwidget.axes.hold(True)
This should let you plot two data sets on the same axis, just like you can in interactive mode. Worked for me!