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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Provide public access to the toolbar state for widget interaction","articleBody":"Currently the state of the MPL toolbar is not publicly available and must be accessed via `fig.canvas.manager.toolbar._active`.    Accessing via `_active` is dangerous as it is private and could potentially be altered without notice [link].(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20711148/ignore-matplotlib-cursor-widget-when-toolbar-widget-selected/20712813#20712813.)\n\nIs it possible to provide public access to the toolbar state so that widgets can 'fire' only when a toolbar item is not selected.  As an example, if a cursor widget is used to generate subplots, it currently generates a subplot based on the point of an initial pan or zoom request (toolbar item).\n\n@tacaswell \n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jlaura","@type":"Person","name":"jlaura"},"datePublished":"2013-12-24T15:06:36.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":8},"url":"https://github.com/2694/matplotlib/issues/2694"}