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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples/basic.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_basic.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_basic.py:


mplcursors' core functionality
==============================

... is to add interactive data cursors to a figure.

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.. image-sg:: /examples/images/sphx_glr_basic_001.png
   :alt: Click somewhere on a line. Right-click to deselect. Annotations can be dragged.
   :srcset: /examples/images/sphx_glr_basic_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np
    import mplcursors

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

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    lines = ax.plot(data)
    ax.set_title("Click somewhere on a line.\nRight-click to deselect.\n"
                 "Annotations can be dragged.")
    fig.tight_layout()

    mplcursors.cursor(lines)

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_basic.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: basic.ipynb <basic.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: basic.py <basic.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_