# HighlightPickedActor

VTKExamples/Python/Interaction/HighlightPickedActor

### Description

Shows how to customize vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera and vtkPropPicker to select a actor in the scene by pressing the left mouse button.

### Code

HighlightPickedActor.py

    import vtk

    NUMBER_OF_SPHERES = 10

    class MouseInteractorHighLightActor(vtk.vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera):

        def __init__(self,parent=None):
            self.AddObserver("LeftButtonPressEvent",self.leftButtonPressEvent)

            self.LastPickedActor = None
            self.LastPickedProperty = vtk.vtkProperty()

        def leftButtonPressEvent(self,obj,event):
            clickPos = self.GetInteractor().GetEventPosition()

            picker = vtk.vtkPropPicker()
            picker.Pick(clickPos[0], clickPos[1], 0, self.GetDefaultRenderer())

            # get the new
            self.NewPickedActor = picker.GetActor()

            # If something was selected
            if self.NewPickedActor:
                # If we picked something before, reset its property
                if self.LastPickedActor:
                    self.LastPickedActor.GetProperty().DeepCopy(self.LastPickedProperty)

                # Save the property of the picked actor so that we can
                # restore it next time
                self.LastPickedProperty.DeepCopy(self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty())
                # Highlight the picked actor by changing its properties
                self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetColor(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
                self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(1.0)
                self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetSpecular(0.0)

                # save the last picked actor
                self.LastPickedActor = self.NewPickedActor

            self.OnLeftButtonDown()
            return

    # A renderer and render window
    renderer = vtk.vtkRenderer()
    renderer.SetBackground(.3, .4, .5 )

    renwin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
    renwin.AddRenderer(renderer)

    # An interactor
    interactor = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
    interactor.SetRenderWindow(renwin)

    # add the custom style
    style = MouseInteractorHighLightActor()
    style.SetDefaultRenderer(renderer)
    interactor.SetInteractorStyle(style)

    # Add spheres to play with
    for i in range(NUMBER_OF_SPHERES):
        source = vtk.vtkSphereSource()

        # random position and radius
        x = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
        y = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
        z = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
        radius = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.5, 1.0)

        source.SetRadius(radius)
        source.SetCenter(x, y, z)
        source.SetPhiResolution(11)
        source.SetThetaResolution(21)

        mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
        mapper.SetInputConnection(source.GetOutputPort())
        actor = vtk.vtkActor()
        actor.SetMapper(mapper)

        r = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
        g = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
        b = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
        actor.GetProperty().SetDiffuseColor(r, g, b)
        actor.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(.8)
        actor.GetProperty().SetSpecular(.5)
        actor.GetProperty().SetSpecularColor(1.0,1.0,1.0)
        actor.GetProperty().SetSpecularPower(30.0)

        renderer.AddActor(actor)

    # Start
    interactor.Initialize()
    interactor.Start()