matplotlib / matplotlib/ipympl

occasional graphical corruption when manipulating plots using the zoom and pan widgets

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Description

## Describe the issue
Manipulating fairly large (~M points) plots,. found occasionally that the redraw would fail, then would leave old pixels in place.

Using the 'Back to previous view' / 'Forward to next view' appears to fix the corruption, otherwise it just sticks around until the figure is redrawn by re-running the cell producing it. I.E., once it appears, hitting the 'home' button does not clear it.

Affects both the plot as well as the axes, with the axes becoming unreadable. Saving the corrupted pixels using the 'Download plot' button works - in that the saved png includes the pixel corruption.

## Versions

```

3.12.3 (main, Jul 15 2024, 15:34:06) [GCC 12.2.0]
ipympl version: 0.9.4
Selected Jupyter core packages...
IPython : 8.26.0
ipykernel : 6.29.5
ipywidgets : 8.1.5
jupyter_client : 8.6.2
jupyter_core : 5.7.2
jupyter_server : 2.14.2
jupyterlab : 4.2.3
nbclient : 0.10.0
nbconvert : 7.16.4
nbformat : 5.10.4
notebook : not installed
qtconsole : not installed
traitlets : 5.14.3
usage: jupyter [-h] [--version] [--config-dir] [--data-dir] [--runtime-dir] [--paths] [--json] [--debug] [subcommand]

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-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show the versions of core jupyter packages and exit
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Jupyter command `jupyter-nbextension` not found.
```
I assume you meant `|| jupyter labextension list` not `&&`.

```
JupyterLab v4.2.3
/home/rgd2/.pyenv/versions/3.12.3/share/jupyter/labextensions
jupyterlab_pygments v0.3.0 enabled OK (python, jupyterlab_pygments)
jupyter-matplotlib v0.11.4 enabled OK
@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager v5.0.13 enabled OK (python, jupyterlab_widgets)

Other labextensions (built into JupyterLab)
app dir: /home/rgd2/.pyenv/versions/3.12.3/share/jupyter/lab
```

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with a large plot in JupyterLab 4.2.3 using ipympl 0.9.4, then manipulate it with the zoom, pan, Back, Forward, and Home controls. Compare the canvas and axes after a failed redraw and verify the result with the Download plot button; done means corrupted pixels no longer remain after widget interactions.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
jupyter, jupyter-notebook, python
Domain
data-visualization, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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