pyvista.DataSetMapper.array_name

property DataSetMapper.array_name: str

Return or set the array name or number and component to color by.

Examples

Show the name of the active scalars in the mapper.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> mesh = pv.Sphere()
>>> mesh['my_scalars'] = mesh.points[:, 2]
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> actor = pl.add_mesh(mesh, scalars='my_scalars')
>>> actor.mapper.array_name
'my_scalars'
>>> pl.close()