""" =================== Lasso Selector Demo =================== Interactively selecting data points with the lasso tool. This examples plots a scatter plot. You can then select a few points by drawing a lasso loop around the points on the graph. To draw, just click on the graph, hold, and drag it around the points you need to select. """ import numpy as np from matplotlib.widgets import LassoSelector from matplotlib.path import Path class SelectFromCollection: """ Select indices from a matplotlib collection using `LassoSelector`. Selected indices are saved in the `ind` attribute. This tool fades out the points that are not part of the selection (i.e., reduces their alpha values). If your collection has alpha < 1, this tool will permanently alter the alpha values. Note that this tool selects collection objects based on their *origins* (i.e., `offsets`). Parameters ---------- ax : `~matplotlib.axes.Axes` Axes to interact with. collection : `matplotlib.collections.Collection` subclass Collection you want to select from. alpha_other : 0 <= float <= 1 To highlight a selection, this tool sets all selected points to an alpha value of 1 and non-selected points to *alpha_other*. """ def __init__(self, ax, collection, alpha_other=0.3): self.canvas = ax.figure.canvas self.collection = collection self.alpha_other = alpha_other self.xys = collection.get_offsets() self.Npts = len(self.xys) # Ensure that we have separate colors for each object self.fc = collection.get_facecolors() if len(self.fc) == 0: raise ValueError('Collection must have a facecolor') elif len(self.fc) == 1: self.fc = np.tile(self.fc, (self.Npts, 1)) self.lasso = LassoSelector(ax, onselect=self.onselect) self.ind = [] def onselect(self, verts): path = Path(verts) self.ind = np.nonzero(path.contains_points(self.xys))[0] self.fc[:, -1] = self.alpha_other self.fc[self.ind, -1] = 1 self.collection.set_facecolors(self.fc) self.canvas.draw_idle() def disconnect(self): self.lasso.disconnect_events() self.fc[:, -1] = 1 self.collection.set_facecolors(self.fc) self.canvas.draw_idle() if __name__ == '__main__': import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) data = np.random.rand(100, 2) subplot_kw = dict(xlim=(0, 1), ylim=(0, 1), autoscale_on=False) fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw=subplot_kw) pts = ax.scatter(data[:, 0], data[:, 1], s=80) selector = SelectFromCollection(ax, pts) def accept(event): if event.key == "enter": print("Selected points:") print(selector.xys[selector.ind]) selector.disconnect() ax.set_title("") fig.canvas.draw() fig.canvas.mpl_connect("key_press_event", accept) ax.set_title("Press enter to accept selected points.") plt.show()