Change figure window title in pylab
PythonMatplotlibPython Problem Overview
How can I set a figure window's title in pylab/python?
fig = figure(9) # 9 is now the title of the window
fig.set_title("Test") #doesn't work
fig.title = "Test" #doesn't work
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
If you want to actually change the window you can do:
fig = pylab.gcf()
fig.canvas.set_window_title('Test')
Update 2021-05-15:
The solution above is deprecated (see here). instead use
fig = pylab.gcf()
fig.canvas.manager.set_window_title('Test')
Solution 2 - Python
You can also set the window title when you create the figure:
fig = plt.figure("YourWindowName")
Solution 3 - Python
Based on Andrew' answer, if you use pyplot instead of pylab, then:
fig = pyplot.gcf()
fig.canvas.set_window_title('My title')
Solution 4 - Python
I used fig.canvas.set_window_title('The title') with fig obtained with pyplot.figure() and it worked well too:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
...
fig = plt.figure(0)
fig.canvas.set_window_title('Window 3D')
(Seems .gcf() and .figure() does similar job here.)
Solution 5 - Python
I found this was what I needed for pyplot:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
....
plt.get_current_fig_manager().canvas.set_window_title('My Figure Name')
Solution 6 - Python
I have found that using the canvas object, as in these two examples:
fig.canvas.set_window_title('My title')
as suggested by some other answers (1, 2), and
plt.get_current_fig_manager().canvas.set_window_title('My Figure Name')
from benjo's answer, both give this warning:
The set_window_title function was deprecated in Matplotlib 3.4 and will be removed two minor releases later. Use manager.set_window_title or GUI-specific methods instead.
The solution seems to be to adapt Benjo's answer and use:
plt.get_current_fig_manager().set_window_title('My Figure Name')
That is to say drop the use of canvas. This gets rid of the warning.