testbed/matplotlib__matplotlib/galleries/examples/widgets/range_slider.py

"""
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Thresholding an Image with RangeSlider
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Using the RangeSlider widget to control the thresholding of an image.

The RangeSlider widget can be used similarly to the `.widgets.Slider`
widget. The major difference is that RangeSlider's ``val`` attribute
is a tuple of floats ``(lower val, upper val)`` rather than a single float.

See :doc:`/gallery/widgets/slider_demo` for an example of using
a ``Slider`` to control a single float.

See :doc:`/gallery/widgets/slider_snap_demo` for an example of having
the ``Slider`` snap to discrete values.
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

from matplotlib.widgets import RangeSlider

# generate a fake image
np.random.seed(19680801)
N = 128
img = np.random.randn(N, N)

fig, axs = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, 5))
fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.25)

im = axs[0].imshow(img)
axs[1].hist(img.flatten(), bins='auto')
axs[1].set_title('Histogram of pixel intensities')

# Create the RangeSlider
slider_ax = fig.add_axes([0.20, 0.1, 0.60, 0.03])
slider = RangeSlider(slider_ax, "Threshold", img.min(), img.max())

# Create the Vertical lines on the histogram
lower_limit_line = axs[1].axvline(slider.val[0], color='k')
upper_limit_line = axs[1].axvline(slider.val[1], color='k')


def update(val):
    # The val passed to a callback by the RangeSlider will
    # be a tuple of (min, max)

    # Update the image's colormap
    im.norm.vmin = val[0]
    im.norm.vmax = val[1]

    # Update the position of the vertical lines
    lower_limit_line.set_xdata([val[0], val[0]])
    upper_limit_line.set_xdata([val[1], val[1]])

    # Redraw the figure to ensure it updates
    fig.canvas.draw_idle()


slider.on_changed(update)
plt.show()

# %%
#
# .. admonition:: References
#
#    The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
#    in this example:
#
#    - `matplotlib.widgets.RangeSlider`