Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_elementnumbering.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_elementnumbering.py	(revision 21477)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_elementnumbering.py	(revision 21478)
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 		ax.triplot(x,y,elements)
 	else:
-		ax=inset_locator.inset_axes(axgrid[gridindex],width='100%',height='100%',loc=3,borderpad=0,axes_class=Axes3D)
+		print 'Not Implemented Yet'
 
 	XLims=[np.min(x),np.max(x)]
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@
 	# and numbers
 	for i,element in enumerate(elements):
-		ax.text(np.mean(x[element]),np.mean(y[element]),str(i+1),ha='center',va='center')
+		ax.text(np.mean(x[element]),np.mean(y[element]),str(i+1),ha='center',va='center',clip_on=True)
 		
 	#apply options
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_vertexnumbering.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_vertexnumbering.py	(revision 21477)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_vertexnumbering.py	(revision 21478)
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@
 		ax.triplot(x,y,elements)
 	else:
-		ax=inset_locator.inset_axes(axgrid[gridindex],width='100%',height='100%',loc=3,borderpad=0,axes_class=Axes3D)
+		print 'Not Implemented Yet'
 
-
-	XLims=[np.min(x),np.max(x)]
-	YLims=[np.min(y),np.max(y)]
+	XPad=0.1*(np.max(x)-np.min(x))
+	YPad=0.1*(np.max(y)-np.min(y))
 	#plot mesh
 	ax.triplot(x,y,elements)
-	highlightpos=options.getfieldvalue('highlight','none')
+	ax.set_xlim((np.min(x)-XPad,np.max(x)+XPad))
+	ax.set_ylim((np.min(y)-XPad,np.max(y)+XPad))
+
+	highlightpos=options.getfieldvalue('highlight',[])
 	if highlightpos!='none':
 		#if just one element duplicate it to avoid coloring issues
@@ -42,10 +44,13 @@
 		#convert from to matlab numbering
 		highlightpos=[pos-1 for pos in highlightpos]
-		colors=np.asarray([0.5 for element in elements[highlightpos]])
-		ax.tripcolor(x,y,vertices[highlightpos],facecolors=colors,alpha=0.5)
+
 	# and numbers
 	for i,Xcoord in enumerate(x):
-		ax.text(x[i],y[i],str(i+1))	
-	
+		if i in highlightpos:
+			props = dict(boxstyle='circle', pad=0.1,color='r')
+		else:
+			props = dict(boxstyle='circle', pad=0.1,color='w')
+		ax.text(x[i],y[i],str(i+1),ha='center',va='center',backgroundcolor='w',clip_on=True,bbox=props)	
+		
 	#apply options
 	options.addfielddefault('title','Vertex numbers (matlab indexation)')