Add an Item to a Graph

Along with expressions and functions, you can add a note, table, inference test, folder, image, or ticker to your graph. To start, click Add Item Add an Item icon and then choose the type of item you'd like to add to your graph. Or, type Table, Inference, Note, Folder, or Ticker directly into an expression line.

Note: The ticker is an advanced setting. To enable it, click your name to open Account Options and then click Account Settings. Finally, check Actions.

Add item Menu. Example of each type of item in the add item menu. Screenshot.

 

Add an Image

Add images to your graph to use as a template, text label, or design element.

Many browsers also support clicking and dragging an image into the expression list.

Adding an image is not available in the 3D Graphing Calculator.

Add image. Screenshot.

 

Movie Ticket image with drag to resize. Screenshot.

To move the image, click and drag the center point. To resize the image, click and drag any one of the outer points surrounding the image. Drag outwards to make the image larger and inwards to make it smaller.

Image of expression list to manually change coordinate of center. Screenshot.

Or, you can manually change the coordinate of the center point in the expression list to move the image so that its center is at that new coordinate point. You can resize the image by adjusting the width and height, and you can also adjust the angle or opacity of the image.

Image of the expression list of an image to change center point, angle, opacity. screenshot.

Click and hold Image to adjust the opacity, change whether the image is in front of or behind your graphs, and make the image draggable or clickable.

If you make an image draggable or clickable, you’ll be given the option to provide a screen reader label to describe the image.

 

Use Folders

Use folders to organize your expression list. To add an expression line to a folder, press Return. You can also drag an expression line into the folder.

Animation showing adding expression lines to a folder or creating a folder w/expression lines.

 

Duplicate Any Expression

Animation showing the gear icon being clicked and duplicating a table, folder, images, note, slider.

To duplicate any expression, click Edit List Edit List icon and then Duplicate Duplicate icon for the intended expression.

Duplicating a folder duplicates all of its contents.

Animation showing copy/pasting a table.

Press Ctrl+C (Windows) or Cmd+C (Mac) to copy an expression. To copy an entire expression, click into its expression line. To copy parts of an expression, highlight only those parts.

Press Ctrl+V (Windows) or Cmd+V (Mac) to paste an expression.

 

Geometry Toolbar

In the Geometry Tool, you can use the toolbar to construct points, various types of lines, circles, angles, and polygons. You can also select items to edit or transform them.

To work with a geometry object in the expression list, drag its token from the navigator at the top.

Animation adding points and segements to the graph paper then using the transformation tool to dilate the segment.  The dilation token is dragged to the expression list to change the scale factor.

 

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