Interactive example

This is an example how one can incorporate adjust_text into an interactive matplotlib widget and automatically re-adjust texts after every resize of the figure canvas.

%matplotlib ipympl
import numpy as np
from adjustText import adjust_text
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

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np.random.seed(0)
x, y = np.random.random((2,10))
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(x, y, 'bo')

texts, patches = None, None
def plot_text(event=None):
    # Make texts and patches global so that we can remove them later
    global texts, patches
    # Remove the texts and patches if they are not None
    if texts is not None:
        for text in texts:
            text.remove()
    if patches is not None:
        for patch in patches:
            patch.remove()
    # Create the texts
    texts = [ax.text(x[i], y[i], 'Text%s' %i, ha='center', va='center', fontsize=20) for i in range(len(x))]
    # Use adjust_text to adjust the position of the texts to avoid overlap
    # Also connect the texts with the points using an arrow
    texts, patches = adjust_text(texts, arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="-", color='r'), ax=ax, min_arrow_len=0, time_lim=0.1)
    return texts, patches
tests, patches = plot_text()

# Connect the event when canvas is resized to the function plot_text, which
# Includes the adjust_text function
# This will make the text move to avoid overlsp when the canvas is resized
cid = fig.canvas.mpl_connect('resize_event', plot_text)