# fiftyone.core.plots.utils Plotting utils. Copyright 2017-2026, Voxel51, Inc.
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**Functions:** | [`parse_scatter_inputs`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_scatter_inputs)(points[, samples, ids, ...]) | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----| | [`parse_locations`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_locations)(locations, samples[, ids]) | | | [`parse_lines_inputs`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_lines_inputs)([x, y, samples, ids, ...]) | | | [`best_fit_line`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.best_fit_line)(points[, label]) | | | [`load_button_icon`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.load_button_icon)(name) | | | [`load_icon`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.load_icon)(icon_bytes) | | | [`serialize_icon`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.serialize_icon)(img) | | | [`pad_icon`](#fiftyone.core.plots.utils.pad_icon)(img, pad[, fill]) | | ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_scatter_inputs(points, samples=None, ids=None, link_field=None, labels=None, sizes=None, edges=None, classes=None) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_locations(locations, samples, ids=None) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.parse_lines_inputs(x=None, y=None, samples=None, ids=None, link_field=None, labels=None, sizes=None) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.best_fit_line(points, label=None) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.load_button_icon(name) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.load_icon(icon_bytes) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.serialize_icon(img) ### fiftyone.core.plots.utils.pad_icon(img, pad, fill=0)