QCPItemPosition Class Reference

Manages the position of an item. More...

#include <plot2d.h>

Inheritance diagram for QCPItemPosition:

Public Types
enum	PositionType { ptAbsolute, ptViewportRatio, ptAxisRectRatio, ptPlotCoords }

Public Member Functions
	QCPItemPosition (QCustomPlot *parentPlot, QCPAbstractItem *parentItem, const QString name)
virtual	~QCPItemPosition ()
PositionType	type () const
QCPItemAnchor *	parentAnchor () const
double	key () const
double	value () const
QPointF	coords () const
QCPAxis *	keyAxis () const
QCPAxis *	valueAxis () const
virtual QPointF	pixelPoint () const
void	setType (PositionType type)
bool	setParentAnchor (QCPItemAnchor *parentAnchor, bool keepPixelPosition=false)
void	setCoords (double key, double value)
void	setCoords (const QPointF &coords)
void	setAxes (QCPAxis *keyAxis, QCPAxis *valueAxis)
void	setPixelPoint (const QPointF &pixelPoint)
Public Member Functions inherited from QCPItemAnchor
	QCPItemAnchor (QCustomPlot *parentPlot, QCPAbstractItem *parentItem, const QString name, int anchorId=-1)
virtual	~QCPItemAnchor ()
QString	name () const

Protected Attributes
PositionType	mPositionType
QCPAxis *	mKeyAxis
QCPAxis *	mValueAxis
double	mKey
double	mValue
QCPItemAnchor *	mParentAnchor
Protected Attributes inherited from QCPItemAnchor
QCustomPlot *	mParentPlot
QCPAbstractItem *	mParentItem
int	mAnchorId
QString	mName
QSet< QCPItemPosition * >	mChildren

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from QCPItemAnchor
void	addChild (QCPItemPosition *pos)
void	removeChild (QCPItemPosition *pos)

Detailed Description

Manages the position of an item.

Every item has at least one public QCPItemPosition member pointer which provides ways to position the item on the QCustomPlot surface. Some items have multiple positions, for example QCPItemRect has two: topLeft and bottomRight.

QCPItemPosition has a type (PositionType) that can be set with setType. This type defines how coordinates passed to setCoords are to be interpreted, e.g. as absolute pixel coordinates, as plot coordinates of certain axes, etc.

Further, QCPItemPosition may have a parent QCPItemAnchor, see setParentAnchor. (Note that every QCPItemPosition inherits from QCPItemAnchor and thus can itself be used as parent anchor for other positions.) This way you can tie multiple items together. If the QCPItemPosition has a parent, the coordinates set with setCoords are considered to be absolute values in the reference frame of the parent anchor, where (0, 0) means directly ontop of the parent anchor. For example, You could attach the start position of a QCPItemLine to the bottom anchor of a QCPItemText to make the starting point of the line always be centered under the text label, no matter where the text is moved to, or is itself tied to.

To set the apparent pixel position on the QCustomPlot surface directly, use setPixelPoint. This works no matter what type this QCPItemPosition is or what parent-child situation it is in, as setPixelPoint transforms the coordinates appropriately, to make the position appear at the specified pixel values.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum QCPItemPosition::PositionType

Defines the ways an item position can be specified. Thus it defines what the numbers passed to setCoords actually mean.

See Also

setType

Enumerator
ptAbsolute	Static positioning in pixels, starting from the top left corner of the viewport/widget.
ptViewportRatio	Static positioning given by a ratio of the current viewport (coordinates 0 to 1).
ptAxisRectRatio	Static positioning given by a ratio of the current axis rect (coordinates 0 to 1).
ptPlotCoords	Dynamic positioning at a plot coordinate defined by two axes (see setAxes).

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QCPItemPosition::QCPItemPosition	(	QCustomPlot *	parentPlot,
		QCPAbstractItem *	parentItem,
		const QString	name
	)

Creates a new QCPItemPosition. You shouldn't create QCPItemPosition instances directly, even if you want to make a new item subclass. Use QCPAbstractItem::createPosition instead, as explained in the subclassing section of the QCPAbstractItem documentation.

QCPItemPosition::~QCPItemPosition ( )

virtual

Member Function Documentation

QPointF QCPItemPosition::coords ( ) const

inline

double QCPItemPosition::key ( ) const

inline

QCPAxis* QCPItemPosition::keyAxis ( ) const

inline

QCPItemAnchor* QCPItemPosition::parentAnchor ( ) const

inline

QPointF QCPItemPosition::pixelPoint ( ) const

virtual

Returns the final absolute pixel position of the QCPItemPosition on the QCustomPlot surface. It includes all effects of type (setType) and possible parent anchors (setParentAnchor).

See Also

setPixelPoint

Reimplemented from QCPItemAnchor.

void QCPItemPosition::setAxes	(	QCPAxis *	keyAxis,
		QCPAxis *	valueAxis
	)

When setType is ptPlotCoords, this function may be used to specify the axes the coordinates set with setCoords relate to.

void QCPItemPosition::setCoords	(	double	key,
		double	value
	)

Sets the coordinates of this QCPItemPosition. What the coordinates mean, is defined by the type (setType).

For example, if the type is ptAbsolute, key and value mean the x and y pixel position on the QCustomPlot surface where the origin (0, 0) is in the top left corner of the QCustomPlot viewport. If the type is ptPlotCoords, key and value mean a point in the plot coordinate system defined by the axes set by setAxes. (By default the QCustomPlot's x- and yAxis.)

See Also

setPixelPoint

void QCPItemPosition::setCoords

(

const QPointF &

pos

)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. Sets the coordinates as a QPointF pos where pos.x has the meaning of key and pos.y the meaning of value of the setCoords(double key, double value) function.

bool QCPItemPosition::setParentAnchor	(	QCPItemAnchor *	parentAnchor,
		bool	keepPixelPosition = false
	)

Sets the parent of this QCPItemPosition to parentAnchor. This means the position will now follow any position changes of the anchor. The local coordinate system of positions with a parent anchor always is absolute with (0, 0) being exactly on top of the parent anchor. (Hence the type shouldn't be ptPlotCoords for positions with parent anchors.)

if keepPixelPosition is true, the current pixel position of the QCPItemPosition is preserved during reparenting. If it's set to false, the coordinates are set to (0, 0), i.e. the position will be exactly on top of the parent anchor.

To remove this QCPItemPosition from any parent anchor, set parentAnchor to 0.

Note

If the QCPItemPosition previously had no parent and the type is ptPlotCoords, the type is set to ptAbsolute, to keep the position in a valid state.

void QCPItemPosition::setPixelPoint

(

const QPointF &

pixelPoint

)

Sets the apparent pixel position. This works no matter what type this QCPItemPosition is or what parent-child situation it is in, as setPixelPoint transforms the coordinates appropriately, to make the position appear at the specified pixel values.

Only if the type is ptAbsolute and no parent anchor is set, this function is identical to setCoords.

See Also

setCoords

void QCPItemPosition::setType

(

QCPItemPosition::PositionType

type

)

Sets the type of the position. The type defines how the coordinates passed to setCoords should be handled and how the QCPItemPosition should behave in the plot. Note that the position type ptPlotCoords is only available (and sensible) when the position has no parent anchor (setParentAnchor).

The possible values for type can be separated in two main categories:

• The position is regarded as a point in plot coordinates. This corresponds to ptPlotCoords and requires two axes that define the plot coordinate system. They can be specified with setAxes. By default, the QCustomPlot's x- and yAxis are used.

• The position is fixed on the QCustomPlot surface, i.e. independant of axis ranges. This corresponds to all other types, i.e. ptAbsolute, ptViewportRatio and ptAxisRectRatio. They differ only in the way the absolute position is described, see the documentation of PositionType for details.

Note

If the type is changed, the apparent pixel position on the plot is preserved. This means the coordinates as retrieved with coords() and set with setCoords may change in the process.

PositionType QCPItemPosition::type ( ) const

inline

double QCPItemPosition::value ( ) const

inline

QCPAxis* QCPItemPosition::valueAxis ( ) const

inline

Member Data Documentation

double QCPItemPosition::mKey

protected

QCPAxis* QCPItemPosition::mKeyAxis

protected

QCPItemAnchor* QCPItemPosition::mParentAnchor

protected

PositionType QCPItemPosition::mPositionType

protected

double QCPItemPosition::mValue

protected

QCPAxis * QCPItemPosition::mValueAxis

protected

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