fix: Improve kwargs processing in show

doc/changelog.d/312.miscellaneous.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix: improve kwargs processing in `show`

src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # SOFTWARE.
 """Provides a wrapper to aid in plotting."""
 from abc import abstractmethod
+from collections.abc import Callable
 import importlib.util
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
@@ -405,15 +406,39 @@ def disable_hover(self):
         """Disable hover capabilities in the plotter."""
         self._hover_widget.EnabledOff()
 
+    def __extract_kwargs(self, func_name: Callable, input_kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Extracts the keyword arguments from a function signature and returns it as dict.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        func_name : Callable
+            Function to extract the keyword arguments from. It should be a callable function
+        input_kwargs : Dict[str, Any]
+            Dictionary with the keyword arguments to update the extracted ones.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Dict[str, Any]
+            Dictionary with the keyword arguments extracted from the function signature and
+            updated with the input kwargs.
+        """
+        import inspect
+        signature = inspect.signature(func_name)
+        kwargs = {}
+        for k, v in signature.parameters.items():
+            # We are ignoring positional arguments, and passing everything as kwarg
+            if v.default is not inspect.Parameter.empty:
+                kwargs[k] = input_kwargs[k] if k in input_kwargs else v.default
+        return kwargs
+
     def show(
         self,
         plottable_object: Any = None,
         screenshot: Optional[str] = None,
         view_2d: Dict = None,
         name_filter: str = None,
         dark_mode: bool = False,
-        plotting_options: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = {},
-        **show_options: Dict[str, Any],
+        **kwargs: Dict[str, Any],
     ) -> List[Any]:
         """Plot and show any PyAnsys object.
 
@@ -432,18 +457,23 @@ def show(
             Regular expression with the desired name or names to include in the plotter.
         dark_mode : bool, default: False
             Whether to use dark mode for the widgets.
-        plotting_options : dict, default: None
-            Keyword arguments. For allowable keyword arguments, see the
-            :meth:`Plotter.add_mesh <pyvista.Plotter.add_mesh>` method.
-        **show_options : Any
-            Additional keyword arguments for the show method.
+        **kwargs : Any
+            Additional keyword arguments for the show or plot method.
 
         Returns
         -------
         List[Any]
             List with the picked bodies in the picked order.
 
         """
+        plotting_options = self.__extract_kwargs(
+            self._pl._scene.add_mesh,
+            kwargs,
+        )
+        show_options = self.__extract_kwargs(
+            self._pl.scene.show,
+            kwargs,
+        )
         self.plot(plottable_object, name_filter, **plotting_options)
         if self._pl.object_to_actors_map:
             self._object_to_actors_map = self._pl.object_to_actors_map
@@ -479,6 +509,8 @@ def show(
         # Update all buttons/widgets
         [widget.update() for widget in self._widgets]
 
+        # Remove screenshot from show options since we pass it manually
+        show_options.pop("screenshot", None)
         self.show_plotter(screenshot, **show_options)
 
         picked_objects_list = []

src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py

@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ def show(
         jupyter_backend : str, default: None
             PyVista Jupyter backend.
         **kwargs : dict, default: None
-            Plotting keyword arguments. For allowable keyword arguments, see the
-            :meth:`Plotter.show <pyvista.Plotter.show>` method.
+            Plotting and show keyword arguments. For allowable keyword arguments, see the
+            :meth:`Plotter.show <pyvista.Plotter.show>` and
+            :meth:`Plotter.show <pyvista.Plotter.add_mesh>` methods.
 
         Notes
         -----
@@ -360,6 +361,8 @@ def show(
         if kwargs.get("screenshot") is not None:
             self.scene.off_screen = True
         if jupyter_backend:
+            # Remove jupyter_backend from show options since we pass it manually
+            kwargs.pop("jupyter_backend", None)
             self.scene.show(jupyter_backend=jupyter_backend, **kwargs)
         else:
             if self._use_qt:

src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/plotter.py

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def show(
         plottable_object: Any = None,
         screenshot: str = None,
         name_filter: bool = None,
-        **plotting_options
+        **kwargs
         ) -> None:
         """Show the plotted objects.
 
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ def show(
             Path to save a screenshot, by default None.
         name_filter : bool, optional
             Flag to filter the object, by default None.
-        plotting_options : dict
-            Additional plotting options the selected backend accepts.
+        kwargs : dict
+            Additional options the selected backend accepts.
         """
         self._backend.show(
             plottable_object=plottable_object,
             screenshot=screenshot,
             name_filter=name_filter,
-            **plotting_options
+            **kwargs
         )

tests/test_generic_plotter.py

@@ -188,5 +188,5 @@ def test_plotter_show_mix():
     # Plot
     pl.plot(sphere1, opacity=0.5, color="blue")
 
-    # Mix plot and show
-    pl.show(sphere, plotting_options={"show_edges": True}, cpos="xy")
+    # Mix plot and show kwargs
+    pl.show(sphere, show_edges=True, cpos="xy")