napari.layers.Vectors

class napari.layers.Vectors(data=None, *, ndim=None, properties=None, property_choices=None, edge_width=1, edge_color='red', edge_color_cycle=None, edge_colormap='viridis', edge_contrast_limits=None, length=1, name=None, metadata=None, scale=None, translate=None, rotate=None, shear=None, affine=None, opacity=0.7, blending='translucent', visible=True, cache=True, experimental_clipping_planes=None)[source]¶

Bases: napari.layers.base.base.Layer

Vectors layer renders lines onto the canvas.

Parameters

data ((N, 2, D) or (N1, N2, .., ND, D) array) – An (N, 2, D) array is interpreted as “coordinate-like” data and a list of N vectors with start point and projections of the vector in D dimensions. An (N1, N2, …, ND, D) array is interpreted as “image-like” data where there is a length D vector of the projections at each pixel.
ndim (int) – Number of dimensions for vectors. When data is not None, ndim must be D. An empty vectors layer can be instantiated with arbitrary ndim.
properties (dict {str: array (N,)}, DataFrame) – Properties for each vector. Each property should be an array of length N, where N is the number of vectors.
property_choices (dict {str: array (N,)}) – possible values for each property.
edge_width (float) – Width for all vectors in pixels.
length (float) – Multiplicative factor on projections for length of all vectors.
edge_color (str) – Color of all of the vectors.
edge_color_cycle (np.ndarray, list) – Cycle of colors (provided as string name, RGB, or RGBA) to map to edge_color if a categorical attribute is used color the vectors.
edge_colormap (str, napari.utils.Colormap) – Colormap to set vector color if a continuous attribute is used to set edge_color.
edge_contrast_limits (None, (float, float)) – clims for mapping the property to a color map. These are the min and max value of the specified property that are mapped to 0 and 1, respectively. The default value is None. If set the none, the clims will be set to (property.min(), property.max())
name (str) – Name of the layer.
metadata (dict) – Layer metadata.
scale (tuple of float) – Scale factors for the layer.
translate (tuple of float) – Translation values for the layer.
rotate (float, 3-tuple of float, or n-D array.) – If a float convert into a 2D rotation matrix using that value as an angle. If 3-tuple convert into a 3D rotation matrix, using a yaw, pitch, roll convention. Otherwise assume an nD rotation. Angles are assumed to be in degrees. They can be converted from radians with np.degrees if needed.
shear (1-D array or n-D array) – Either a vector of upper triangular values, or an nD shear matrix with ones along the main diagonal.
affine (n-D array or napari.utils.transforms.Affine) – (N+1, N+1) affine transformation matrix in homogeneous coordinates. The first (N, N) entries correspond to a linear transform and the final column is a length N translation vector and a 1 or a napari Affine transform object. Applied as an extra transform on top of the provided scale, rotate, and shear values.
opacity (float) – Opacity of the layer visual, between 0.0 and 1.0.
blending (str) – One of a list of preset blending modes that determines how RGB and alpha values of the layer visual get mixed. Allowed values are {‘opaque’, ‘translucent’, and ‘additive’}.
visible (bool) – Whether the layer visual is currently being displayed.
cache (bool) – Whether slices of out-of-core datasets should be cached upon retrieval. Currently, this only applies to dask arrays.

data¶

The start point and projections of N vectors in D dimensions.

Type: (N, 2, D) array

properties¶

Properties for each vector. Each property should be an array of length N, where N is the number of vectors.

Type: dict {str: array (N,)}, DataFrame

edge_width¶

Width for all vectors in pixels.

Type: float

length¶

Multiplicative factor on projections for length of all vectors.

Type: float

edge_color¶

Color of all of the vectors.

Type: str

edge_color_cycle¶

Cycle of colors (provided as string name, RGB, or RGBA) to map to edge_color if a categorical attribute is used color the vectors.

Type: np.ndarray, list

edge_colormap¶

Colormap to set vector color if a continuous attribute is used to set edge_color.

Type: str, napari.utils.Colormap

edge_contrast_limits¶

clims for mapping the property to a color map. These are the min and max value of the specified property that are mapped to 0 and 1, respectively. The default value is None. If set the none, the clims will be set to (property.min(), property.max())

Type: None, (float, float)

Notes

_view_data(M, 2, 2) array: The start point and projections of N vectors in 2D for vectors whose start point is in the currently viewed slice.
_view_face_color(M, 4) np.ndarray: colors for the M in view vectors
_view_indices(1, M) array: indices for the M in view vectors
_view_vertices(4M, 2) or (8M, 2) np.ndarray: the corner points for the M in view faces. Shape is (4M, 2) for 2D and (8M, 2) for 3D.
_view_faces(2M, 3) or (4M, 3) np.ndarray: indices of the _mesh_vertices that form the faces of the M in view vectors. Shape is (2M, 2) for 2D and (4M, 2) for 3D.
_property_choicesdict {str: array (N,)}: Possible values for the properties in Vectors.properties.
_mesh_vertices(4N, 2) array: The four corner points for the mesh representation of each vector as as rectangle in the slice that it starts in.
_mesh_triangles(2N, 3) array: The integer indices of the _mesh_vertices that form the two triangles for the mesh representation of the vectors.
_max_vectors_thumbnailint: The maximum number of vectors that will ever be used to render the thumbnail. If more vectors are present then they are randomly subsampled.

Methods

`as_layer_data_tuple`()
`bind_key`(key[, func, overwrite])	Bind a key combination to a keymap.
`block_update_properties`()
`create`(data[, meta, layer_type])	Create layer from data of type layer_type.
`get_ray_intersections`(position, …[, world])	Get the start and end point for the ray extending from a point through the data bounding box.
`get_status`(position, *[, view_direction, …])	Status message of the data at a coordinate position.
`get_value`(position, *[, view_direction, …])	Value of the data at a position.
`refresh`([event])	Refresh all layer data based on current view slice.
`refresh_colors`([update_color_mapping])	Calculate and update edge colors if using a cycle or color map
`save`(path[, plugin])	Save this layer to `path` with default (or specified) plugin.
`set_view_slice`()
`world_to_data`(position)	Convert from world coordinates to data coordinates.

Attributes

`affine`	Extra affine transform to go from physical to world coordinates.
`blending`	Determines how RGB and alpha values get mixed.
`class_keymap`
`cursor`	String identifying cursor displayed over canvas.
`cursor_size`	Size of cursor if custom.
`data`	start point and projections of vectors.
`edge_color`	Array of RGBA edge colors (applied to all vectors)
`edge_color_cycle`	Color cycle for edge_color.
`edge_color_mode`	Edge color setting mode
`edge_colormap`	Return the colormap to be applied to a property to get the edge color.
`edge_contrast_limits`	contrast limits for mapping the edge_color colormap property to 0 and 1
`edge_width`	Width for all vectors in pixels.
`editable`	Whether the current layer data is editable from the viewer.
`experimental_clipping_planes`
`extent`	Extent of layer in data and world coordinates.
`help`	displayed in status bar bottom right.
`interactive`	Determine if canvas pan/zoom interactivity is enabled.
`length`	Multiplicative factor for length of all vectors.
`loaded`	Return True if this layer is fully loaded in memory.
`metadata`	Key/value map for user-stored data.
`name`	Unique name of the layer.
`ndim`	Number of dimensions in the data.
`opacity`	Opacity value between 0.0 and 1.0.
`properties`	Annotations for each point
`property_choices`	rtype `Dict`[`str`, `ndarray`]
`rotate`	Rotation matrix in world coordinates.
`scale`	Anisotropy factors to scale data into world coordinates.
`shear`	Shear matrix in world coordinates.
`source`
`thumbnail`	Integer array of thumbnail for the layer
`translate`	Factors to shift the layer by in units of world coordinates.
`translate_grid`	Factors to shift the layer by.
`visible`	Whether the visual is currently being displayed.

Details

property affine¶

Extra affine transform to go from physical to world coordinates.

Type: napari.utils.transforms.Affine

bind_key(key, func=<object object>, *, overwrite=False)¶

Bind a key combination to a keymap.

Parameters

keymap (dict of str: callable) – Keymap to modify.
key (str or ..) – Key combination. ... acts as a wildcard if no key combinations can be matched in the keymap (this will overwrite all key combinations further down the lookup chain).
func (callable, None, or ..) – Callable to bind to the key combination. If None is passed, unbind instead. ... acts as a blocker, effectively unbinding the key combination for all keymaps further down the lookup chain.
overwrite (bool, keyword-only, optional) – Whether to overwrite the key combination if it already exists.

Returns

unbound – Callable unbound by this operation, if any.

Return type

callable or None

Notes

Key combinations are represented in the form [modifier-]key, e.g. a, Control-c, or Control-Alt-Delete. Valid modifiers are Control, Alt, Shift, and Meta.

Letters will always be read as upper-case. Due to the native implementation of the key system, Shift pressed in certain key combinations may yield inconsistent or unexpected results. Therefore, it is not recommended to use Shift with non-letter keys. On OSX, Control is swapped with Meta such that pressing Command reads as Control.

Special keys include Shift, Control, Alt, Meta, Up, Down, Left, Right, PageUp, PageDown, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Escape, Backspace, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, Space, Enter, and Tab

Functions take in only one argument: the parent that the function was bound to.

By default, all functions are assumed to work on key presses only, but can be denoted to work on release too by separating the function into two statements with the yield keyword:

@viewer.bind_key('h')
def hello_world(viewer):
    # on key press
    viewer.status = 'hello world!'

    yield

    # on key release
    viewer.status = 'goodbye world :('

To create a keymap that will block others, bind_key(..., ...)`.

property blending¶

Determines how RGB and alpha values get mixed.

Blending.OPAQUE: Allows for only the top layer to be visible and corresponds to depth_test=True, cull_face=False, blend=False.
Blending.TRANSLUCENT: Allows for multiple layers to be blended with different opacity and corresponds to depth_test=True, cull_face=False, blend=True, blend_func=(‘src_alpha’, ‘one_minus_src_alpha’).
Blending.ADDITIVE: Allows for multiple layers to be blended together with different colors and opacity. Useful for creating overlays. It corresponds to depth_test=False, cull_face=False, blend=True, blend_func=(‘src_alpha’, ‘one’).

Type: Blending mode

classmethod create(data, meta=None, layer_type=None)¶

Create layer from data of type layer_type.

Primarily intended for usage by reader plugin hooks and creating a layer from an unwrapped layer data tuple.

Parameters

data (Any) – Data in a format that is valid for the corresponding layer_type.
meta (dict, optional) – Dict of keyword arguments that will be passed to the corresponding layer constructor. If any keys in meta are not valid for the corresponding layer type, an exception will be raised.
layer_type (str) – Type of layer to add. Must be the (case insensitive) name of a Layer subclass. If not provided, the layer is assumed to be “image”, unless data.dtype is one of (np.int32, np.uint32, np.int64, np.uint64), in which case it is assumed to be “labels”.

Raises

ValueError – If layer_type is not one of the recognized layer types.
TypeError – If any keyword arguments in meta are unexpected for the corresponding add_* method for this layer_type.

Examples

A typical use case might be to upack a tuple of layer data with a specified layer_type.

>>> data = (
...     np.random.random((10, 2)) * 20,
...     {'face_color': 'blue'},
...     'points',
... )
>>> Layer.create(*data)

Return type: Layer

property cursor¶

String identifying cursor displayed over canvas.

Type: str

property cursor_size¶

Size of cursor if custom. None yields default size.

Type: int | None

property data¶

start point and projections of vectors.

Type: (N, 2, D) array
Return type: ndarray

property edge_color¶

Array of RGBA edge colors (applied to all vectors)

Type: (1 x 4) np.ndarray
Return type: ndarray

property edge_color_cycle¶

Color cycle for edge_color. Can be a list of colors defined by name, RGB or RGBA

Type: list, np.ndarray
Return type: ndarray

property edge_color_mode¶

Edge color setting mode

DIRECT (default mode) allows each vector to be set arbitrarily

CYCLE allows the color to be set via a color cycle over an attribute

COLORMAP allows color to be set via a color map over an attribute

Type: str
Return type: ColorMode

property edge_colormap¶

Return the colormap to be applied to a property to get the edge color.

Returns: colormap – The Colormap object.
Return type: napari.utils.Colormap

property edge_contrast_limits¶

contrast limits for mapping the edge_color colormap property to 0 and 1

Type: None, (float, float)
Return type: Tuple[float, float]

property edge_width¶

Width for all vectors in pixels.

Type: float
Return type: Union[int, float]

property editable¶

Whether the current layer data is editable from the viewer.

Type: bool

property extent¶

Extent of layer in data and world coordinates.

Return type: Extent

get_ray_intersections(position, view_direction, dims_displayed, world=True)¶

Get the start and end point for the ray extending from a point through the data bounding box.

Parameters

position (List[float]) – the position of the point in nD coordinates. World vs. data is set by the world keyword argument.
view_direction (np.ndarray) – a unit vector giving the direction of the ray in nD coordinates. World vs. data is set by the world keyword argument.
dims_displayed (List[int]) – a list of the dimensions currently being displayed in the viewer.
world (bool) – True if the provided coordinates are in world coordinates. Default value is True.

Return type

Union[Tuple[ndarray, ndarray], Tuple[None, None]]

Returns

start_point (np.ndarray) – The point on the axis-aligned data bounding box that the cursor click intersects with. This is the point closest to the camera. The point is the full nD coordinates of the layer data. If the click does not intersect the axis-aligned data bounding box, None is returned.
end_point (np.ndarray) – The point on the axis-aligned data bounding box that the cursor click intersects with. This is the point farthest from the camera. The point is the full nD coordinates of the layer data. If the click does not intersect the axis-aligned data bounding box, None is returned.

get_status(position, *, view_direction=None, dims_displayed=None, world=False)¶

Status message of the data at a coordinate position.

Parameters

position (tuple) – Position in either data or world coordinates.
view_direction (Optional[np.ndarray]) – A unit vector giving the direction of the ray in nD world coordinates. The default value is None.
dims_displayed (Optional[List[int]]) – A list of the dimensions currently being displayed in the viewer. The default value is None.
world (bool) – If True the position is taken to be in world coordinates and converted into data coordinates. False by default.

Returns

msg – String containing a message that can be used as a status update.

Return type

string

get_value(position, *, view_direction=None, dims_displayed=None, world=False)¶

Value of the data at a position.

If the layer is not visible, return None.

Parameters

position (tuple) – Position in either data or world coordinates.
view_direction (Optional[np.ndarray]) – A unit vector giving the direction of the ray in nD world coordinates. The default value is None.
dims_displayed (Optional[List[int]]) – A list of the dimensions currently being displayed in the viewer. The default value is None.
world (bool) – If True the position is taken to be in world coordinates and converted into data coordinates. False by default.

Returns

value – Value of the data. If the layer is not visible return None.

Return type

tuple, None

property help¶

displayed in status bar bottom right.

Type: str

property interactive¶

Determine if canvas pan/zoom interactivity is enabled.

Type: bool

property length¶

Multiplicative factor for length of all vectors.

Type: float
Return type: Union[int, float]

property loaded¶

Return True if this layer is fully loaded in memory.

This base class says that layers are permanently in the loaded state. Derived classes that do asynchronous loading can override this.

Return type: bool

property metadata¶

Key/value map for user-stored data.

Return type: dict

property name¶

Unique name of the layer.

Type: str

property ndim¶

Number of dimensions in the data.

Type: int

property opacity¶

Opacity value between 0.0 and 1.0.

Type: float

property properties¶

Annotations for each point

Type: dict {str
Type: array (N,)}, DataFrame
Return type: Dict[str, ndarray]

refresh(event=None)¶: Refresh all layer data based on current view slice.

refresh_colors(update_color_mapping=False)[source]¶

Calculate and update edge colors if using a cycle or color map

Parameters: update_color_mapping (bool) – If set to True, the function will recalculate the color cycle map or colormap (whichever is being used). If set to False, the function will use the current color cycle map or color map. For example, if you are adding/modifying vectors and want them to be colored with the same mapping as the other vectors (i.e., the new vectors shouldn’t affect the color cycle map or colormap), set update_color_mapping=False. Default value is False.

property rotate¶

Rotation matrix in world coordinates.

Type: array

save(path, plugin=None)¶

Save this layer to path with default (or specified) plugin.

Parameters

path (str) – A filepath, directory, or URL to open. Extensions may be used to specify output format (provided a plugin is available for the requested format).
plugin (str, optional) – Name of the plugin to use for saving. If None then all plugins corresponding to appropriate hook specification will be looped through to find the first one that can save the data.

Returns

File paths of any files that were written.

Return type

list of str

property scale¶

Anisotropy factors to scale data into world coordinates.

Type: list

property shear¶

Shear matrix in world coordinates.

Type: array

property thumbnail¶

Integer array of thumbnail for the layer

Type: array

property translate¶

Factors to shift the layer by in units of world coordinates.

Type: list

property translate_grid¶

Factors to shift the layer by.

Type: list

property visible¶

Whether the visual is currently being displayed.

Type: bool

world_to_data(position)¶

Convert from world coordinates to data coordinates.

Parameters: position (tuple, list, 1D array) – Position in world coordinates. If longer then the number of dimensions of the layer, the later dimensions will be used.
Returns: Position in data coordinates.
Return type: tuple