Cursor location and pixel value in a Jupyter notebook inline image

Question

I am using Python 2.7.x with a Jupyter Notebook, matplotlib and %pylab backend with the inline flag %pylab inline to print images below active cells. I would like

Answer 1

To expand on ImportanceOfBeingErnest's answer, you can use mpl_connect to provide a callback on your clicks and ipywidgets to show an output of your callback. If needed, you can break up the code in different cells.

%matplotlib notebook
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import ipywidgets as wdg  # Using the ipython notebook widgets

# Create a random image
a = np.random.poisson(size=(12,15))
fig = plt.figure()
plt.imshow(a)

# Create and display textarea widget
txt = wdg.Textarea(
    value='',
    placeholder='',
    description='event:',
    disabled=False
)
display(txt)

# Define a callback function that will update the textarea
def onclick(event):
    txt.value = str(event)  # Dynamically update the text box above

# Create an hard reference to the callback not to be cleared by the garbage collector
ka = fig.canvas.mpl_connect('button_press_event', onclick)