# Axes Thumbnail to interact with image.

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971 "2021-06-10T12:20:27Z")
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### Author: ![Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/luis_carlos_carneiro/32/1360_2.png) [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971/1 "2021-06-10T12:20:27Z")

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Dear All,

I want to have a plane with a coupled thumbnail axes image. With interaction wit the thumbnail I can rotate the plane in the direction of each axis.

There is something in VTK that eases to do that?

Thanks,

Luís Gonçalves

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### Author: ![Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/paulo_carvalho/32/370_2.png) [@Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Paulo_Carvalho)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971/2 "2021-06-10T21:35:00Z")

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Hello,

Do you mean something like the buttons below (indicated by the red arrows)?

 ![image](https://discourse.vtk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e30e94d96b0c7e24417877da72bf28e379f7f3e6.png)

regards,

Paulo

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### Author: ![Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/luis_carlos_carneiro/32/1360_2.png) [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971/3 "2021-06-10T21:39:28Z")

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No. Like the axes in left-lower corner. If rotate those axes with the mouse the figure rotates accordingly.

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### Author: ![Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/paulo_carvalho/32/370_2.png) [@Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Paulo_Carvalho)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/axes-thumbnail-to-interact-with-image/5971/4 "2021-06-10T21:44:59Z")

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Then you can do:

```cpp
    _vtkwidget = new QVTKOpenGLWidget();

   (...)

    //----------------------adding the orientation axes-------------------------
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkAxesActor> axes = vtkSmartPointer<vtkAxesActor>::New();
    _vtkAxesWidget = vtkSmartPointer<vtkOrientationMarkerWidget>::New();
    _vtkAxesWidget->SetOutlineColor(0.9300, 0.5700, 0.1300);
    _vtkAxesWidget->SetOrientationMarker(axes);
    _vtkAxesWidget->SetInteractor(_vtkwidget->GetRenderWindow()->GetInteractor());
    _vtkAxesWidget->SetViewport(0.0, 0.0, 0.2, 0.2);
    _vtkAxesWidget->SetEnabled(1);
    _vtkAxesWidget->InteractiveOn();
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

```

I used `QVTKOpenGLWidget` as my VTK window, but what is important is to access the render window (vtkRenderWindow).

I hope this helps.