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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"A simple 3D scatter plot with %matplotlib notebook is not working","articleBody":"\u003c!--To help us understand and resolve your issue, please fill out the form to the best of your ability.--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--You can feel free to delete the sections that do not apply.--\u003e\r\n\r\n### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\n\r\nA simple 3D scatter plot is not working on jupyter notebook when `%matplotlib notebook` is enabled. However, it is working for `%matplotlib inline`\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A short 1-2 sentences that succinctly describes the bug--\u003e\r\n\r\nAn extremely large, blank window appears that spans beyond the page.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug.\r\nPlease make sure to minimize the number of dependencies required, and provide\r\nany necessary plotted data.\r\nAvoid using threads, as Matplotlib is (explicitly) not thread-safe.--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\n%matplotlib notebook\r\n\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nfrom mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D\r\n\r\nA = np.random.random((100,3))\r\nfig = plt.figure()\r\nax = Axes3D(fig)\r\nax.scatter(A[:,0], A[:,1], A[:,2])\r\nplt.show()\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\n![Fail case](https://i.postimg.cc/3RqQjy4f/Screen-Shot-2020-07-30-at-9-44-51-PM.png)\r\n\r\n\u003c!--The output produced by the above code, which may be a screenshot, console output, etc.--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\n\r\nExpecting a 3D scatter plot of `A`.\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A description of the expected outcome from the code snippet--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If this used to work in an earlier version of Matplotlib, please note the version it used to work on--\u003e\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n\u003c!--Please specify your platform and versions of the relevant libraries you are using:--\u003e\r\n  * Operating system: posix Darwin 19.6.0\r\n  * Matplotlib version: 3.3.0\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): nbAgg\r\n  * Python version: 3.7.5\r\n  * Jupyter version (if applicable): \r\n     - jupyter core     : 4.6.3\r\n     - jupyter-notebook : 6.0.3\r\n     - qtconsole        : 4.7.5\r\n     - ipython          : 7.16.1\r\n     - ipykernel        : 5.3.4\r\n     - jupyter client   : 6.1.6\r\n     - jupyter lab      : not installed\r\n     - nbconvert        : 5.6.1\r\n     - ipywidgets       : 7.5.1\r\n     - nbformat         : 5.0.7\r\n     - traitlets        : 4.3.3\r\n  * Other libraries: numpy 1.19.1, scipy 1.5.2\r\n\r\n\u003c!--Please tell us how you installed matplotlib and python e.g., from source, pip, conda--\u003e\r\n\u003c!--If you installed from conda, please specify which channel you used if not the default--\u003e\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/chudur-budur","@type":"Person","name":"chudur-budur"},"datePublished":"2020-07-31T01:49:10.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/18132/matplotlib/issues/18132"}