I am completely new to Python. Therefore don't get too mad at me, because I am sure that there are basic things that I am missing. Here is my problem:
I am trying to extract mouse-click coordinates from an image and use those coordinates as variables.
The code allows to import and image, from which I want to extract the coordinates. Some prompts ask the user about size and extent of the diagram, after which I would like to set up a coordinate grid by clicking the origin, and the end point on the x- and y-axes respectively. The idea is to use these 3 sets of coordinates and transform them into Pressure and Temperature coordinates through some transformation functions (see code).
# Determine the origin by clicking
# Probably with classes??
class Origin:
def getorigin(eventorigin):
eventorigin.x0 = eventorigin.x
eventorigin.y0 = eventorigin.y
#mouseclick event
w.bind("<Button 1>",getorigin)
# What do I do here??
x0 = ...
y0 = ...
I don't really know how to assign the coordinates that I get through clicking, to a new variable that I can use later in the code.
I can print the coordinates, but since they are a function, they are local and are not usable outside of the function (as far as I could understand). So, and approach using classes might be better, but I have no idea how to do that.
Any help is appreciated.
FULL CODE (ADAPTED):
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.filedialog import askopenfilename
from PIL import Image, ImageTk
import tkinter.simpledialog
root = Tk()
#setting up a tkinter canvas
w = Canvas(root, width=1000, height=1000)
w.pack()
#adding the image
File = askopenfilename(parent=root, initialdir="./",title='Select an image')
original = Image.open(File)
original = original.resize((1000,1000)) #resize image
img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(original)
w.create_image(0, 0, image=img, anchor="nw")
#ask for pressure and temperature extent
xmt = tkinter.simpledialog.askfloat("Temperature", "degrees in x-axis")
ymp = tkinter.simpledialog.askfloat("Pressure", "bars in y-axis")
#ask for real PT values at origin
xc = tkinter.simpledialog.askfloat("Temperature", "Temperature at origin")
yc = tkinter.simpledialog.askfloat("Pressure", "Pressure at origin")
#instruction on 3 point selection to define grid
tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("Instructions", "Click: \n"
"1) Origin \n"
"2) Temperature end \n"
"3) Pressure end")
# From here on I have no idea how to get it to work...
# Determine the origin by clicking
def getorigin(eventorigin):
global x0,y0
x0 = eventorigin.x
y0 = eventorigin.y
print(x0,y0)
#mouseclick event
w.bind("<Button 1>",getorigin)
# Determine the extent of the figure in the x direction (Temperature)
def getextentx(eventextentx):
global xe
xe = eventextentx.x
print(xe)
#mouseclick event
w.bind("<Button 1>",getextentx)
# Determine the extent of the figure in the y direction (Pressure)
def getextenty(eventextenty):
global ye
ye = eventextenty.y
print(ye)
#mouseclick event
w.bind("<Button 1>",getextenty)
#message to confirm that the grid is set up
tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("Grid", "Grid is set. You can start picking coordinates.")
#Coordinate transformation into Pressure-Temperature space
def printcoords(event):
xmpx = xe-x0
xm = xmt/xmpx
ympx = ye-y0
ym = -ymp/ympx
#coordinate transformation
newx = (event.x-x0)*(xm)+xc
newy = (event.y-y0)*(ym)+yc
#outputting x and y coords to console
print (newx,newy)
#mouseclick event
w.bind("<Button 1>",printcoords)
root.mainloop()