Qwt User's Guide  6.2.0
QwtAbstractScaleDraw Class Referenceabstract

A abstract base class for drawing scales. More...

#include <qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h>

Inheritance diagram for QwtAbstractScaleDraw:

Public Types

enum  ScaleComponent { Backbone = 0x01 , Ticks = 0x02 , Labels = 0x04 }
 
typedef QFlags< ScaleComponentScaleComponents
 

Public Member Functions

 QwtAbstractScaleDraw ()
 Constructor. More...
 
virtual ~QwtAbstractScaleDraw ()
 Destructor.
 
void setScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &)
 
const QwtScaleDivscaleDiv () const
 
void setTransformation (QwtTransform *)
 
const QwtScaleMapscaleMap () const
 
QwtScaleMapscaleMap ()
 
void enableComponent (ScaleComponent, bool enable=true)
 
bool hasComponent (ScaleComponent) const
 
void setTickLength (QwtScaleDiv::TickType, double length)
 
double tickLength (QwtScaleDiv::TickType) const
 
double maxTickLength () const
 
void setSpacing (double)
 Set the spacing between tick and labels. More...
 
double spacing () const
 Get the spacing. More...
 
void setPenWidthF (qreal width)
 Specify the width of the scale pen. More...
 
qreal penWidthF () const
 
virtual void draw (QPainter *, const QPalette &) const
 Draw the scale. More...
 
virtual QwtText label (double) const
 Convert a value into its representing label. More...
 
virtual double extent (const QFont &font) const =0
 
void setMinimumExtent (double)
 Set a minimum for the extent. More...
 
double minimumExtent () const
 
void invalidateCache ()
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void drawTick (QPainter *painter, double value, double len) const =0
 
virtual void drawBackbone (QPainter *painter) const =0
 
virtual void drawLabel (QPainter *painter, double value) const =0
 
const QwtTexttickLabel (const QFont &, double value) const
 Convert a value into its representing label and cache it. More...
 

Detailed Description

A abstract base class for drawing scales.

QwtAbstractScaleDraw can be used to draw linear or logarithmic scales.

After a scale division has been specified as a QwtScaleDiv object using setScaleDiv(), the scale can be drawn with the draw() member.

Definition at line 31 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ ScaleComponents

An ORed combination of ScaleComponent values.

Definition at line 51 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h.

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ ScaleComponent

Components of a scale

See also
enableComponent(), hasComponent
Enumerator
Backbone 

Backbone = the line where the ticks are located.

Ticks 

Ticks.

Labels 

Labels.

Definition at line 39 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QwtAbstractScaleDraw()

QwtAbstractScaleDraw::QwtAbstractScaleDraw ( )

Constructor.

The range of the scale is initialized to [0, 100], The spacing (distance between ticks and labels) is set to 4, the tick lengths are set to 4,6 and 8 pixels

Definition at line 60 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ draw()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::draw ( QPainter *  painter,
const QPalette &  palette 
) const
virtual

Draw the scale.

Parameters
painterThe painter
palettePalette, text color is used for the labels, foreground color for ticks and backbone

Definition at line 169 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ drawBackbone()

virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawBackbone ( QPainter *  painter) const
protectedpure virtual

Draws the baseline of the scale

Parameters
painterPainter
See also
drawTick(), drawLabel()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

◆ drawLabel()

virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawLabel ( QPainter *  painter,
double  value 
) const
protectedpure virtual

Draws the label for a major scale tick

Parameters
painterPainter
valueValue
See also
drawTick(), drawBackbone()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

◆ drawTick()

virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawTick ( QPainter *  painter,
double  value,
double  len 
) const
protectedpure virtual

Draw a tick

Parameters
painterPainter
valueValue of the tick
lenLength of the tick
See also
drawBackbone(), drawLabel()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

◆ enableComponent()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::enableComponent ( ScaleComponent  component,
bool  enable = true 
)

En/Disable a component of the scale

Parameters
componentScale component
enableOn/Off
See also
hasComponent()

Definition at line 79 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ extent()

virtual double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::extent ( const QFont &  font) const
pure virtual

Calculate the extent

The extent is the distance from the baseline to the outermost pixel of the scale draw in opposite to its orientation. It is at least minimumExtent() pixels.

Parameters
fontFont used for drawing the tick labels
Returns
Number of pixels
See also
setMinimumExtent(), minimumExtent()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

◆ hasComponent()

bool QwtAbstractScaleDraw::hasComponent ( ScaleComponent  component) const

Check if a component is enabled

Parameters
componentComponent type
Returns
true, when component is enabled
See also
enableComponent()

Definition at line 95 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ invalidateCache()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::invalidateCache ( )

Invalidate the cache used by tickLabel()

The cache is invalidated, when a new QwtScaleDiv is set. If the labels need to be changed. while the same QwtScaleDiv is set, invalidateCache() needs to be called manually.

Definition at line 417 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ label()

QwtText QwtAbstractScaleDraw::label ( double  value) const
virtual

Convert a value into its representing label.

The value is converted to a plain text using QLocale().toString(value). This method is often overloaded by applications to have individual labels.

Parameters
valueValue
Returns
Label string.

Reimplemented in QwtDateScaleDraw, and QwtCompassScaleDraw.

Definition at line 375 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ maxTickLength()

double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::maxTickLength ( ) const
Returns
Length of the longest tick

Useful for layout calculations

See also
tickLength(), setTickLength()

Definition at line 355 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ minimumExtent()

double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::minimumExtent ( ) const

Get the minimum extent

Returns
Minimum extent
See also
extent(), setMinimumExtent()

Definition at line 302 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ penWidthF()

qreal QwtAbstractScaleDraw::penWidthF ( ) const
Returns
Scale pen width
See also
setPenWidth()

Definition at line 156 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ scaleDiv()

const QwtScaleDiv & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleDiv ( ) const
Returns
scale division

Definition at line 133 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ scaleMap() [1/2]

QwtScaleMap & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleMap ( )
Returns
Map how to translate between scale and pixel values

Definition at line 127 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ scaleMap() [2/2]

const QwtScaleMap & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleMap ( ) const
Returns
Map how to translate between scale and pixel values

Definition at line 121 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setMinimumExtent()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setMinimumExtent ( double  minExtent)

Set a minimum for the extent.

The extent is calculated from the components of the scale draw. In situations, where the labels are changing and the layout depends on the extent (f.e scrolling a scale), setting an upper limit as minimum extent will avoid jumps of the layout.

Parameters
minExtentMinimum extent
See also
extent(), minimumExtent()

Definition at line 289 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setPenWidthF()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setPenWidthF ( qreal  width)

Specify the width of the scale pen.

Parameters
widthPen width
See also
penWidth()

Definition at line 144 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setScaleDiv()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setScaleDiv ( const QwtScaleDiv scaleDiv)

Change the scale division

Parameters
scaleDivNew scale division

Definition at line 104 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setSpacing()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setSpacing ( double  spacing)

Set the spacing between tick and labels.

The spacing is the distance between ticks and labels. The default spacing is 4 pixels.

Parameters
spacingSpacing
See also
spacing()

Definition at line 254 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setTickLength()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setTickLength ( QwtScaleDiv::TickType  tickType,
double  length 
)

Set the length of the ticks

Parameters
tickTypeTick type
lengthNew length
Warning
the length is limited to [0..1000]

Definition at line 315 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ setTransformation()

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setTransformation ( QwtTransform transformation)

Change the transformation of the scale

Parameters
transformationNew scale transformation

Definition at line 115 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ spacing()

double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::spacing ( ) const

Get the spacing.

The spacing is the distance between ticks and labels. The default spacing is 4 pixels.

Returns
Spacing
See also
setSpacing()

Definition at line 271 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ tickLabel()

const QwtText & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::tickLabel ( const QFont &  font,
double  value 
) const
protected

Convert a value into its representing label and cache it.

The conversion between value and label is called very often in the layout and painting code. Unfortunately the calculation of the label sizes might be slow (really slow for rich text in Qt4), so it's necessary to cache the labels.

Parameters
fontFont
valueValue
Returns
Tick label

Definition at line 393 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.

◆ tickLength()

double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::tickLength ( QwtScaleDiv::TickType  tickType) const
Returns
Length of the ticks
See also
setTickLength(), maxTickLength()

Definition at line 338 of file qwt_abstract_scale_draw.cpp.