"""
=================
Cross hair cursor
=================

This example adds a cross hair as a data cursor.  The cross hair is
implemented as regular line objects that are updated on mouse move.

We show three implementations:

1) A simple cursor implementation that redraws the figure on every mouse move.
   This is a bit slow and you may notice some lag of the cross hair movement.
2) A cursor that uses blitting for speedup of the rendering.
3) A cursor that snaps to data points.

Faster cursoring is possible using native GUI drawing, as in
:doc:`/gallery/user_interfaces/wxcursor_demo_sgskip`.

The mpldatacursor__ and mplcursors__ third-party packages can be used to
achieve a similar effect.

__ https://github.com/joferkington/mpldatacursor
__ https://github.com/anntzer/mplcursors
"""

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)
fig.canvas.mpl_connect('motion_notify_event', cursor.on_mouse_move)


##############################################################################
# Faster redrawing using blitting
# """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
# This technique stores the rendered plot as a background image. Only the
# changed artists (cross hair lines and text) are rendered anew. They are
# combined with the background using blitting.
#
# This technique is significantly faster. It requires a bit more setup because
# the background has to be stored without the cross hair lines (see
# ``create_new_background()``). Additionally, a new background has to be
# created whenever the figure changes. This is achieved by connecting to the
# ``'draw_event'``.

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)


##############################################################################
# Snapping to data points
# """""""""""""""""""""""
# The following cursor snaps its position to the data points of a `.Line2D`
# object.
#
# To save unnecessary redraws, the index of the last indicated data point is
# saved in ``self._last_index``. A redraw is only triggered when the mouse
# moves far enough so that another data point must be selected. This reduces
# the lag due to many redraws. Of course, blitting could still be added on top
# for additional speedup.

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()