ipython notebook --pylab inline: zooming of a plot

Question

Is it possible to zoom into a plot if inline is activated? Especially regarding to 3d-plots rotating and zooming is a necessary feature.

Answer 1

You can now use %matplotlib notebook instead of %matplotlib inline and you'll be able to interact with your plots.

Answer 2

Now thanks to mpld3 it's super easy to enable zooming in inline plots!

All you have to do is install mpld3 (pip install mpld3), and then add this to your notebook:

%matplotlib inline import mpld3 mpld3.enable_notebook() 

Now your plots will get a toolbar menu at the bottom left, in which you can enable mouse zooming :)