Problem

• This seems to be a common expectation
• Various implementations can be found online to add this capability
• It might be nice if it came with matplotlib out-of-the-box automatically

Proposed solution

Implementations with various levels of sophistication can be found on the web, e.g.,

• https://gist.github.com/tacaswell/3144287
• https://mpl-interactions.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/zoom-factory.html
• https://gist.github.com/t20100/e5a9ba1196101e618883
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11551049/matplotlib-plot-zooming-with-scroll-wheel
• https://discuss.wxpython.org/t/scroll-wheel-map-zoom/36016/10