Flint interaction

In order to interact with a given plot, several methods are provided.

The select_points method allows the user to select a given number of point on the corresponding plot using their mouse.

a, b, c = p.select_points(3)
# Blocks until the user selects the 3 points
a
(1.2, 3.4)

The select_shape methods allows the user to select a given shape on the corresponding plot using their mouse. The available shapes are:

• 'rectangle': rectangle selection
• 'line': line selection
• 'hline': horizontal line selection
• 'vline': vertical line selection
• 'polygon': polygon selection

The return values are shown in the following example:

topleft, bottomright = p.select_shape('rectangle')
start, stop = p.select_shape('line')
left, right = p.select_shape('hline')
bottom, top = p.select_shape('vline')
points = p.select_shape('polygon')