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<span id="matplotlib-backends-backend-qt4agg"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

<p>Render to qt from agg</p>

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<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.</code><code class="descname">FigureCanvas</code><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.FigureCanvas" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>alias of <a class="reference internal" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.FigureCanvasQTAgg" title="matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.FigureCanvasQTAgg"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FigureCanvasQTAgg</span></code></a></p>

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<dt id="matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.FigureCanvasQTAgg">

<em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.</code><code class="descname">FigureCanvasQTAgg</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>figure</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.FigureCanvasQTAgg" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Bases: <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg.FigureCanvasQTAggBase</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4.FigureCanvasQT</span></code>, <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.backends.backend_agg.FigureCanvasAgg</span></code></p>

<p>The canvas the figure renders into. Calls the draw and print fig

methods, creates the renderers, etc...</p>

<p>Public attribute</p>

<div>figure - A Figure instance</div></blockquote>

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<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.</code><code class="descname">new_figure_manager</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>num</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.new_figure_manager" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Create a new figure manager instance</p>

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<code class="descclassname">matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.</code><code class="descname">new_figure_manager_given_figure</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>num</em>, <em>figure</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#matplotlib.backends.backend_qt4agg.new_figure_manager_given_figure" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>

<dd><p>Create a new figure manager instance for the given figure.</p>

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