Merge pull request #15701 from manan2501/issue-15650

dstansby · web-flow · commit 690fd713ae18 · 2019-11-17T20:57:37.000Z
Tried to solve Issue #15650: Print URL when webbrowser.open Fails
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 not webbrowser.open(url):
+                print("To view figure, visit {0}".format(url))
         else:
             print("To view figure, visit {0}".format(url))
 
