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Title: FIX: Prevent crash when removing a subfigure containing subplots by Vikash-Kumar-23 · Pull Request #31323 · matplotlib/matplotlib · GitHub

Open Graph Title: FIX: Prevent crash when removing a subfigure containing subplots by Vikash-Kumar-23 · Pull Request #31323 · matplotlib/matplotlib

X Title: FIX: Prevent crash when removing a subfigure containing subplots by Vikash-Kumar-23 · Pull Request #31323 · matplotlib/matplotlib

Description: Closes #31319 ## PR summary This PR fixes a crash reported in #31319 that occurs when removing a subfigure after creating subplots inside it. ### Why is this change necessary? Calling `.remove()` on a `SubFigure` can currently raise: ```pytb AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute '_mouseover_set' This makes subfigure removal unreliable in otherwise valid figure layouts. What problem does it solve? It prevents Artist.remove() from attempting axes-specific mouse-hitlist cleanup when self.axes is not an actual matplotlib.axes.Axes instance (it can be a list in the subfigure-removal scenario). What is the reasoning for this implementation? Artist.remove() contains cleanup code that assumes self.axes is an Axes and accesses self.axes._mouseover_set. In the failing case, self.axes is a list, so accessing _mouseover_set crashes. The fix tightens the guard so this cleanup block only runs when self.axes is a non-None Axes instance. Minimal self-contained example (repro / verification) import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") # for reproducibility/headless runs import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig = plt.figure() subfigs = fig.subfigures(1, 2) subfigs[0].subplots() subfigs[0].remove() print("OK: no crash") What changed (only 2 files) lib/matplotlib/artist.py: Guard the _mouseover_set cleanup in Artist.remove() so it only runs when self.axes is an Axes. lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py: Add/update a regression test that creates subplots inside a subfigure and then removes the subfigure. How to test locally python -m pytest lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py -k test_subfigure_remove -q AI Disclosure I used AI assistance to help draft the PR description and verification steps. The code changes and local verification were performed and reviewed by me. PR checklist "closes #31319" is in the body of the PR description to link the related issue new and changed code is tested [N/A] Plotting related features are demonstrated in an example [N/A] New Features and API Changes are noted with a directive and release note [N/A] Documentation complies with general and docstring guidelines

Open Graph Description: Closes #31319 ## PR summary This PR fixes a crash reported in #31319 that occurs when removing a subfigure after creating subplots inside it. ### Why is this change necessary? Calling `.remove()` ...

X Description: Closes #31319 ## PR summary This PR fixes a crash reported in #31319 that occurs when removing a subfigure after creating subplots inside it. ### Why is this change necessary? Calling `.remove()` ...

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