altair.selection

altair.selection(name=None, type=Undefined, **kwds)

Create a named selection.

Parameters

namestring (optional)

The name of the selection. If not specified, a unique name will be created.

typestring

The type of the selection: one of [“interval”, “single”, or “multi”]

**kwds :

additional keywords will be used to construct a SelectionDef instance that controls the selection.

Returns

selection: Selection

The selection object that can be used in chart creation.