Vector

UI Object that displays a vector (direction) based on the output from a module. The vector specified by 'module' and 'source' is draw as an arrow.

the vector object
Example Vector Views

Example XML definition

  <object
    class="Vector" 
    module="MY_MODULE"
    source="MY_OUTPUT"
    x="0"
    y="0" 
  />

Attributes

Attribute Description Default
class must be "Vector"  
x placement of the object  
y placement of the object  
w width of the object 1
h height of the object 1
module name of the module to be visualized as an arrow  
source name of the output to be visualized as an arrow  
color color of the lines "black"
arrow should an arrow be drawn? "yes"
margin margin for the arrow 10
normalize shoudl the vectors be normalized? "yes"
circle_color color of circle "gray"
stroke_width width of the lines 3
Attributes without default values must be specified except where described above.

Bugs

It is not possible to change the color the of the arrow heads.

Author

Christian Balkenius
Lund University Cognitive Science
christian.balkenius@lucs.lu.se

Files

Vector.js