toyplot.qt module

Support functions for rendering using Qt.

toyplot.qt.application()[source]

Return a singleton QApplication instance.

If an instance of QApplication has already been created, returns it. Otherwise, an instance of QApplication is created and returned.

Returns:qapplication – The Qt global singleton application object.
Return type:QApplication
toyplot.qt.show(canvas, title='Toyplot Figure')[source]

Display a canvas in a Qt window.

Displays a Toyplot canvas in a popup Qt window, using Toyplot’s preferred interactive HTML+SVG+Javascript backend.

Note: this function blocks until the user closes the figure window.

Parameters:
  • canvas (toyplot.canvas.Canvas) – The canvas to be displayed.
  • title (string, optional) – Optional page title to be displayed in the window.