1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/silx/gui/plot/ProfileMainWindow.py b/silx/gui/plot/ProfileMainWindow.py
index 3738511..caa076c 100644
--- a/silx/gui/plot/ProfileMainWindow.py
+++ b/silx/gui/plot/ProfileMainWindow.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class ProfileMainWindow(qt.QMainWindow):
     """Emitted by :meth:`closeEvent` (e.g. when the window is closed
     through the window manager's close icon)."""
 
+    sigProfileMethodChanged = qt.Signal(str)
+    """Emitted when the method to compute the profile changed (for now can be
+    sum or mean)"""
+
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
         qt.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent=parent)
 
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ class ProfileMainWindow(qt.QMainWindow):
         # by default, profile is assumed to be a 1D curve
         self._profileType = None
         self.setProfileType("1D")
+        self.setProfileMethod('sum')
 
     def setProfileType(self, profileType):
         """Set which profile plot widget (1D or 2D) is to be used
@@ -67,7 +72,6 @@ class ProfileMainWindow(qt.QMainWindow):
         # import here to avoid circular import
         from .PlotWindow import Plot1D, Plot2D      # noqa
         self._profileType = profileType
-
         if self._profileType == "1D":
             if self._plot2D is not None:
                 self._plot2D.setParent(None)   # necessary to avoid widget destruction
@@ -99,3 +103,13 @@ class ProfileMainWindow(qt.QMainWindow):
     def closeEvent(self, qCloseEvent):
         self.sigClose.emit()
         qCloseEvent.accept()
+
+    def setProfileMethod(self, method):
+        """
+
+        :param str method: method to manage the 'width' in the profile
+            (computing mean or sum).
+        """
+        assert method in ('sum', 'mean')
+        self._method = method
+        self.sigProfileMethodChanged.emit(self._method)