scatter

scatter(positions)
scatter(x, y)
scatter(x, y, z)

Plots a marker for each element in (x, y, z) , (x, y) , or positions .

Attributes

Specific to `Scatter`

cycle::Vector{Symbol} = [:color] sets which attributes to cycle when creating multiple plots.
marker::Union{Symbol, Char, Matrix{<:Colorant}} sets the scatter marker.
markersize::Union{<:Real, Vec2f} = 9 sets the size of the marker.
markerspace::Symbol = :pixel sets the space in which markersize is given. See Makie.spaces() for possible inputs.
strokewidth::Real = 0 sets the width of the outline around a marker.
strokecolor::Union{Symbol, <:Colorant} = :black sets the color of the outline around a marker.
glowwidth::Real = 0 sets the size of a glow effect around the marker.
glowcolor::Union{Symbol, <:Colorant} = (:black, 0) sets the color of the glow effect.
rotations::Union{Real, Billboard, Quaternion} = Billboard(0f0) sets the rotation of the marker. A Billboard rotation is always around the depth axis.
transform_marker::Bool = false controls whether the model matrix (without translation) applies to the marker itself, rather than just the positions. (If this is true, scale! and rotate! will affect the marker.)

Generic

visible::Bool = true sets whether the plot will be rendered or not.
overdraw::Bool = false sets whether the plot will draw over other plots. This specifically means ignoring depth checks in GL backends.
transparency::Bool = false adjusts how the plot deals with transparency. In GLMakie transparency = true results in using Order Independent Transparency.
fxaa::Bool = false adjusts whether the plot is rendered with fxaa (anti-aliasing). Note that scatter plots already include a different form of anti-aliasing when plotting non-image markers.
inspectable::Bool = true sets whether this plot should be seen by DataInspector .
depth_shift::Float32 = 0f0 adjusts the depth value of a plot after all other transformations, i.e. in clip space, where 0 <= depth <= 1 . This only applies to GLMakie and WGLMakie and can be used to adjust render order (like a tunable overdraw).
model::Makie.Mat4f sets a model matrix for the plot. This replaces adjustments made with translate! , rotate! and scale! .
color sets the color of the plot. It can be given as a named color Symbol or a Colors.Colorant . Transparency can be included either directly as an alpha value in the Colorant or as an additional float in a tuple (color, alpha) . The color can also be set for each scattered marker by passing a Vector of colors or be used to index the colormap by passing a Real number or Vector{<: Real} .
colormap::Union{Symbol, Vector{<:Colorant}} = :viridis sets the colormap that is sampled for numeric color s.
colorrange::Tuple{<:Real, <:Real} sets the values representing the start and end points of colormap .
nan_color::Union{Symbol, <:Colorant} = RGBAf(0,0,0,0) sets a replacement color for color = NaN .
space::Symbol = :data sets the transformation space for positions of markers. See Makie.spaces() for possible inputs.

Examples

Using x and y vectors

Scatters can be constructed by passing a list of x and y coordinates.

using CairoMakie

xs = range(0, 10, length = 30)
ys = 0.5 .* sin.(xs)

scatter(xs, ys)

Using points

It is also possible to pass coordinates as a vector of points, which is preferred if the coordinates should be updated later, to avoid different lengths of x and y.

Attributes like color and markersize can be set in scalar or vector form. If you pass a vector of numbers for color , the attribute colorrange which is by default automatically equal to the extrema of the color values, decides how colors are looked up in the colormap .

using CairoMakie

xs = range(0, 10, length = 30)
ys = 0.5 .* sin.(xs)
points = Point2f.(xs, ys)

scatter(points, color = 1:30, markersize = range(5, 30, length = 30),
    colormap = :thermal)

Available markers

As markers, you can use almost any unicode character. Currently, such glyphs are picked from the TeX Gyre Heros Makie font, because it offers a wide range of symbols. There is also a number of markers that can be referred to as a symbol, so that it's not necessary to find out the respective unicode character.

The backslash character examples have to be tab-completed in the REPL or editor so they are converted into unicode.

Note

The scatter markers have the same sizes that the glyphs in TeX Gyre Heros Makie have. This means that they are not matched in size or area. Currently, Makie does not have the option to use area matched markers, and sometimes manual adjustment might be necessary to achieve a good visual result.

using CairoMakie

markers_labels = [
    (:rect, ":rect"),
    (:star5, ":star5"),
    (:diamond, ":diamond"),
    (:hexagon, ":hexagon"),
    (:cross, ":cross"),
    (:xcross, ":xcross"),
    (:utriangle, ":utriangle"),
    (:dtriangle, ":dtriangle"),
    (:ltriangle, ":ltriangle"),
    (:rtriangle, ":rtriangle"),
    (:pentagon, ":pentagon"),
    (:star4, ":star4"),
    (:star8, ":star8"),
    (:vline, ":vline"),
    (:hline, ":hline"),
    (:x, ":x"),
    (:+, ":+"),
    (:circle, ":circle"),
    ('a', "'a'"),
    ('B', "'B'"),
    ('↑', "'\\uparrow'"),
    ('😄', "'\\:smile:'"),
    ('✈', "'\\:airplane:'"),
]

f = Figure()
ax = Axis(f[1, 1], yreversed = true,
    xautolimitmargin = (0.15, 0.15),
    yautolimitmargin = (0.15, 0.15)
)
hidedecorations!(ax)

for (i, (marker, label)) in enumerate(markers_labels)
    p = Point2f(fldmod1(i, 6)...)

    scatter!(p, marker = marker, markersize = 20, color = :black)
    text!(p, text = label, color = :gray70, offset = (0, 20),
        align = (:center, :bottom))
end

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Marker rotation

Markers can be rotated using the rotations attribute, which also allows to pass a vector.

using CairoMakie

points = [Point2f(x, y) for y in 1:10 for x in 1:10]
rotations = range(0, 2pi, length = length(points))

scatter(points, rotations = rotations, markersize = 20, marker = '↑')

Vec markersize

You can scale x and y dimension of markers separately by passing a Vec .

using CairoMakie

f = Figure()
ax = Axis(f[1, 1])

scales = range(0.5, 1.5, length = 10)

for (i, sx) in enumerate(scales)
    for (j, sy) in enumerate(scales)
        scatter!(ax, Point2f(i, j),
            marker = '✈',
            markersize = 30 .* Vec2f(sx, sy),
            color = :black)
    end
end

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Marker space

By default marker sizes are given in pixel units. You can change this by adjusting markerspace . For example, you can have a marker scaled in data units by setting markerspace = :data .

using CairoMakie

f = Figure()
ax = Axis(f[1, 1])
limits!(ax, -10, 10, -10, 10)

scatter!(ax, Point2f(0, 0), markersize = 20, markerspace = :data,
    marker = '✈', label = "markerspace = :data")
scatter!(ax, Point2f(0, 0), markersize = 20, markerspace = :pixel,
    marker = '✈', label = "markerspace = :pixel")

axislegend(ax)

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Airport locations example

using CairoMakie
using DelimitedFiles

a = readdlm(assetpath("airportlocations.csv"))

scatter(a[1:50:end, :], marker = '✈',
    markersize = 20, color = :black)

These docs were autogenerated using Makie: v0.17.13, GLMakie: v0.6.13, CairoMakie: v0.8.13, WGLMakie: v0.6.13

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