Reference 〉 Hook

agentClick(agentslist[Agent], plotAgentsPlot, tint)

Runs when an agent is clicked in the AgentsPlot plot.

Required Parameters

  • agents — list[Agent]

    The live agent(s) that were clicked on, possibly multiple if there are overlapping agents in the current map. Note that, if clicking on a historical map state (i.e. having scrubbed the time bar backward), the clicked agent may be dead, in which case None will be passed instead of an agent object.

  • plot — AgentsPlot

    The AgentsPlot object that was clicked on.

  • t — int

    The time currently displayed on the time slider. This may not match the current model time if the time slider has been scrubbed backward.

Notes and Examples

  1. charwick

    Feb 10, 2021 at 4:24

    Usually it will be desirable only to take an action if an agent is clicked while the current model time is displayed in the visualizer, since any actions taken will affect the current model state rather than the historical state. The third parameter can be used to ensure that the action is only taken when the visualization is current.

    @heli.hook
def agentClick(agents, plot, t):
	if t != heli.t: return

	#Take an action here that affects the model state

  2. charwick

    Jun 13, 2021 at 19:10

    NetworkPlot does not automatically update its display when the model state changes. In order to update the visualization in place, it will be necessary to call the update() (to alert it to changed data and overwrite the existing data for the current period) and draw() (to refresh the display) methods of the NetworkPlot object passed as the plot argument. The latter must be called with the forceUpdate=True option; otherwise the plot only updates when the whole Charts visualizer updates.

    #Replace the agent clicked upon and create new replacement edges
@heli.hook
def agentClick(agents, plot, t):
	if t != heli.t: return
	
	for agent in agents:
		new = agent.reproduce()
		enum = len(agent.edges[plot.kind]) if plot.kind in agent.edges else 0
		agent.die()
		for e in range(enum): newedge(heli)
		print('Killing agent',agent.id,'and creating agent',new.id)
	plot.update(heli.data.getLast(), t)
	plot.draw(t, forceUpdate=True)

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