Qwt User's Guide  6.2.0
QwtPlotScaleItem Class Reference

A class which draws a scale inside the plot canvas. More...

#include <qwt_plot_scaleitem.h>

Inheritance diagram for QwtPlotScaleItem:

Public Member Functions

 QwtPlotScaleItem (QwtScaleDraw::Alignment=QwtScaleDraw::BottomScale, const double pos=0.0)
 Constructor for scale item at the position pos. More...
 
virtual ~QwtPlotScaleItem ()
 Destructor.
 
virtual int rtti () const override
 
void setScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &)
 Assign a scale division. More...
 
const QwtScaleDivscaleDiv () const
 
void setScaleDivFromAxis (bool on)
 
bool isScaleDivFromAxis () const
 
void setPalette (const QPalette &)
 
QPalette palette () const
 
void setFont (const QFont &)
 
QFont font () const
 
void setScaleDraw (QwtScaleDraw *)
 Set a scale draw. More...
 
const QwtScaleDrawscaleDraw () const
 
QwtScaleDrawscaleDraw ()
 
void setPosition (double pos)
 
double position () const
 
void setBorderDistance (int)
 Align the scale to the canvas. More...
 
int borderDistance () const
 
void setAlignment (QwtScaleDraw::Alignment)
 
virtual void draw (QPainter *, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRectF &canvasRect) const override
 Draw the scale.
 
virtual void updateScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &, const QwtScaleDiv &) override
 Update the item to changes of the axes scale division. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QwtPlotItem
 QwtPlotItem ()
 
 QwtPlotItem (const QString &title)
 
 QwtPlotItem (const QwtText &title)
 
virtual ~QwtPlotItem ()
 Destroy the QwtPlotItem.
 
void attach (QwtPlot *plot)
 Attach the item to a plot. More...
 
void detach ()
 This method detaches a QwtPlotItem from any QwtPlot it has been associated with. More...
 
QwtPlotplot () const
 Return attached plot.
 
void setTitle (const QString &title)
 
void setTitle (const QwtText &title)
 
const QwtTexttitle () const
 
void setItemAttribute (ItemAttribute, bool on=true)
 
bool testItemAttribute (ItemAttribute) const
 
void setItemInterest (ItemInterest, bool on=true)
 
bool testItemInterest (ItemInterest) const
 
void setRenderHint (RenderHint, bool on=true)
 
bool testRenderHint (RenderHint) const
 
void setRenderThreadCount (uint numThreads)
 
uint renderThreadCount () const
 
void setLegendIconSize (const QSize &)
 
QSize legendIconSize () const
 
double z () const
 
void setZ (double z)
 Set the z value. More...
 
void show ()
 Show the item.
 
void hide ()
 Hide the item.
 
virtual void setVisible (bool)
 
bool isVisible () const
 
void setAxes (QwtAxisId xAxis, QwtAxisId yAxis)
 
void setXAxis (QwtAxisId)
 
QwtAxisId xAxis () const
 Return xAxis.
 
void setYAxis (QwtAxisId)
 
QwtAxisId yAxis () const
 Return yAxis.
 
virtual void itemChanged ()
 
virtual void legendChanged ()
 
virtual QRectF boundingRect () const
 
virtual void getCanvasMarginHint (const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRectF &canvasRect, double &left, double &top, double &right, double &bottom) const
 Calculate a hint for the canvas margin. More...
 
virtual void updateLegend (const QwtPlotItem *, const QList< QwtLegendData > &)
 Update the item to changes of the legend info. More...
 
QRectF scaleRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
 Calculate the bounding scale rectangle of 2 maps. More...
 
QRectF paintRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
 Calculate the bounding paint rectangle of 2 maps. More...
 
virtual QList< QwtLegendDatalegendData () const
 Return all information, that is needed to represent the item on the legend. More...
 
virtual QwtGraphic legendIcon (int index, const QSizeF &) const
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from QwtPlotItem
enum  RttiValues {
  Rtti_PlotItem = 0 , Rtti_PlotGrid , Rtti_PlotScale , Rtti_PlotLegend ,
  Rtti_PlotMarker , Rtti_PlotCurve , Rtti_PlotSpectroCurve , Rtti_PlotIntervalCurve ,
  Rtti_PlotHistogram , Rtti_PlotSpectrogram , Rtti_PlotGraphic , Rtti_PlotTradingCurve ,
  Rtti_PlotBarChart , Rtti_PlotMultiBarChart , Rtti_PlotShape , Rtti_PlotTextLabel ,
  Rtti_PlotZone , Rtti_PlotVectorField , Rtti_PlotUserItem = 1000
}
 Runtime type information. More...
 
enum  ItemAttribute { Legend = 0x01 , AutoScale = 0x02 , Margins = 0x04 }
 Plot Item Attributes. More...
 
enum  ItemInterest { ScaleInterest = 0x01 , LegendInterest = 0x02 }
 Plot Item Interests. More...
 
enum  RenderHint { RenderAntialiased = 0x1 }
 Render hints. More...
 
typedef QFlags< ItemAttributeItemAttributes
 
typedef QFlags< ItemInterestItemInterests
 
typedef QFlags< RenderHintRenderHints
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from QwtPlotItem
QwtGraphic defaultIcon (const QBrush &, const QSizeF &) const
 Return a default icon from a brush. More...
 

Detailed Description

A class which draws a scale inside the plot canvas.

QwtPlotScaleItem can be used to draw an axis inside the plot canvas. It might by synchronized to one of the axis of the plot, but can also display its own ticks and labels.

It is allowed to synchronize the scale item with a disabled axis. In plots with vertical and horizontal scale items, it might be necessary to remove ticks at the intersections, by overloading updateScaleDiv().

The scale might be at a specific position (f.e 0.0) or it might be aligned to a canvas border.

Example
The following example shows how to replace the left axis, by a scale item at the x position 0.0.
scaleItem->setFont( plot->axisWidget( QwtAxis::YLeft )->font() );
scaleItem->attach(plot);
void setAxisVisible(QwtAxisId, bool on=true)
Hide or show a specified axis.
const QwtScaleWidget * axisWidget(QwtAxisId) const
QwtPlot * plot() const
Return attached plot.
void attach(QwtPlot *plot)
Attach the item to a plot.
A class which draws a scale inside the plot canvas.
void setFont(const QFont &)
QwtPlotScaleItem(QwtScaleDraw::Alignment=QwtScaleDraw::BottomScale, const double pos=0.0)
Constructor for scale item at the position pos.
@ RightScale
The scale is right.
@ YLeft
Y axis left of the canvas.
Definition: qwt_axis.h:24

Definition at line 46 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QwtPlotScaleItem()

QwtPlotScaleItem::QwtPlotScaleItem ( QwtScaleDraw::Alignment  alignment = QwtScaleDraw::BottomScale,
const double  pos = 0.0 
)
explicit

Constructor for scale item at the position pos.

Parameters
alignmentIn case of QwtScaleDraw::BottomScale or QwtScaleDraw::TopScale the scale item is corresponding to the xAxis(), otherwise it corresponds to the yAxis().
posx or y position, depending on the corresponding axis.
See also
setPosition(), setAlignment()

Definition at line 75 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

Member Function Documentation

◆ borderDistance()

int QwtPlotScaleItem::borderDistance ( ) const
Returns
Distance from a canvas border
See also
setBorderDistance(), setPosition()

Definition at line 312 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ font()

QFont QwtPlotScaleItem::font ( ) const
Returns
tick label font
See also
setFont()

Definition at line 196 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ isScaleDivFromAxis()

bool QwtPlotScaleItem::isScaleDivFromAxis ( ) const
Returns
True, if the synchronization of the scale division with the corresponding axis is enabled.
See also
setScaleDiv(), setScaleDivFromAxis()

Definition at line 150 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ palette()

QPalette QwtPlotScaleItem::palette ( ) const
Returns
palette
See also
setPalette()

Definition at line 174 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ position()

double QwtPlotScaleItem::position ( ) const
Returns
Position of the scale
See also
setPosition(), setAlignment()

Definition at line 275 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ rtti()

int QwtPlotScaleItem::rtti ( ) const
overridevirtual
Returns
QwtPlotItem::Rtti_PlotScale

Reimplemented from QwtPlotItem.

Definition at line 94 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ scaleDiv()

const QwtScaleDiv & QwtPlotScaleItem::scaleDiv ( ) const
Returns
Scale division

Definition at line 115 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ scaleDraw() [1/2]

QwtScaleDraw * QwtPlotScaleItem::scaleDraw ( )
Returns
Scale draw
See also
setScaleDraw()

Definition at line 245 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ scaleDraw() [2/2]

const QwtScaleDraw * QwtPlotScaleItem::scaleDraw ( ) const
Returns
Scale draw
See also
setScaleDraw()

Definition at line 236 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setAlignment()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setAlignment ( QwtScaleDraw::Alignment  alignment)

Change the alignment of the scale

The alignment sets the orientation of the scale and the position of the ticks:

For horizontal scales the position corresponds to QwtPlotItem::yAxis(), otherwise to QwtPlotItem::xAxis().

See also
scaleDraw(), QwtScaleDraw::alignment(), setPosition()

Definition at line 333 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setBorderDistance()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setBorderDistance ( int  distance)

Align the scale to the canvas.

If distance is >= 0 the scale will be aligned to a border of the contents rectangle of the canvas. If alignment() is QwtScaleDraw::LeftScale, the scale will be aligned to the right border, if it is QwtScaleDraw::TopScale it will be aligned to the bottom (and vice versa),

If distance is < 0 the scale will be at the position().

Parameters
distanceNumber of pixels between the canvas border and the backbone of the scale.
See also
setPosition(), borderDistance()

Definition at line 296 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setFont()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setFont ( const QFont &  font)

Change the tick label font

See also
font()

Definition at line 183 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setPalette()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setPalette ( const QPalette &  palette)

Set the palette

See also
QwtAbstractScaleDraw::draw(), palette()

Definition at line 159 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setPosition()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setPosition ( double  pos)

Change the position of the scale

The position is interpreted as y value for horizontal axes and as x value for vertical axes.

The border distance is set to -1.

Parameters
posNew position
See also
position(), setAlignment()

Definition at line 261 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setScaleDiv()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setScaleDiv ( const QwtScaleDiv scaleDiv)

Assign a scale division.

When assigning a scaleDiv the scale division won't be synchronized with the corresponding axis anymore.

Parameters
scaleDivScale division
See also
scaleDiv(), setScaleDivFromAxis(), isScaleDivFromAxis()

Definition at line 108 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setScaleDivFromAxis()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setScaleDivFromAxis ( bool  on)

Enable/Disable the synchronization of the scale division with the corresponding axis.

Parameters
ontrue/false
See also
isScaleDivFromAxis()

Definition at line 127 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ setScaleDraw()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::setScaleDraw ( QwtScaleDraw scaleDraw)

Set a scale draw.

Parameters
scaleDrawobject responsible for drawing scales.

The main use case for replacing the default QwtScaleDraw is to overload QwtAbstractScaleDraw::label, to replace or swallow tick labels.

See also
scaleDraw()

Definition at line 212 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.

◆ updateScaleDiv()

void QwtPlotScaleItem::updateScaleDiv ( const QwtScaleDiv xScaleDiv,
const QwtScaleDiv yScaleDiv 
)
overridevirtual

Update the item to changes of the axes scale division.

In case of isScaleDivFromAxis(), the scale draw is synchronized to the correspond axis.

Parameters
xScaleDivScale division of the x-axis
yScaleDivScale division of the y-axis
See also
QwtPlot::updateAxes()

Reimplemented from QwtPlotItem.

Definition at line 445 of file qwt_plot_scaleitem.cpp.