Merge pull request #1132 from ioam/mpl_title_update

Update matplotlib titles rather than redrawing
holoviz · Feb 13, 2017 · 13c3c21 · 13c3c21
2 parents 903e8ef + f145acc
commit 13c3c21
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/mpl/element.py b/holoviews/plotting/mpl/element.py
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ def _finalize_axis(self, key, title=None, dimensions=None, ranges=None, xticks=N
             title = self._format_title(key)
             if self.show_title and title is not None:
                 fontsize = self._fontsize('title')
-                self.handles['title'] = axis.set_title(title, **fontsize)
+                if 'title' in self.handles:
+                    self.handles['title'].set_text(title)
+                else:
+                    self.handles['title'] = axis.set_title(title, **fontsize)
 
             # Apply subplot label
             self._subplot_label(axis)