Displaying Matplotlib Navigation Toolbar in Tkinter via grid

Question

I\'m developing a small Tkinter GUI to draw matplotlib-plots. (It contains a few Entries and assembles the plot according to their content.)

I have designed my plott

Answer 1

# the following works for me. I created an empty frame and display it using the grid
# management system, so the frame will be able to use pack management system
canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(fig, root)
canvas.draw()
canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=2, column=0)
frame = Frame(root)
frame.grid(row=0, column=1)
toobar = NavigationToolbar2Tk(canvas, frame)
canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=1, column=0)

Answer 2

Can you create an empty frame, then put the NavigationToolbar in that frame? I assume the NavigationToolbar will then pack itself in that frame. You can then use grid on the frame.

Answer 3

Here is a code example for what was mentioned in Bryan Oakleys answer (add toolbar to frame, place frame on grid):

    fig = Figure(figsize=(5, 5), dpi=100)

    canvas = FigureCanvasTkAgg(fig, master=root)
    canvas.get_tk_widget().grid(row=1,column=4,columnspan=3,rowspan=20)
    # here: plot suff to your fig
    canvas.draw()

    ###############    TOOLBAR    ###############
    toolbarFrame = Frame(master=root)
    toolbarFrame.grid(row=22,column=4)
    toolbar = NavigationToolbar2TkAgg(canvas, toolbarFrame)