René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Figure legend not keeping Line2D marker","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\nWhen retrieving handles used in legend, `marker` property is not kept.\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n\r\n\u003c!--A minimum code snippet required to reproduce the bug, also minimizing the number of dependencies required--\u003e\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\n\r\npoint = plt.Line2D([1],[1], marker='o')\r\nlegend = plt.gcf().legend(handles=[point], labels=['point'])\r\n\r\n# First way\r\nhandles = legend.legendHandles\r\nhandles[0].get_marker()\r\n# Second way\r\nlines= legend.get_lines()\r\nlines[0].get_marker()\r\n```\r\n**Actual outcome**\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```\r\nOut[1]: ''\r\n```\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\nWhen plotting an `Axes` legend, `get_legend_handles_labels()` can be used, which does return the right marker. There isn't such a method in `Figure`, so when using `Legend` methods or properties such as `legend.get_lines()` or `legend.legendHandles`, line2D marker isn't kept.\r\n\r\nIs there a better way of retrieving handles from a legend?\r\nAm I doing something wrong?\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: Windows 10\r\n  * Matplotlib Version: 2.0.2\r\n  * Python Version: 3.6.1\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\ncc @juanlu001","author":{"url":"https://github.com/anhiga","@type":"Person","name":"anhiga"},"datePublished":"2017-09-04T14:45:19.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/9155/matplotlib/issues/9155"}