From 4c140989cc446b62ad3f196a5363923b783642fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:38:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #28077: Parent tk StringVar to the canvas widget,
 not to the toolbar.

---
 lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
index 5eca9229b61d..693499f4ca01 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/_backend_tk.py
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ def save_figure(self, *args):
 
         default_extension = self.canvas.get_default_filetype()
         default_filetype = self.canvas.get_supported_filetypes()[default_extension]
-        filetype_variable = tk.StringVar(self, default_filetype)
+        filetype_variable = tk.StringVar(self.canvas.get_tk_widget(), default_filetype)
 
         # adding a default extension seems to break the
         # asksaveasfilename dialog when you choose various save types