Qwt User's Guide  5.2.3
Public Types | Public Member Functions
QwtPlotItem Class Reference

#include <qwt_plot_item.h>

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List of all members.

Public Types

enum  ItemAttribute {
  Legend = 1,
  AutoScale = 2
}
enum  RenderHint { RenderAntialiased = 1 }
enum  RttiValues {
  Rtti_PlotItem = 0,
  Rtti_PlotGrid,
  Rtti_PlotScale,
  Rtti_PlotMarker,
  Rtti_PlotCurve,
  Rtti_PlotHistogram,
  Rtti_PlotSpectrogram,
  Rtti_PlotSVG,
  Rtti_PlotUserItem = 1000
}

Public Member Functions

 QwtPlotItem (const QwtText &title=QwtText())
virtual ~QwtPlotItem ()
void attach (QwtPlot *plot)
virtual QwtDoubleRect boundingRect () const
void detach ()
virtual void draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const =0
void hide ()
QwtDoubleRect invTransform (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &, const QRect &) const
bool isVisible () const
virtual void itemChanged ()
virtual QWidget * legendItem () const
QRect paintRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
QwtPlotplot () const
virtual int rtti () const
QwtDoubleRect scaleRect (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &) const
void setAxis (int xAxis, int yAxis)
void setItemAttribute (ItemAttribute, bool on=true)
void setRenderHint (RenderHint, bool on=true)
void setTitle (const QString &title)
void setTitle (const QwtText &title)
virtual void setVisible (bool)
void setXAxis (int axis)
void setYAxis (int axis)
void setZ (double z)
void show ()
bool testItemAttribute (ItemAttribute) const
bool testRenderHint (RenderHint) const
const QwtTexttitle () const
QRect transform (const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtScaleMap &, const QwtDoubleRect &) const
virtual void updateLegend (QwtLegend *) const
virtual void updateScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &, const QwtScaleDiv &)
int xAxis () const
int yAxis () const
double z () const
- Public Member Functions inherited from QwtLegendItemManager
 QwtLegendItemManager ()
virtual ~QwtLegendItemManager ()

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:

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 Enumeration Documentation

Plot Item Attributes

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

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:
titleTitle of the item

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:
plotPlot widget
See also:
QwtPlotItem::detach()
QwtDoubleRect QwtPlotItem::boundingRect ( ) const
virtual
Returns:
An invalid bounding rect: QwtDoubleRect(1.0, 1.0, -2.0, -2.0)

Reimplemented in QwtPlotCurve, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotSpectrogram, and QwtPlotSvgItem.

void QwtPlotItem::detach ( )
inline

This method detaches a QwtPlotItem from any QwtPlot it has been associated with.

detach() is equivalent to calling attach( NULL )

See also:
attach( QwtPlot* plot )
virtual void QwtPlotItem::draw ( QPainter *  painter,
const QwtScaleMap xMap,
const QwtScaleMap yMap,
const QRect &  canvasRect 
) const
pure virtual

Draw the item.

Parameters:
painterPainter
xMapMaps x-values into pixel coordinates.
yMapMaps y-values into pixel coordinates.
canvasRectContents rect of the canvas in painter coordinates

Implemented in QwtPlotCurve, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotScaleItem, QwtPlotSpectrogram, QwtPlotRasterItem, QwtPlotGrid, and QwtPlotSvgItem.

QwtDoubleRect QwtPlotItem::invTransform ( const QwtScaleMap xMap,
const QwtScaleMap yMap,
const QRect &  rect 
) const

Transform a rectangle from paint to scale coordinates

Parameters:
xMapX map
yMapY map
rectRectangle in paint coordinates
Returns:
Rectangle in scale coordinates
See also:
transform()
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 is made for QwtPlotCurve and 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.

QRect QwtPlotItem::paintRect ( const QwtScaleMap xMap,
const QwtScaleMap yMap 
) const

Calculate the bounding paint rect of 2 maps.

Parameters:
xMapX map
yMapX map
Returns:
Bounding rect of the scale maps
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, QwtPlotSpectrogram, QwtPlotMarker, QwtPlotScaleItem, QwtPlotSvgItem, and QwtPlotGrid.

QwtDoubleRect QwtPlotItem::scaleRect ( const QwtScaleMap xMap,
const QwtScaleMap yMap 
) const

Calculate the bounding scale rect of 2 maps.

Parameters:
xMapX map
yMapX map
Returns:
Bounding rect of the scale maps
void QwtPlotItem::setAxis ( int  xAxis,
int  yAxis 
)

Set X and Y axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.

Parameters:
xAxisX Axis
yAxisY Axis
See also:
setXAxis(), setYAxis(), xAxis(), yAxis()
void QwtPlotItem::setItemAttribute ( ItemAttribute  attribute,
bool  on = true 
)

Toggle an item attribute

Parameters:
attributeAttribute type
ontrue/false
See also:
testItemAttribute(), ItemAttribute
void QwtPlotItem::setRenderHint ( RenderHint  hint,
bool  on = true 
)

Toggle an render hint

Parameters:
hintRender hint
ontrue/false
See also:
testRenderHint(), RenderHint
void QwtPlotItem::setTitle ( const QString &  title)

Set a new title

Parameters:
titleTitle
See also:
title()
void QwtPlotItem::setTitle ( const QwtText title)

Set a new title

Parameters:
titleTitle
See also:
title()
void QwtPlotItem::setVisible ( bool  on)
virtual

Show/Hide the item

Parameters:
onShow if true, otherwise hide
See also:
isVisible(), show(), hide()
void QwtPlotItem::setXAxis ( int  axis)

Set the X axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.

Parameters:
axisX Axis
See also:
setAxis(), setYAxis(), xAxis()
void QwtPlotItem::setYAxis ( int  axis)

Set the Y axis

The item will painted according to the coordinates its Axes.

Parameters:
axisY Axis
See also:
setAxis(), setXAxis(), yAxis()
void QwtPlotItem::setZ ( double  z)

Set the z value.

Plot items are painted in increasing z-order.

Parameters:
zZ-value
See also:
z(), QwtPlotDict::itemList()
bool QwtPlotItem::testItemAttribute ( ItemAttribute  attribute) const

Test an item attribute

Parameters:
attributeAttribute type
Returns:
true/false
See also:
setItemAttribute(), ItemAttribute
bool QwtPlotItem::testRenderHint ( RenderHint  hint) const

Test a render hint

Parameters:
hintRender hint
Returns:
true/false
See also:
setRenderHint(), RenderHint
const QwtText & QwtPlotItem::title ( ) const
Returns:
Title of the item
See also:
setTitle()
QRect QwtPlotItem::transform ( const QwtScaleMap xMap,
const QwtScaleMap yMap,
const QwtDoubleRect &  rect 
) const

Transform a rectangle

Parameters:
xMapX map
yMapY map
rectRectangle in scale coordinates
Returns:
Rectangle in paint coordinates
See also:
invTransform()
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 is made for QwtPlotCurve and updates a QwtLegendItem(), but an item could be represented by any type of widget, by overloading legendItem() and updateLegend().

Parameters:
legendLegend
See also:
legendItem(), itemChanged(), QwtLegend()

Implements QwtLegendItemManager.

Reimplemented in QwtPlotCurve.

void QwtPlotItem::updateScaleDiv ( const QwtScaleDiv ,
const QwtScaleDiv  
)
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:
xScaleDivScale division of the x-axis
yScaleDivScale division of the y-axis
See also:
QwtPlot::updateAxes()

Reimplemented in QwtPlotScaleItem, and QwtPlotGrid.

double QwtPlotItem::z ( ) const

Plot items are painted in increasing z-order.

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