Re: Text Overlays

Posted by Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E] on Jul 12, 2011; 3:56pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Text-Overlays-tp3683941p3683943.html

On Jul 12, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Michael Schmid wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Image>Overlay>To ROI Manager makes individual ROIs from the text  
> overlays.
> You can then move them (check 'Edit Mode') and, using the Text tool,  
> delete from the end or append to the end of the text currently selected.
>
> I have not figured out whether one can convert the list of ROIs back  
> to overlays with a single command - a simple macro looping through  
> the ROI Manager items should do.

You can convert a list of ROIs in the ROI Manager to an overlay by using the Image>Overlay>From ROI Manager command.

-wayne


> On 11 Jul 2011, at 21:48, alexwatson wrote:
>
>> I am trying to create a plug-in with an option to add multiple  
>> TextROIs to an
>> image.  I want the ROIs to be able to be moved independently of  
>> each other.
>> I want it to be like the text tool, except I would like to make the  
>> text
>> remain movable and editable.  Does anyone know an easy way?