{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bokeh/bokeh/issues/2440","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bokeh/bokeh/issues/2440/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bokeh/bokeh/issues/2440/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/bokeh/bokeh/issues/2440/events","html_url":"https://github.com/bokeh/bokeh/issues/2440","id":90661183,"number":2440,"title":"Allow GridPlot.select uses name & type paramters","user":{"login":"colinfang","id":1499555,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1499555?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang","html_url":"https://github.com/colinfang","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/colinfang/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-06-24T12:26:32Z","updated_at":"2015-06-24T12:26:32Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Since `Plot.select` can do so, `GridPlot` should be able to do so as well, especially when `GridPlot` inherits from `Plot`.\r\n\r\n```{python}\r\nmy_grid_plot = gridplot([[fig1], [fig2]])\r\nmy_grid_plot.select(name=\"foo\", type=Figure)\r\n# Have to use my_grid_plot.select({name:\"foo\", type:Figure}) at the moment.\r\n```\r\n\r\nBtw is this the only way to get the child `Figure` which forms the `GridPlot`?"}}