@@ -75,6 +75,35 @@ Event name Class Description
7575'axes_leave_event' `.LocationEvent ` mouse leaves an axes
7676====================== ================ ======================================
7777
78+ .. note ::
79+ When connecting to 'key_press_event' and 'key_release_event' events,
80+ you may encounter inconsistencies between the different user interface
81+ toolkits that Matplotlib works with. This is due to inconsistencies/limitations
82+ of the user interface toolkit. The following table shows some basic examples of
83+ what you may expect to receive as key(s) from the different user interface toolkits,
84+ where a comma separates different keys:
85+
86+ ============== ============================= ============================== ============================= ============================== ==============================
87+ Key(s) Pressed WxPython Qt WebAgg Gtk Tkinter
88+ ============== ============================= ============================== ============================= ============================== ==============================
89+ Shift+2 shift, shift+2 shift, " shift, " shift, " shift, "
90+ Shift+F1 shift, shift+f1 shift, shift+f1 shift, shift+f1 shift, shift+f1 shift, shift+f1
91+ Shift shift shift shift shift shift
92+ Control control control control control control
93+ Alt alt alt alt alt alt
94+ AltGr Nothing Nothing alt iso_level3_shift iso_level3_shift
95+ CapsLock caps_lock caps_lock caps_lock caps_lock caps_lock
96+ A a a A A A
97+ a a a a a a
98+ Shift+a shift, A shift, A shift, A shift, A shift, A
99+ Shift+A shift, A shift, A shift, a shift, a shift, a
100+ Ctrl+Shift+Alt control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+alt control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+meta control, ctrl+shit, ctrl+meta control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+meta control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+meta
101+ Ctrl+Shift+a control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shit, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+a
102+ Ctrl+Shift+A control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+A control, ctrl+shit, ctrl+a control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+a control, ctrl+shift, ctrl+a
103+ F1 f1 f1 f1 f1 f1
104+ Ctrl+F1 control, ctrl+f1 control, ctrl+f1 control, ctrl+f1 control, ctrl+f1 control, ctrl+f1
105+ ============== ============================= ============================== ============================= ============================== ==============================
106+
78107Matplotlib attaches some keypress callbacks by default for interactivity; they
79108are documented in the :ref: `key-event-handling ` section.
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