How to clear a plot in PyQt?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22631694

  •  20-06-2023
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Question

I have created a little app in PyQt using QT Designer. I have some buttons, "Plot" button create 4 plots on 4 different Widget. "Clear" button must clear this 4 plots. I try to write some code but it don't run. How can I create this clear button? Thank you.

This is the main of my app:

import sys
from Import_fsa import import_fsa
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
from PyQt4.QtGui import QFileDialog
from Vannucci_Gemignani import Ui_MainWindow


class GUI_fsa(QtGui.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):

        QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
        self.ui=Ui_MainWindow()
        self.ui.setupUi(self)

        self.ui.Button_Browse.clicked.connect(self.Browse)
        self.ui.Button_Plot.clicked.connect(self.Plot)
        self.ui.Button_Clear.clicked.connect(self.Clear)

    def Browse(self):

        fname=QFileDialog.getOpenFileName()
        if fname=='':  #se non viene selezionato nessun file, fname è
            return     #nullo, generando quindi un errore nell'import fsa

        self.ui.lineEdit.setText(fname)




    def Plot(self):
        if self.ui.lineEdit.text()=='':
            QtGui.QMessageBox.information(None,'Warning','Select fsa File',QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok)
            return

        data_set=import_fsa(self.ui.lineEdit.text())        

        self.ui.widget.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.ax.clear()

        self.ui.widget.canvas.ax.plot(data_set[0])
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.ax.plot(data_set[1])
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.ax.plot(data_set[2])
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.ax.plot(data_set[3])

        self.ui.widget.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.draw()

    def Clear(self):
        self.ui.widget.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.ax.clear()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    MainWindow = GUI_fsa()
    MainWindow.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())
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Solution

It seems that you must re-draw the canvas to clear the plot:

    def Clear(self):
        self.ui.widget.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_2.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_3.canvas.draw()
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.ax.clear()
        self.ui.widget_4.canvas.draw()
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