Re: [Matplotlib-users] line segments in a scatter plot

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

I would just call use `plot` and keep track of the Line2D objects returned.

On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 10:40:05 AM Nils Wagner <ni...@go...>
wrote:

> Hi Ben,
>
> I have attached a sample scatter plot. The task is to add lines to the
> scatter plot.
>
> Nils
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
>
>> Nils,
>>
>> Perhaps the rectangle selector might be of use? It defaults to a draw
>> mode of 'box', but you can set it to line so that it looks like a ruler
>> widget.
>> http://matplotlib.org/api/widgets_api.html#matplotlib.
>> widgets.RectangleSelector
>>
>> I can imagine that you could set up a selector callback that could then
>> query the data on the graph to "snap" the final line to the nearest points
>> on the graph, creating a Line2D object on the fly. Is that what you are
>> looking for?
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Ben Root
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Nils Wagner <ni...@go...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> how can I create line segments between consecutive selected points of a
>>> scatter plot in an interactive manner ? It should be possible to create
>>> several unclosed polygonal lines. Each polygonal line might have
>>> a different color.
>>>
>>> A small example is appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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