Not working with iPython/Jupyter

Python 3.5.0 |Anaconda 2.4.0 (x86_64)| (default, Oct 20 2015, 14:39:26) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5577)]

I tried the first code example in a Jupyter/iPython notebook cell:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from mpldatacursor import datacursor

data = np.outer(range(10), range(1, 5))

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
lines = ax.plot(data)
ax.set_title('Click somewhere on a line')

datacursor(lines)

plt.show()

I’ve run pip install mpldatacursor and done kernel -> restart from Jupyter notebook.

Executing the cell, the plot displays correctly but it is noninteractive. Clicking a line does not do anything.

EDIT: just found https://github.com/joferkington/mpldatacursor/issues/12

Adding %matplotlib nbagg does produce something working, although it gives the error:

/Users/pi/anaconda/lib/python3.5/site-packages/IPython/kernel/init.py:13: ShimWarning: The IPython.kernel package has been deprecated. You should import from ipykernel or jupyter_client instead.

• “You should import from ipykernel or jupyter_client instead.”, ShimWarning)*

[joferkington]

What backend are you using?

You’ll have to use %matplotlib nbagg to have interactive figures in an IPython notebook.

Otherwise, the inline backend generates static .png’s. There’s no way for any interaction to happen with the the inline backned.

[p-i-]

PS Could this %matplotlib nbagg information be provided in the main readme, under the setup section? A lot of iPython/Jupyter users out there now…