matplotlib绘制鼠标的十字光标（自定义方式，官方实例）

matplotlib在widgets模块提供Cursor类用于支持十字光标的生成。另外官方还提供了自定义十字光标的实例。

widgets模块Cursor类源码

class Cursor(AxesWidget):
    """
    A crosshair cursor that spans the axes and moves with mouse cursor.

    For the cursor to remain responsive you must keep a reference to it.

    Parameters
    ----------
    ax : `matplotlib.axes.Axes`
        The `~.axes.Axes` to attach the cursor to.
    horizOn : bool, default: True
        Whether to draw the horizontal line.
    vertOn : bool, default: True
        Whether to draw the vertical line.
    useblit : bool, default: False
        Use blitting for faster drawing if supported by the backend.

    Other Parameters
    ----------------
    **lineprops
        `.Line2D` properties that control the appearance of the lines.
        See also `~.Axes.axhline`.

    Examples
    --------
    See :doc:`/gallery/widgets/cursor`.
    """

    def __init__(self, ax, horizOn=True, vertOn=True, useblit=False,
                 **lineprops):
        AxesWidget.__init__(self, ax)

        self.connect_event('motion_notify_event', self.onmove)
        self.connect_event('draw_event', self.clear)

        self.visible = True
        self.horizOn = horizOn
        self.vertOn = vertOn
        self.useblit = useblit and self.canvas.supports_blit

        if self.useblit:
            lineprops['animated'] = True
        self.lineh = ax.axhline(ax.get_ybound()[0], visible=False, **lineprops)
        self.linev = ax.axvline(ax.get_xbound()[0], visible=False, **lineprops)

        self.background = None
        self.needclear = False

    def clear(self, event):
        """Internal event handler to clear the cursor."""
        if self.ignore(event):
            return
        if self.useblit:
            self.background = self.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.ax.bbox)
        self.linev.set_visible(False)
        self.lineh.set_visible(False)
        
    def onmove(self, event):
        """Internal event handler to draw the cursor when the mouse moves."""
        if self.ignore(event):
            return
        if not self.canvas.widgetlock.available(self):
            return
        if event.inaxes != self.ax:
            self.linev.set_visible(False)
            self.lineh.set_visible(False)

            if self.needclear:
                self.canvas.draw()
                self.needclear = False
            return
        self.needclear = True
        if not self.visible:
            return
        self.linev.set_xdata((event.xdata, event.xdata))

        self.lineh.set_ydata((event.ydata, event.ydata))
        self.linev.set_visible(self.visible and self.vertOn)
        self.lineh.set_visible(self.visible and self.horizOn)

        self._update()

    def _update(self):
        if self.useblit:
            if self.background is not None:
                self.canvas.restore_region(self.background)
            self.ax.draw_artist(self.linev)
            self.ax.draw_artist(self.lineh)
            self.canvas.blit(self.ax.bbox)
        else:
            self.canvas.draw_idle()
        return False

自定义十字光标实现

简易十字光标实现

首先在 Cursor类的构造方法__init__中，构造了十字光标的横线、竖线和坐标显示；然后在on_mouse_move方法中，根据事件数据更新横竖线和坐标显示，最后在调用时，通过mpl_connect方法绑定on_mouse_move方法和鼠标移动事件'motion_notify_event'。

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


class Cursor:
    """
    A cross hair cursor.
    """
    def __init__(self, ax):
        self.ax = ax
        self.horizontal_line = ax.axhline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        self.vertical_line = ax.axvline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        # text location in axes coordinates
        self.text = ax.text(0.72, 0.9, '', transform=ax.transAxes)

    def set_cross_hair_visible(self, visible):
        need_redraw = self.horizontal_line.get_visible() != visible
        self.horizontal_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.vertical_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.text.set_visible(visible)
        return need_redraw

    def on_mouse_move(self, event):
        if not event.inaxes:
            need_redraw = self.set_cross_hair_visible(False)
            if need_redraw:
                self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()
        else:
            self.set_cross_hair_visible(True)
            x, y = event.xdata, event.ydata
            # update the line positions
            self.horizontal_line.set_ydata(y)
            self.vertical_line.set_xdata(x)
            self.text.set_text('x=%1.2f, y=%1.2f' % (x, y))
            self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()


x = np.arange(0, 1, 0.01)
y = np.sin(2 * 2 * np.pi * x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_title('Simple cursor')
ax.plot(x, y, 'o')
cursor = Cursor(ax)
#关键部分，绑定鼠标移动事件处理
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', cursor.on_mouse_move)
plt.show()

优化十字光标实现

在简易实现中，每次鼠标移动时，都会重绘整个图像，这样效率比较低。
在优化实现中，每次鼠标移动时，只重绘光标和坐标显示，背景图像不再重绘。

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


class BlittedCursor:
    """
    A cross hair cursor using blitting for faster redraw.
    """
    def __init__(self, ax):
        self.ax = ax
        self.background = None
        self.horizontal_line = ax.axhline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        self.vertical_line = ax.axvline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        # text location in axes coordinates
        self.text = ax.text(0.72, 0.9, '', transform=ax.transAxes)
        self._creating_background = False
        ax.figure.canvas.mpl_connect('draw_event', self.on_draw)

    def on_draw(self, event):
        self.create_new_background()

    def set_cross_hair_visible(self, visible):
        need_redraw = self.horizontal_line.get_visible() != visible
        self.horizontal_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.vertical_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.text.set_visible(visible)
        return need_redraw

    def create_new_background(self):
        if self._creating_background:
            # discard calls triggered from within this function
            return
        self._creating_background = True
        self.set_cross_hair_visible(False)
        self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()
        self.background = self.ax.figure.canvas.copy_from_bbox(self.ax.bbox)
        self.set_cross_hair_visible(True)
        self._creating_background = False

    def on_mouse_move(self, event):
        if self.background is None:
            self.create_new_background()
        if not event.inaxes:
            need_redraw = self.set_cross_hair_visible(False)
            if need_redraw:
                self.ax.figure.canvas.restore_region(self.background)
                self.ax.figure.canvas.blit(self.ax.bbox)
        else:
            self.set_cross_hair_visible(True)
            # update the line positions
            x, y = event.xdata, event.ydata
            self.horizontal_line.set_ydata(y)
            self.vertical_line.set_xdata(x)
            self.text.set_text('x=%1.2f, y=%1.2f' % (x, y))

            self.ax.figure.canvas.restore_region(self.background)
            self.ax.draw_artist(self.horizontal_line)
            self.ax.draw_artist(self.vertical_line)
            self.ax.draw_artist(self.text)
            self.ax.figure.canvas.blit(self.ax.bbox)


x = np.arange(0, 1, 0.01)
y = np.sin(2 * 2 * np.pi * x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_title('Blitted cursor')
ax.plot(x, y, 'o')
blitted_cursor = BlittedCursor(ax)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', blitted_cursor.on_mouse_move)
plt.show()

捕捉数据十字光标实现

在前面的两种实现中，鼠标十字光标可以随意移动。在本实现中，十字光标只会出现在离鼠标x坐标最近的数据点上。

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np


class SnappingCursor:
    """
    A cross hair cursor that snaps to the data point of a line, which is
    closest to the *x* position of the cursor.

    For simplicity, this assumes that *x* values of the data are sorted.
    """
    def __init__(self, ax, line):
        self.ax = ax
        self.horizontal_line = ax.axhline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        self.vertical_line = ax.axvline(color='k', lw=0.8, ls='--')
        self.x, self.y = line.get_data()
        self._last_index = None
        # text location in axes coords
        self.text = ax.text(0.72, 0.9, '', transform=ax.transAxes)

    def set_cross_hair_visible(self, visible):
        need_redraw = self.horizontal_line.get_visible() != visible
        self.horizontal_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.vertical_line.set_visible(visible)
        self.text.set_visible(visible)
        return need_redraw

    def on_mouse_move(self, event):
        if not event.inaxes:
            self._last_index = None
            need_redraw = self.set_cross_hair_visible(False)
            if need_redraw:
                self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()
        else:
            self.set_cross_hair_visible(True)
            x, y = event.xdata, event.ydata
            index = min(np.searchsorted(self.x, x), len(self.x) - 1)
            if index == self._last_index:
                return  # still on the same data point. Nothing to do.
            self._last_index = index
            x = self.x[index]
            y = self.y[index]
            # update the line positions
            self.horizontal_line.set_ydata(y)
            self.vertical_line.set_xdata(x)
            self.text.set_text('x=%1.2f, y=%1.2f' % (x, y))
            self.ax.figure.canvas.draw()


x = np.arange(0, 1, 0.01)
y = np.sin(2 * 2 * np.pi * x)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_title('Snapping cursor')
line, = ax.plot(x, y, 'o')
snap_cursor = SnappingCursor(ax, line)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', snap_cursor.on_mouse_move)
plt.show()

参考资料

https://www.matplotlib.org.cn/gallery/misc/cursor_demo_sgskip.html