Re: locator snap
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- Subject: [mg88291] Re: locator snap
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:03:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University System of Maryland
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Hey Szabolcs,
This works fine, but I notice that the graph jerks around a lot when you
move the locator. I assume that Mathematica is redrawing everything on each move
or ...? Anyway, does anyone know why?
Kevin
Szabolcs Horv=E1t wrote:
> Szabolcs Horv=E1t wrote:
>> Maarten van der Burgt wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> In the example below the locator can be moved to any position in the
>>> graphic.
>>> Can the locator be made to snap to multiples of say 0.1?
>>>
>>> Manipulate[Column@{Graphics[{}, Axes -> True], p}, {{p, {0, 0}},
>>> Locator}]
>>>
>> Hi Maarten,
>>
>> I am not aware of any way to do this directly with Manipulate. (Of
>> course this does not mean that there doesn't exist a way!)
>>
>> Here is an example of doing it directly with Dynamic:
>>
>> Graphics[
>> Locator[Dynamic[{x, y}, ({x, y} = Round[#, 0.1]) &]],
>> PlotRange -> 1, Frame -> True,
>> GridLines -> {#, #} & @
>> Table[{x, If[Mod[x, 1/2] == 0, Black, Gray]}, {x, -1, 1, 1/10}]
>> ]
>>
>
> Sorry, I forgot to mention that x and y must be initialized before this=
> will work:
>
> {x, y} = {0, 0}
>
> Also, the x in the Table is an unfortunate choice for a local variable
> name---it has nothing to do with the x in the Dynamic.
>
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