pygfx.materials.PointsMarkerMaterial

class pygfx.materials.PointsMarkerMaterial(*, marker='circle', edge_width=1, edge_color='black', **kwargs)

Bases: PointsMaterial

A material to render points as markers.

Markers come in a variety of shapes, and have an edge with a separate color.

Parameters:

  • marker (str | MarkerShape) – The shape of the marker. Default ‘circle’.

  • edge_color (str | tuple | Color) – The color of line marking the edge of the markers. Default ‘black’.

  • edge_width (float) – The width of the edge of the markers. Default 1.

  • kwargs (Any) – Additional kwargs will be passed to the PointsMaterial.

property edge_color

The color of the edge of the markers.

property edge_color_is_transparent

Whether the edge_color is (semi) transparent (i.e. not fully opaque).

property edge_width

The width of the edge of the markers, in logical pixels (or world/model space if size_space is set).

property marker

The type/shape of the markers.

Supported values:

  • A string from pygfx.utils.enums.MarkerShape.

  • Matplotlib compatible characters: “osD+x^v<>”.

  • Unicode symbols: “●○■♦♥♠♣✳▲▼◀▶”.

  • Emojis: “❤️♠️♣️♦️💎💍✳️📍”.