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Multicursor disappears when not moving

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Description

## Describe the issue

In both JupyterLab and old Notebook MultiCursor not only is blinking when is bing moved, but also completely disappears when mouse stops motion. Same code works fine in QT.

[Documentation example](https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/widgets/multicursor.html) may be used for demonstration:
```python

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.widgets import MultiCursor

t = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
s1 = np.sin(2*np.pi*t)
s2 = np.sin(4*np.pi*t)

fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(2, sharex=True)
ax1.plot(t, s1)
ax2.plot(t, s2)

multi = MultiCursor(fig.canvas, (ax1, ax2), color='r', lw=1)
plt.show()
```

## Versions
```
3.8.3 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Jun 1 2020, 17:43:00)
[GCC 7.5.0]
ipympl version: 0.6.3
jupyter core : 4.7.1
jupyter-notebook : 6.2.0
qtconsole : 5.0.2
ipython : 7.20.0
ipykernel : 5.3.4
jupyter client : 6.1.7
jupyter lab : 3.0.7
nbconvert : 6.0.7
ipywidgets : 7.6.3
nbformat : 5.1.2
traitlets : 5.0.5
Config option `kernel_spec_manager_class` not recognized by `ListNBExtensionsApp`.
Known nbextensions:
config dir: /home/ilyap/.jupyter/nbconfig
notebook section
limit_output/main disabled
table_beautifier/main disabled
jupyter-js-widgets/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
qtconsole/qtconsole disabled
hinterland/hinterland disabled
snippets_menu/main disabled
jupyter-datawidgets/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
collapsible_headings/main disabled
code_font_size/code_font_size disabled
addbefore/main disabled
config dir: /home/ilyap/anaconda3/etc/jupyter/nbconfig
notebook section
bqplot/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
ipyvolume/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
jupyter-webrtc/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
jupyter-datawidgets/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
jupyter-matplotlib/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
jupyter-threejs/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
k3d/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
jupyter-js-widgets/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
qgrid/extension enabled
- Validating: OK
hide_code/hide_code enabled
- Validating: OK
Config option `kernel_spec_manager_class` not recognized by `ListLabExtensionsApp`.
[W 2021-03-01 14:01:32.364 LabApp] Config option `kernel_spec_manager_class` not recognized by `LabApp`.
JupyterLab v3.0.7
/home/ilyap/anaconda3/share/jupyter/labextensions
jupyter-matplotlib v0.8.3 enabled OK
bqplot v0.5.21 enabled OK
jupyterlab-datawidgets v7.0.0 enabled OK
@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v3.0.0 enabled OK (python, jupyterlab_widgets)

Other labextensions (built into JupyterLab)
app dir: /home/ilyap/anaconda3/share/jupyter/lab
@arbennett/base16-one-dark v0.1.5 enabled OK
jupyterlab_hidecode v0.1.4 enabled OK

Uninstalled core extensions:
@aquirdturtle/collapsible_headings

```

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by running the linked Matplotlib MultiCursor documentation example in JupyterLab and classic Notebook, then compare the behavior with QT. Investigate the rendering path for the cursor widget; done means the multicursor remains visible when mouse movement stops in both Jupyter environments.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter, jupyter-notebook
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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