You can switch the matplotlib’s backend by %matplotlib <backend>
. To switch back to your system’s default backend use %matplotlib auto
or just simply %matplotlib
.
There are many backends available such as gtk
, qt
, notebook
, etc. I personally highly recommend the notebook
(a.k.a. nbagg
) backend. It is similar to inline
but interactive, allowing zooming/panning from inside Jupyter.
For more info try: ?%matplotlib
inside an IPython/Jupyter or IPython’s online documentation