[ncl-talk] Contour Label Box

Kyle Griffin ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu
Fri Apr 8 15:03:11 MDT 2016


Ryan,

At the link I sent you, look at the cnLineLabelPerim* resources. There's
one to turn it the perimeter of the line labels on/off.


Kyle

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:54 PM Ryan Connelly <rconne01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Err, sorry, I do get masking.  Just the label box that I can't get.
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Ryan Connelly <rconne01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dennis and Kyle,
>>
>> I did assign both of these as attributes:
>>
>>       ; Plotting options for Equivalent Potential Temperature
>>         opts_th = opts_xy
>>         opts_th at cnInfoLabelOrthogonalPosF = 0.00
>>         opts_th at ContourParameters  = (/ 3. /)
>>         opts_th at cnLineLabelsOn = True
>>         opts_th at cnLineColor = "red"
>>         opts_th at cnLabelMasking = True
>>         opts_th at cnInfoLabelOn = False
>>         opts_th at cnLineLabelPerimOn = False
>>         opts_th at cnInfoLabelOn = False
>>
>>
>> Yet I still get line label boxes, and no masking either.  (See attached)
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Kyle Griffin <ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan - I believe you're asking about the background fill for your labels
>>> (although a small image demonstrating your issue would help). If so, you're
>>> looking for the cnLineLabel* resources. You're dealing with the labels on
>>> the lines in a contour plot (resource names are logical, even if they're
>>> long!)
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/cn.shtml#cnLineLabelAngleF (and
>>> below)
>>>
>>> You might also be interested in the effects of cnLabelMasking as well.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:29 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did you assignit that option as an attribute?
>>>>
>>>> opts_th at cnInfoLabelOn = False
>>>>
>>>> Also, ????
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> opts_th at ContourParameters
>>>>         ?????????????????
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Ryan Connelly <rconne01 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Nope, still there.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> cnInfoLabelOn = False
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Ryan Connelly <rconne01 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, again,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This time I'm trying to turn off the label box for my contours, but
>>>>>>> to no avail.  Here's what I have, including what I thought would be two
>>>>>>> redundancies (the color and thickness):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   ; Plotting options for Equivalent Potential Temperature
>>>>>>>         opts_th = opts_xy
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnInfoLabelOrthogonalPosF = 0.00
>>>>>>>         opts_th at ContourParameters  = (/ 3. /)
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnLineLabelsOn = True
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnLineColor = "red"
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnLabelMasking = True
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnConstFLabelPerimColor = 0
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnConstFLabelPerimOn = False
>>>>>>>         opts_th at cnConstFLabelPerimThicknessF = 0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I still get label boxes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ryan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Ryan Connelly
>>>>>>> M.S. Student in Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
>>>>>>> B.S. in Meteorology with Minors in Mathematics and GIS, Valparaiso
>>>>>>> University
>>>>>>> rconne01 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> ryan.connelly at stonybrook.edu
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ryan Connelly
>>>>> M.S. Student in Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
>>>>> B.S. in Meteorology with Minors in Mathematics and GIS, Valparaiso
>>>>> University
>>>>> rconne01 at gmail.com
>>>>> ryan.connelly at stonybrook.edu
>>>>>
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>> Ryan Connelly
>> M.S. Student in Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
>> B.S. in Meteorology with Minors in Mathematics and GIS, Valparaiso
>> University
>> rconne01 at gmail.com
>> ryan.connelly at stonybrook.edu
>>
>
>
>
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> Ryan Connelly
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> B.S. in Meteorology with Minors in Mathematics and GIS, Valparaiso
> University
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