From 9a6a92ce536cf5211028026aaea7bc56f98842fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danhickstein <danhickstein@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 17:46:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] including self.val to allow the user to get the current
 status of the radioButtons.

---
 lib/matplotlib/widgets.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
index 8c22bc899537..f55cc45f3f48 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ class RadioButtons(AxesWidget):
 
      *circles*
         A list of :class:`matplotlib.patches.Circle` instances
+        
+     *val*
+        A string listing the current value selected
 
     Connect to the RadioButtons with the :meth:`on_clicked` method
     """
@@ -644,7 +647,6 @@ def __init__(self, ax, labels, active=0, activecolor='blue'):
             The color of the button when clicked
         """
         AxesWidget.__init__(self, ax)
-
         self.activecolor = activecolor
 
         ax.set_xticks([])
@@ -663,6 +665,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, labels, active=0, activecolor='blue'):
                         verticalalignment='center')
 
             if cnt == active:
+                self.val = label
                 facecolor = activecolor
             else:
                 facecolor = axcolor
@@ -698,6 +701,7 @@ def inside(p):
             if t.get_window_extent().contains(event.x, event.y) or inside(p):
                 inp = p
                 thist = t
+                self.val = t.get_text()
                 break
         else:
             return

From 6ecf85207fc3028466a430a976de7d41479c85f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danhickstein <danhickstein@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 10:34:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] changed "self.val" to "self.value_selected"

---
 lib/matplotlib/widgets.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
index f55cc45f3f48..6675903b6877 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/widgets.py
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class RadioButtons(AxesWidget):
      *circles*
         A list of :class:`matplotlib.patches.Circle` instances
         
-     *val*
+     *value_selected*
         A string listing the current value selected
 
     Connect to the RadioButtons with the :meth:`on_clicked` method
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, labels, active=0, activecolor='blue'):
         """
         AxesWidget.__init__(self, ax)
         self.activecolor = activecolor
+        self.value_selected = None
 
         ax.set_xticks([])
         ax.set_yticks([])
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ def __init__(self, ax, labels, active=0, activecolor='blue'):
                         verticalalignment='center')
 
             if cnt == active:
-                self.val = label
+                self.value_selected = label
                 facecolor = activecolor
             else:
                 facecolor = axcolor
@@ -701,7 +702,7 @@ def inside(p):
             if t.get_window_extent().contains(event.x, event.y) or inside(p):
                 inp = p
                 thist = t
-                self.val = t.get_text()
+                self.value_selected = t.get_text()
                 break
         else:
             return