fixed Text.set_backgroundcolor

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 8c34b22782f6 · 2007-01-03T22:23:33.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=2958
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -1886,6 +1886,13 @@ def text(self, x, y, s, fontdict=None,
             )
 
 
+       You can put a rectangular box around the text instance (eg to
+       set a background color) by using the keyword bbox.  bbox is a
+       dictionary of matplotlib.patches.Rectangle properties (see help
+       for Rectangle for a list of these).  For example
+
+         text(x, y, s, bbox=dict(facecolor='red', alpha=0.5))
+       
        Valid kwargs are Text properties
 %(Text)s
         """
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -308,7 +308,9 @@ def _get_layout(self, renderer):
     def set_bbox(self, rectprops):
         """
         Draw a bounding box around self.  rect props are any settable
-        properties for a rectangle, eg color='r', alpha=0.5
+        properties for a rectangle, eg facecolor='red', alpha=0.5.
+
+          t.set_bbox(dict(facecolor='red', alpha=0.5))
 
         ACCEPTS: rectangle prop dict plus key 'pad' which is a pad in points
         """
@@ -525,11 +527,15 @@ def get_rotation_matrix(self, x0, y0):
 
     def set_backgroundcolor(self, color):
         """
-        Set the background color of the text
+        Set the background color of the text by updating the bbox (see set_bbox for more info)
 
         ACCEPTS: any matplotlib color 
         """
-        self._backgroundcolor = color
+        if self._bbox is None:
+            self._bbox = dict(facecolor=color, edgecolor=color)
+        else:
+            self._bbox.update(dict(facecolor=color))
+       
 
 
     def set_color(self, color):
