Plot inline or a separate window using Matplotlib in Spyder IDE

Question

When I use Matplotlib to plot some graphs  it is usually fine for the default inline drawing  However  when I draw some 3D graphs  I d like to have them in a separate window so that interactions like rotation can be enabled  Can I configure in Python code which figure to display inline and which one to display in a new window    I know that in Spyder  click Tools  Preferences  Ipython Console  Graphics and under Graphics Backend select    automatic    instead of    inline     However  this make all the figures to be in new windows  It can be messy when I have a lot of plots  So I want only those 3D plot to be in new windows  but all the other 2D plots remain inline  Is it possible at all   Thanks

User · Answer

Go to Tools    Preferences    IPython console    Graphics    Backend Inline  change  Inline  to  Automatic   click  OK   Reset the kernel at the console  and the plot will appear in a separate window

User · Answer

Magic commands such as   matplotlib qt     work in the iPython console and Notebook  but do not work within a script   In that case  after importing   from IPython import get ipython   use   get ipython   run line magic  matplotlib    inline     for inline plotting of the following code  and   get ipython   run line magic  matplotlib    qt     for plotting in an external window   Edit  solution above does not always work  depending on your OS Spyder version Anaconda issue on GitHub  Setting the Graphics Backend to Automatic  as indicated in another answer  Tools    Preferences    IPython console    Graphics --  Automatic  solves the problem for me    Then  after a Console restart  one can switch between Inline and External plot windows using the get ipython   command  without having to restart the console

User · Answer

type   matplotlib qt   when you want graphs in a separate window and   matplotlib inline   when you want an inline plot

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