matplotlib · QuLogic · Mar 31, 2020 · Jan 5, 2019
diff --git a/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations.rst b/doc/api/next_api_changes/deprecations.rst
@@ -409,3 +409,9 @@ The *add_all* parameter of `.axes_grid1.axes_grid.Grid`,
 `.axes_grid1.axes_grid.ImageGrid`, `.axes_grid1.axes_rgb.make_rgb_axes` and
 `.axes_grid1.axes_rgb.RGBAxes` is deprecated.  Axes are now always added to the
 parent figure, though they can be later removed with ``ax.remove()``.
+
+``BboxBase.inverse_transformed``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``.BboxBase.inverse_transformed`` is deprecated (call `.BboxBase.transformed`
+on the `~.Transform.inverted()` transform instead).
diff --git a/examples/pyplots/auto_subplots_adjust.py b/examples/pyplots/auto_subplots_adjust.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def on_draw(event):
         bbox = label.get_window_extent()
         # the figure transform goes from relative coords->pixels and we
         # want the inverse of that
-        bboxi = bbox.inverse_transformed(fig.transFigure)
+        bboxi = bbox.transformed(fig.transFigure.inverted())
         bboxes.append(bboxi)
 
         # this is the bbox that bounds all the bboxes, again in relative
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ def on_draw(event):
 import matplotlib
 matplotlib.artist.Artist.get_window_extent
 matplotlib.transforms.Bbox
-matplotlib.transforms.Bbox.inverse_transformed
+matplotlib.transforms.Bbox.transformed
 matplotlib.transforms.Bbox.union
+matplotlib.transforms.Transform.inverted
 matplotlib.figure.Figure.subplots_adjust
 matplotlib.figure.SubplotParams
 matplotlib.backend_bases.FigureCanvasBase.mpl_connect
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/collections.py b/lib/matplotlib/collections.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def get_datalim(self, transData):
                 result = mpath.get_path_collection_extents(
                     transform.get_affine(), paths, self.get_transforms(),
                     offsets, transOffset.get_affine().frozen())
-                return result.inverse_transformed(transData)
+                return result.transformed(transData.inverted())
             if not self._offsetsNone:
                 # this is for collections that have their paths (shapes)
                 # in physical, axes-relative, or figure-relative units

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/table.py b/lib/matplotlib/table.py
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ def get_text_bounds(self, renderer):
         """
         Return the text bounds as *(x, y, width, height)* in table coordinates.
         """
-        bbox = self._text.get_window_extent(renderer)
-        bboxa = bbox.inverse_transformed(self.get_data_transform())
-        return bboxa.bounds
+        return (self._text.get_window_extent(renderer)
+                .transformed(self.get_data_transform().inverted())
+                .bounds)
 
     def get_required_width(self, renderer):
         """Return the minimal required width for the cell."""
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ def _get_grid_bbox(self, renderer):
                  for (row, col), cell in self._cells.items()
                  if row >= 0 and col >= 0]
         bbox = Bbox.union(boxes)
-        return bbox.inverse_transformed(self.get_transform())
+        return bbox.transformed(self.get_transform().inverted())
 
     def contains(self, mouseevent):
         # docstring inherited

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_text.py
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ def test_multiline2():
     renderer = fig.canvas.get_renderer()
 
     def draw_box(ax, tt):
-        bb = tt.get_window_extent(renderer)
-        bbt = bb.inverse_transformed(ax.transAxes)
         r = mpatches.Rectangle((0, 0), 1, 1, clip_on=False,
                                transform=ax.transAxes)
-        r.set_bounds(bbt.bounds)
+        r.set_bounds(
+            tt.get_window_extent(renderer)
+            .transformed(ax.transAxes.inverted())
+            .bounds)
         ax.add_patch(r)
 
     horal = 'left'

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/transforms.py b/lib/matplotlib/transforms.py
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ def transformed(self, transform):
             [pts[0], [pts[0, 0], pts[1, 1]], [pts[1, 0], pts[0, 1]]]))
         return Bbox([ll, [lr[0], ul[1]]])
 
+    @cbook.deprecated("3.3", alternative="transformed(transform.inverted())")
     def inverse_transformed(self, transform):
         """
         Construct a `Bbox` by statically transforming this one by the inverse