Re: Re: Cursors in graphics
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- Subject: [mg39596] Re: [mg39578] Re: Cursors in graphics
- From: Garry Helzer <gah at math.umd.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:57:04 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Yes, but the feature is broken in the recently released patch 4.2.1.1 for Mac OS X. On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 03:10 AM, Bill Rowe wrote: > On 2/23/03 at 4:59 AM, yas at pcomm.hfi.unimelb.edu.au (Y.A.Tesiram) > wrote: > >> I want to add cross-hairs to graphics so that I can navigate along a >> plot which is the result of say MultipleListPlot or ListPlot. >> Currently, I have just made functions that let me replot my plots >> close to the regions I'm interested in and I "guesstimate" the >> coordinates by drawing a fine grid. > > It sounds like what you are trying to do is determine the coordinates > of a point on a graph. If so, try the following (with Mathematica > running on a Mac): > > Select the plot > Hold down the cmd key and move the cursor over the plot. > > You will see the cursor change into cross hairs and the coordinates > will appear at the bottom of the window on the left hand side. > > There is a similar proceedure for Mathematica running under Windows, > but I don't recall the key that needs to be held down. It should be > either the cntrol, alt or Windows key. > > Garry Helzer Department of Mathematics University of Maryland 1303 Math Bldg College Park, MD 20742-4015