# \#documentation

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## [Writing a Scripted Subject Hierarchy Plugin -- documentation lacking](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/writing-a-scripted-subject-hierarchy-plugin-documentation-lacking/45252)

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**Author:** [@shai-ikko](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/shai-ikko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/writing-a-scripted-subject-hierarchy-plugin-documentation-lacking/45252 "2025-12-03T16:18:40Z")

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Hi, Recently I’ve been writing an internal-use Subject Hierarchy plugin. I ran into some difficulties that stem, IMO, from lacking documentation, so I want to share what I’ve learned with a view to getting some comments…

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## [Module in different category in Slicer than in documentation](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/module-in-different-category-in-slicer-than-in-documentation/42218)

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**Author:** [@robertf](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/robertf)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/module-in-different-category-in-slicer-than-in-documentation/42218 "2025-03-20T01:04:17Z")

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The modules Resample DTI Volume and Resample Scalar/Vector/DWI Volume are under Diffusion \> Utilities in the Slicer GUI, but are under Converters at Modules — 3D Slicer documentation. Is that intentional? Am I missing s…

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## [Publication of updated segmentations tutorial](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/publication-of-updated-segmentations-tutorial/38074)

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**Author:** [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/publication-of-updated-segmentations-tutorial/38074 "2024-09-04T15:03:31Z")

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Hi all, After a long time we finally finished an updated version of the Segment Editor tutorial with @nagy.attila (see for example Project Description | NA-MIC Project Weeks). In the ReadTheDocs documentation the tutor…

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## [Request for Retrieving Open Anomaly List of Slicer and Dependencies](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/request-for-retrieving-open-anomaly-list-of-slicer-and-dependencies/30485)

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**Author:** [@Dhaval](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Dhaval)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/request-for-retrieving-open-anomaly-list-of-slicer-and-dependencies/30485 "2023-07-10T12:57:25Z")

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Hi, I’m looking for a way to retrieve an open anomaly list of a slicer and its dependencies. Specifically, I want to get the open anomalies categorized by the versions. Is there any method or approach to obtain this inf…

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## [Updated Python FAQ & Slicer API documentation](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/updated-python-faq-slicer-api-documentation/29967)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/updated-python-faq-slicer-api-documentation/29967 "2023-06-10T23:07:54Z")

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The pull request PR-7014 adds the following entries: What is the Slicer Python Environment? What is the PythonSlicer executable? What is the Python Console? How to access Slicers Python API via an external program whil…

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## [Module documentation](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/module-documentation/11929)

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**Author:** [@drouin-simon](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/drouin-simon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/module-documentation/11929 "2020-08-31T18:03:19Z")

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I would like to know what is the current preferred way to write documentation for a Slicer scripted module? This page suggest writing a wiki page: https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Tutorials/…

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## [Python API documentation?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/python-api-documentation/12298)

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**Author:** [@joachim](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/joachim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/python-api-documentation/12298 "2020-06-30T16:15:17Z")

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Is there an API documentation for the Python interface of Slicer? I haven’t found it. What I’ve found is the C++ documentation, and I use this when I try to do Python. I guess the Python interface is generated from C++ …

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## [Nightly Doxygen out of date](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nightly-doxygen-out-of-date/10428)

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**Author:** [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nightly-doxygen-out-of-date/10428 "2020-02-25T19:31:24Z")

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The current nightly Doxygen doesn’t show the latest version of the API (Last updated January 30th). How often is the documentation updated? @jcfr @Sam\_Horvath

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## [Wiki page template](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/wiki-page-template/6582)

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**Author:** [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/wiki-page-template/6582 "2019-04-24T00:19:52Z")

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Is there a tutorial/template to follow for module documentation on wiki? Or should I just copy one that I like and change relevant sections?

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## [Where to store Slicer tutorial slides?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/where-to-store-slicer-tutorial-slides/5369)

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**Author:** [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/where-to-store-slicer-tutorial-slides/5369 "2019-01-15T17:28:36Z")

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Most tutorials are created using PowerPoint but published on the Slicer wiki as pdf. To facilitate contributions, we should make the source files available in GitHub. Which repository should we use? There are these exis…

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## [New data loading and visualization tutorial](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-data-loading-and-visualization-tutorial/2712)

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**Author:** [@cpinter](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/cpinter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/new-data-loading-and-visualization-tutorial/2712 "2018-04-26T21:27:44Z")

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Hi all, I created an updated “Data loading and visualization” tutorial, as the one on the wiki is for Slicer 4.5, which is 3.5 years old, and there are countless things that changed since then. I primarily made this for…

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## [Daniele Procida - How documentation works, and how to make it work for your project - PyCon 2017](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/daniele-procida-how-documentation-works-and-how-to-make-it-work-for-your-project-pycon-2017/792)

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**Author:** [@fedorov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fedorov)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/daniele-procida-how-documentation-works-and-how-to-make-it-work-for-your-project-pycon-2017/792 "2017-08-01T14:19:38Z")

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@jcfr mentioned this talk to me, and I thought it is a good investment of 30 min time to at least listen to it.

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## [Subject hierarchy combobox showing a drop-down tree](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/subject-hierarchy-combobox-showing-a-drop-down-tree/733)

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**Author:** [@dzenanz](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/dzenanz)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/subject-hierarchy-combobox-showing-a-drop-down-tree/733 "2017-07-23T15:11:10Z")

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New features section in the documentaion mentions a combobox showing a drop-down tree, but in the designer (started by Slicer-build\\Slicer.exe --designer) I only see qMRMLSubjectHierarchyTreeView widget. Is the documenta…