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QwtPlotItem(3) Qwt User's Guide QwtPlotItem(3)

NAME

QwtPlotItem -
Base class for items on the plot canvas.
 

SYNOPSIS

#include <qwt_plot_item.h>
Inherits QwtLegendItemManager.
Inherited by QwtPlotAbstractSeriesItem, QwtPlotGrid, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotRasterItem, QwtPlotScaleItem, and QwtPlotSvgItem.

Public Types


enum RttiValues { Rtti_PlotItem = 0, Rtti_PlotGrid, Rtti_PlotScale, Rtti_PlotMarker, Rtti_PlotCurve, Rtti_PlotSpectroCurve, Rtti_PlotIntervalCurve, Rtti_PlotHistogram, Rtti_PlotSpectrogram, Rtti_PlotSVG, Rtti_PlotUserItem = 1000 }
 
enum ItemAttribute { Legend = 0x01, AutoScale = 0x02 }
 
enum RenderHint { RenderAntialiased = 1 }
 
typedef QFlags< ItemAttribute > ItemAttributes
 
typedef QFlags< RenderHint > RenderHints
 

Public Member Functions


QwtPlotItem (const QwtText &title=QwtText())
 
virtual ~QwtPlotItem ()
 
void attach (QwtPlot *plot)
 
void detach ()
 
QwtPlot * plot () const
 
void setTitle (const QString &title)
 
void setTitle (const QwtText &title)
 
const QwtText & title () const
 
virtual int rtti () const
 
void setItemAttribute (ItemAttribute, bool on=true)
 
bool testItemAttribute (ItemAttribute) const
 
void setRenderHint (RenderHint, bool on=true)
 
bool testRenderHint (RenderHint) const
 
double z () const
 
void setZ (double z)
 
void show ()
 
void hide ()
 
virtual void setVisible (bool)
 
bool isVisible () const
 
void setAxes (int xAxis, int yAxis)
 
void setXAxis (int axis)
 
int xAxis () const
 
void setYAxis (int axis)
 
int yAxis () const
 
virtual void itemChanged ()
 
virtual void draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRectF &canvasRect) const =0
 
virtual QRectF boundingRect () const
 
virtual void updateLegend (QwtLegend *) const
 
virtual void updateScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &, const QwtScaleDiv &)
 
virtual QWidget * legendItem () const
 
QRectF scaleRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
 
QRectF paintRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
 

Detailed Description

Base class for items on the plot canvas.
 
A plot item is 'something', that can be painted on the plot canvas, or only affects the scales of the plot widget. They can be categorized as:
Representator
 

A 'Representator' is an item that represents some sort of data on the plot canvas. The different representator classes are organized according to the characteristics of the data:
QwtPlotMarker Represents a point or a horizontal/vertical coordinate
QwtPlotCurve Represents a series of points
QwtPlotSpectrogram ( QwtPlotRasterItem ) Represents raster data
 
Decorators
 

A 'Decorator' is an item, that displays additional information, that is not related to any data:
QwtPlotGrid
QwtPlotScaleItem
QwtPlotSvgItem
 
Depending on the QwtPlotItem::ItemAttribute flags, an item is included into autoscaling or has an entry on the legnd.
Before misusing the existing item classes it might be better to implement a new type of plot item ( don't implement a watermark as spectrogram ). Deriving a new type of QwtPlotItem primarily means to implement the YourPlotItem::draw() method.
See also:
The cpuplot example shows the implementation of additional plot items.
 

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef QFlags<ItemAttribute> QwtPlotItem::ItemAttributes

Plot Item Attributes.

typedef QFlags<RenderHint> QwtPlotItem::RenderHints

Render hints.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum QwtPlotItem::ItemAttribute Plot Item Attributes

See also:
setItemAttribute(), testItemAttribute()
 
Enumerator:
Legend
The item is represented on the legend.
AutoScale
The boundingRect() of the item is included in the autoscaling calculation.

enum QwtPlotItem::RenderHint

Render hints.
Enumerator:
RenderAntialiased
Enable antialiasing.

enum QwtPlotItem::RttiValues

Runtime type information. RttiValues is used to cast plot items, without having to enable runtime type information of the compiler.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QwtPlotItem::QwtPlotItem (const QwtText &title = QwtText() ) [explicit] Constructor

Parameters:
title Title of the item
 

QwtPlotItem::~QwtPlotItem () [virtual]

Destroy the QwtPlotItem.

Member Function Documentation

void QwtPlotItem::attach (QwtPlot *plot)

Attach the item to a plot. This method will attach a QwtPlotItem to the QwtPlot argument. It will first detach the QwtPlotItem from any plot from a previous call to attach (if necessary). If a NULL argument is passed, it will detach from any QwtPlot it was attached to.
Parameters:
plot Plot widget
See also:
detach()
 

QRectF QwtPlotItem::boundingRect () const [virtual] Returns:

An invalid bounding rect: QRectF(1.0, 1.0, -2.0, -2.0)
 
Reimplemented in QwtPlotHistogram, QwtPlotIntervalCurve, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotRasterItem, QwtPlotSeriesItem< T >, QwtPlotSvgItem, QwtPlotSeriesItem< QwtIntervalSample >, QwtPlotSeriesItem< QPointF >, and QwtPlotSeriesItem< QwtPoint3D >.

void QwtPlotItem::detach ()

This method detaches a QwtPlotItem from any QwtPlot it has been associated with. detach() is equivalent to calling attach( NULL )
See also:
attach()
 

virtual void QwtPlotItem::draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRectF &canvasRect) const [pure virtual]

Draw the item. Parameters:
painter Painter
 
xMap Maps x-values into pixel coordinates.
 
yMap Maps y-values into pixel coordinates.
 
canvasRect Contents rect of the canvas in painter coordinates
 
Implemented in QwtPlotGrid, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotRasterItem, QwtPlotScaleItem, QwtPlotAbstractSeriesItem, QwtPlotSpectrogram, and QwtPlotSvgItem.

void QwtPlotItem::hide ()

Hide the item.

bool QwtPlotItem::isVisible () const Returns:

true if visible
See also:
setVisible(), show(), hide()
 

void QwtPlotItem::itemChanged () [virtual] Update the legend and call QwtPlot::autoRefresh for the parent plot.

See also:
updateLegend()
 

QWidget * QwtPlotItem::legendItem () const [virtual]

Allocate the widget that represents the item on the legend. The default implementation returns a QwtLegendItem(), but an item could be represented by any type of widget, by overloading legendItem() and updateLegend().
Returns:
QwtLegendItem()
See also:
updateLegend() QwtLegend()
 
Implements QwtLegendItemManager.

QRectF QwtPlotItem::paintRect (const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap) const

Calculate the bounding paint rect of 2 maps. Parameters:
xMap X map
 
yMap X map
Returns:
Bounding paint rect of the scale maps, normalized
 

QwtPlot * QwtPlotItem::plot () const

Return attached plot.

int QwtPlotItem::rtti () const [virtual] Return rtti for the specific class represented. QwtPlotItem is simply a virtual interface class, and base classes will implement this method with specific rtti values so a user can differentiate them.

The rtti value is useful for environments, where the runtime type information is disabled and it is not possible to do a dynamic_cast<...>.
Returns:
rtti value
See also:
RttiValues
 
Reimplemented in QwtPlotCurve, QwtPlotGrid, QwtPlotHistogram, QwtPlotIntervalCurve, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotScaleItem, QwtPlotSpectroCurve, QwtPlotSpectrogram, and QwtPlotSvgItem.

QRectF QwtPlotItem::scaleRect (const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap) const

Calculate the bounding scale rect of 2 maps. Parameters:
xMap X map
 
yMap X map
Returns:
Bounding scale rect of the scale maps, normalized
 

void QwtPlotItem::setAxes (intxAxis, intyAxis) Set X and Y axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.
Parameters:
xAxis X Axis
 
yAxis Y Axis
See also:
setXAxis(), setYAxis(), xAxis(), yAxis()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setItemAttribute (ItemAttributeattribute, boolon = true) Toggle an item attribute

Parameters:
attribute Attribute type
 
on true/false
See also:
testItemAttribute(), ItemAttribute
 

void QwtPlotItem::setRenderHint (RenderHinthint, boolon = true) Toggle an render hint

Parameters:
hint Render hint
 
on true/false
See also:
testRenderHint(), RenderHint
 

void QwtPlotItem::setTitle (const QString &title) Set a new title

Parameters:
title Title
See also:
title()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setTitle (const QwtText &title) Set a new title

Parameters:
title Title
See also:
title()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setVisible (boolon) [virtual] Show/Hide the item

Parameters:
on Show if true, otherwise hide
See also:
isVisible(), show(), hide()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setXAxis (intaxis) Set the X axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.
Parameters:
axis X Axis
See also:
setAxes(), setYAxis(), xAxis()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setYAxis (intaxis) Set the Y axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.
Parameters:
axis Y Axis
See also:
setAxes(), setXAxis(), yAxis()
 

void QwtPlotItem::setZ (doublez)

Set the z value. Plot items are painted in increasing z-order.
Parameters:
z Z-value
See also:
z(), QwtPlotDict::itemList()
 

void QwtPlotItem::show ()

Show the item.

bool QwtPlotItem::testItemAttribute (ItemAttributeattribute) const Test an item attribute

Parameters:
attribute Attribute type
Returns:
true/false
See also:
setItemAttribute(), ItemAttribute
 

bool QwtPlotItem::testRenderHint (RenderHinthint) const Test a render hint

Parameters:
hint Render hint
Returns:
true/false
See also:
setRenderHint(), RenderHint
 

const QwtText & QwtPlotItem::title () const Returns:

Title of the item
See also:
setTitle()
 

void QwtPlotItem::updateLegend (QwtLegend *legend) const [virtual]

Update the widget that represents the item on the legend. updateLegend() is called from itemChanged() to adopt the widget representing the item on the legend to its new configuration.
The default implementation updates a QwtLegendItem(), but an item could be represented by any type of widget, by overloading legendItem() and updateLegend().
Parameters:
legend Legend
See also:
legendItem(), itemChanged(), QwtLegend()
 
Implements QwtLegendItemManager.
Reimplemented in QwtPlotCurve, and QwtPlotMarker.

void QwtPlotItem::updateScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &xScaleDiv, const QwtScaleDiv &yScaleDiv) [virtual]

Update the item to changes of the axes scale division. Update the item, when the axes of plot have changed. The default implementation does nothing, but items that depend on the scale division (like QwtPlotGrid()) have to reimplement updateScaleDiv()
Parameters:
xScaleDiv Scale division of the x-axis
 
yScaleDiv Scale division of the y-axis
See also:
QwtPlot::updateAxes()
 
Reimplemented in QwtPlotGrid, QwtPlotScaleItem, QwtPlotSeriesItem< T >, QwtPlotSeriesItem< QwtIntervalSample >, QwtPlotSeriesItem< QPointF >, and QwtPlotSeriesItem< QwtPoint3D >.

int QwtPlotItem::xAxis () const

Return xAxis.

int QwtPlotItem::yAxis () const

Return yAxis.

double QwtPlotItem::z () const Plot items are painted in increasing z-order.

Returns:
setZ(), QwtPlotDict::itemList()
 
 

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