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I would like to connect onTool() callback to "Reset original view" event, i.e. clicking on "home" icon in the bottom left corner of Matplotlib figure. I tried several options suggested by AI:

fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.tool_triggered.connect('home', onTool)
fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.message_event.connect(onTool)
fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.tool_event.connect(onTool)

but they were all bad confabulations. What is a solution that works?

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  • You can connect to the Home button by listening to tool_triggered and checking the tool name: fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.tool_triggered.connect( lambda event: print("Home pressed") if event.name=='home' else None ) This works reliably in Matplotlib ≥3.3. Commented Nov 19 at 10:08
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    You could use the "monkey patching" approach, as proposed in this answer to a related question. Commented Nov 19 at 13:26

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You can connect to the Home button by listening to tool_triggered and checking the tool name:

fig.canvas.manager.toolmanager.tool_triggered.connect(
    lambda event: print("Home pressed") if event.name=='home' else None
)

This works reliably in Matplotlib ≥3.3.

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Not really. I'm getting AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tool_triggered' error. I have version 3.10.3 of matplotlib.
I guess you just had a conversation with an AI.
They had a previous answer that was obviously from AI that they edited after being called out, so that wouldn't be surprising.
I don't understand your comment. I run the script with proposed change and posted the result.
@PaulJurczak Re "I don't understand your comment": I was talking about your reply to "Carl Bidwell". The answer of "Carl" to your question (as well as their other answers) raises, with me, all the red flags of being AI-generated. With "I guess you just had a conversation with an AI", I wanted to point out that it appears pointless to me to discuss with "Carl". I am sorry if I caused a misunderstanding. Edit: Perhaps to make it even clearer: it was not your comment, but Carl's answer that raised the red flags. Nothing wrong on your side.
No problem. I didn't parse your comment correctly.

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