make `%matplotlib widget` behave like `inline`?

I have a notebook in Jupyter Lab, so far using the default matplotlib backend, which in this context I believe is inline. When I have a sequence of plotting commands (pyplot.plt etc.), they combine into a figure that is shown after the respective code cell. Also, @interact works as expected.

I now wanted to zoom in, which inline does not support, so I issued %matplotlib widget. The figures are now zoomable alright, but I don't have that neat behavior where plotting code in one cell contributed to the following figure output cell, and doesn't modify anything else. And @interact, instead of producing new (versions of) a figure, now puts everything on top of each other.

From reading around I realize that this is the intended behavior. The thing is, I don't like it. So my question is: Is there a way to make widget behave like inline?

If there is not, is there a guide that tells me how to modify my code so that plot commands affect only the next output cell, and @interact updates instead of adds?

Inizia riproducendo il comportamento in Jupyter Lab con %matplotlib widget, comandi di plotting sequenziali e @interact, quindi confrontalo con l’inline backend predefinito. Determina se è possibile supportare l’output con ambito limitato alla cella richiesto e l’interazione con aggiornamento; il lavoro è completato quando viene documentato un approccio supportato oppure viene identificata chiaramente la modifica comportamentale necessaria.