

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_widgets_slider_demo.py:


===========
Slider Demo
===========

Using the slider widget to control visual properties of your plot.

In this example, a slider is used to choose the frequency of a sine
wave. You can control many continuously-varying properties of your plot in
this way.




.. image:: /gallery/widgets/images/sphx_glr_slider_demo_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from matplotlib.widgets import Slider, Button, RadioButtons

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.25, bottom=0.25)
    t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.001)
    a0 = 5
    f0 = 3
    s = a0*np.sin(2*np.pi*f0*t)
    l, = plt.plot(t, s, lw=2, color='red')
    plt.axis([0, 1, -10, 10])

    axcolor = 'lightgoldenrodyellow'
    axfreq = plt.axes([0.25, 0.1, 0.65, 0.03], facecolor=axcolor)
    axamp = plt.axes([0.25, 0.15, 0.65, 0.03], facecolor=axcolor)

    sfreq = Slider(axfreq, 'Freq', 0.1, 30.0, valinit=f0)
    samp = Slider(axamp, 'Amp', 0.1, 10.0, valinit=a0)


    def update(val):
        amp = samp.val
        freq = sfreq.val
        l.set_ydata(amp*np.sin(2*np.pi*freq*t))
        fig.canvas.draw_idle()
    sfreq.on_changed(update)
    samp.on_changed(update)

    resetax = plt.axes([0.8, 0.025, 0.1, 0.04])
    button = Button(resetax, 'Reset', color=axcolor, hovercolor='0.975')


    def reset(event):
        sfreq.reset()
        samp.reset()
    button.on_clicked(reset)

    rax = plt.axes([0.025, 0.5, 0.15, 0.15], facecolor=axcolor)
    radio = RadioButtons(rax, ('red', 'blue', 'green'), active=0)


    def colorfunc(label):
        l.set_color(label)
        fig.canvas.draw_idle()
    radio.on_clicked(colorfunc)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.466 seconds)



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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

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


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

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