Deprecate FigureCanvas.{get,set}_window_title.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 13f06471344c · 2020-06-22T21:38:24.000+02:00
This really belongs on the manager, and is a mild footgun on the canvas.
diff --git a/doc/api/api_changes_3.4/deprecations.rst b/doc/api/api_changes_3.4/deprecations.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 Deprecations
 ------------
+
+``FigureCanvasBase.get_window_title`` and ``FigureCanvasBase.set_window_title``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+... are deprecated.  Use the corresponding methods on the FigureManager if
+using pyplot, or GUI-specific methods if embedding.
diff --git a/examples/specialty_plots/leftventricle_bulleye.py b/examples/specialty_plots/leftventricle_bulleye.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ def bullseye_plot(ax, data, seg_bold=None, cmap=None, norm=None):
     norm : Normalize or None, optional
         Optional argument to normalize data into the [0.0, 1.0] range
 
-
     Notes
     -----
     This function create the 17 segment model for the left ventricle according
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ def bullseye_plot(ax, data, seg_bold=None, cmap=None, norm=None):
 # Make a figure and axes with dimensions as desired.
 fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8), nrows=1, ncols=3,
                        subplot_kw=dict(projection='polar'))
-fig.canvas.set_window_title('Left Ventricle Bulls Eyes (AHA)')
+fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('Left Ventricle Bulls Eyes (AHA)')
 
 # Create the axis for the colorbars
 axl = fig.add_axes([0.14, 0.15, 0.2, 0.05])
diff --git a/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py b/examples/statistics/barchart_demo.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def format_ycursor(y):
 def plot_student_results(student, scores, cohort_size):
     fig, ax1 = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 7))  # Create the figure
     fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.115, right=0.88)
-    fig.canvas.set_window_title('Eldorado K-8 Fitness Chart')
+    fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('Eldorado K-8 Fitness Chart')
 
     pos = np.arange(len(test_names))
 
diff --git a/examples/statistics/boxplot_demo.py b/examples/statistics/boxplot_demo.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 ]
 
 fig, ax1 = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6))
-fig.canvas.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')
+fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')
 fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.075, right=0.95, top=0.9, bottom=0.25)
 
 bp = ax1.boxplot(data, notch=0, sym='+', vert=1, whis=1.5)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2228,6 +2228,8 @@ def get_default_filetype(cls):
         """
         return rcParams['savefig.format']
 
+    @cbook.deprecated(
+        "3.3", alternative="manager.get_window_title or GUI-specific methods")
     def get_window_title(self):
         """
         Return the title text of the window containing the figure, or None
@@ -2236,6 +2238,8 @@ def get_window_title(self):
         if self.manager:
             return self.manager.get_window_title()
 
+    @cbook.deprecated(
+        "3.3", alternative="manager.get_window_title or GUI-specific methods")
     def set_window_title(self, title):
         """
         Set the title text of the window containing the figure.  Note that

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`@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@`
`102`	`102`	`]`
`103`	`103`
`104`	`104`	`fig, ax1 = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6))`
`105`		`-fig.canvas.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')`
	`105`	`+fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('A Boxplot Example')`
`106`	`106`	`fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.075, right=0.95, top=0.9, bottom=0.25)`
`107`	`107`
`108`	`108`	`bp = ax1.boxplot(data, notch=0, sym='+', vert=1, whis=1.5)`