Merge pull request #12342 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-12334-on-v3.0.x

ImportanceOfBeingErnest · web-flow · commit 999088444182 · 2018-09-30T02:39:39.000+02:00
Backport PR #12334 on branch v3.0.x (Improve selection of inset indicator connectors.)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -583,16 +583,14 @@ def indicate_inset(self, bounds, inset_ax=None, *, transform=None,
             bboxins = pos.transformed(self.figure.transFigure)
             rectbbox = mtransforms.Bbox.from_bounds(
                         *bounds).transformed(transform)
-            if rectbbox.x0 < bboxins.x0:
-                sig = 1
-            else:
-                sig = -1
-            if sig*rectbbox.y0 < sig*bboxins.y0:
-                connects[0].set_visible(False)
-                connects[3].set_visible(False)
-            else:
-                connects[1].set_visible(False)
-                connects[2].set_visible(False)
+            x0 = rectbbox.x0 < bboxins.x0
+            x1 = rectbbox.x1 < bboxins.x1
+            y0 = rectbbox.y0 < bboxins.y0
+            y1 = rectbbox.y1 < bboxins.y1
+            connects[0].set_visible(x0 ^ y0)
+            connects[1].set_visible(x0 == y1)
+            connects[2].set_visible(x1 == y0)
+            connects[3].set_visible(x1 ^ y1)
 
         return rectpatch, connects
 
