is an option for LocatorPane, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies whether new locators should be created when clicking away from existing locators.


LocatorAutoCreate
is an option for LocatorPane, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies whether new locators should be created when clicking away from existing locators.
Details

- The following settings can be given:
-
True create a new locator with any Click
{min,max} allow between min and max locators min allow anything more than min locators All create a new locator with any mouse click {All,{min,max}} limit the number of possible locators - Use
Click on Windows,
Click on Macintosh, and
Click on Linux.
- With LocatorAutoCreate->True, any
Click that does not hit an existing locator will cause a new locator to be created at the position of the click.
Click on an existing locator deletes the locator.
- With LocatorAutoCreate->{min,max}, any
Click that would decrease the number of locators below min or above max will have no effect.
- LocatorAutoCreate->All specifies that any mouse click that does not hit an existing locator should create a new locator.
Click deletes a locator.
- When a new locator is added, its coordinates are placed at the end of the list of coordinates for the enclosing LocatorPane or other object.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Create a Manipulate where points can be added or deleted by Click:
See Also
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Use Locator Controls
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), LocatorAutoCreate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocatorAutoCreate.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "LocatorAutoCreate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocatorAutoCreate.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). LocatorAutoCreate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocatorAutoCreate.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_locatorautocreate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LocatorAutoCreate}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocatorAutoCreate.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_locatorautocreate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LocatorAutoCreate}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LocatorAutoCreate.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}