Add pygfx/WGPU backend for 2D/3D plotting - #4520

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Commits on Mar 12, 2026

silx.gui.plot.backends: Add pygfx/WGPU backend for 2D plotting
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Revert non-backend changes per review feedback
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Fix black formatting: remove extra blank line in image.py
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Clean up pygfx backend PR: handle autoscale clim, remove examples
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Merge branch 'main' into pygfx-backend-pr
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Commits on Mar 19, 2026

Add pygfx backend test infrastructure and test classes
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Implement image and triangle picking in pygfx backend
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Fix pygfx backend stale renderer during processEvents
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Flush dirty items in paintEvent for cross-platform compatibility
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Vectorize error bar segments and fix scalar/shaped error handling
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Add pygfx backend examples
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Fix pygfx examples: correct API usage, add colormap benchmark
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Skip pygfx tests when wgpu device is not available
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Handle unavailable backend in testSwitchBackend
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Add lavapipe software Vulkan to Linux CI for pygfx tests
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Remove GPU device check, rely on lavapipe for CI pygfx tests
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Restore GPU device check and backend switch guard (lavapipe not working)
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Use VulkanCI (SwiftShader) instead of lavapipe for pygfx CI tests
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Restore GPU device check, remove VulkanCI (SwiftShader not working with wgpu)
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Add pygfx backend for plot3d module
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