# Glyphs: Scale only the arrow length instead of the whole glyph size

**URL:** <https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the-whole-glyph-size/7038>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the-whole-glyph-size/7038 "2021-04-22T16:28:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the-whole-glyph-size/7038/1 "2021-04-22T16:28:38Z")

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From a user voice [request](https://paraview.uservoice.com/forums/11350-general/suggestions/450560-glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the)

# Glyphs: Scale only the arrow length instead of the whole glyph size

The glyph filter has the nice property which allows to scale the glyph. However, for all arrow glyphs, a better way of scaling would be to scale only the length of the arrow by a quantity instead of the whole arrow (shaft and tip thickness). This simply gives a much clearer overview if there are regions with big and small arrows in one domain.

Gitlab issue: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/16902](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/16902)  
Code for the feature: [GitHub - nooj/ArrowGlyph: generalization of the ParaView Glyph filter for arrows; allows independent resizing of tip and shaft](https://github.com/nooj/ArrowGlyph)