Tried to solve Issue #15650

manan2501 · manan2501 · commit 63a9b5b9c977 · 2019-11-16T20:11:39.000+05:30
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_webagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_webagg.py
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ def show():
 
         if rcParams['webagg.open_in_browser']:
             import webbrowser
-            webbrowser.open(url)
+            if (webbrowser.open(url)==False):
+                print("To view figure, visit {0}".format(url))
         else:
             print("To view figure, visit {0}".format(url))
 
