Support input of strings to theme (#2972)

holoviz · Oct 25, 2018 · 139ed6c · 139ed6c
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diff --git a/examples/user_guide/Plotting_with_Bokeh.ipynb b/examples/user_guide/Plotting_with_Bokeh.ipynb
@@ -640,6 +640,24 @@
     "hv.Curve((xs, np.sin(xs)), label='foo')"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "You may also supply a name from Bokeh's built-in-themes:"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "hv.renderer('bokeh').theme = 'light_minimal'\n",
+    "xs = np.linspace(0, np.pi*4, 100)\n",
+    "hv.Curve((xs, np.sin(xs)), label='foo')"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},

diff --git a/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/renderer.py b/holoviews/plotting/bokeh/renderer.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 class BokehRenderer(Renderer):
 
-    theme = param.ClassSelector(default=None, class_=Theme, allow_None=True, doc="""
+    theme = param.ClassSelector(default=None, class_=(Theme, str), allow_None=True, doc="""
        The applicable Bokeh Theme object (if any).""")
 
     backend = param.String(default='bokeh', doc="The backend name.")