from pylab import * from matplotlib.widgets import CheckButtons t = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) s0 = sin(2*pi*t) s1 = sin(4*pi*t) s2 = sin(6*pi*t) ax = subplot(111) l0, = ax.plot(t, s0, visible=False, lw=2) l1, = ax.plot(t, s1, lw=2) l2, = ax.plot(t, s2, lw=2) subplots_adjust(left=0.2) rax = axes([0.05, 0.4, 0.1, 0.15]) check = CheckButtons(rax, ('2 Hz', '4 Hz', '6 Hz'), (False, True, True)) def func(label): if label=='2 Hz': l0.set_visible(not l0.get_visible()) elif label=='4 Hz': l1.set_visible(not l1.get_visible()) elif label=='6 Hz': l2.set_visible(not l2.get_visible()) draw() check.on_clicked(func) show()