QwtText Class Reference

#include <qwt_text.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	LayoutAttribute { MinimumLayout = 1 }
enum	PaintAttribute {   PaintUsingTextFont = 1,   PaintUsingTextColor = 2,   PaintBackground = 4 }
enum	TextFormat {   AutoText = 0,   PlainText,   RichText,   MathMLText,   TeXText,   OtherFormat = 100 }

Public Member Functions
	QwtText (const QString &=QString::null, TextFormat textFormat=AutoText)
	QwtText (const QwtText &)
	~QwtText ()
QBrush	backgroundBrush () const
QPen	backgroundPen () const
QColor	color () const
void	draw (QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect) const
QFont	font () const
int	heightForWidth (int width, const QFont &=QFont()) const
bool	isEmpty () const
bool	isNull () const
int	operator!= (const QwtText &) const
QwtText &	operator= (const QwtText &)
int	operator== (const QwtText &) const
int	renderFlags () const
void	setBackgroundBrush (const QBrush &)
void	setBackgroundPen (const QPen &)
void	setColor (const QColor &)
void	setFont (const QFont &)
void	setLayoutAttribute (LayoutAttribute, bool on=true)
void	setPaintAttribute (PaintAttribute, bool on=true)
void	setRenderFlags (int flags)
void	setText (const QString &, QwtText::TextFormat textFormat=AutoText)
bool	testLayoutAttribute (LayoutAttribute) const
bool	testPaintAttribute (PaintAttribute) const
QString	text () const
QSize	textSize (const QFont &=QFont()) const
QColor	usedColor (const QColor &) const
QFont	usedFont (const QFont &) const

Static Public Member Functions
static void	setTextEngine (QwtText::TextFormat, QwtTextEngine *)
static const QwtTextEngine *	textEngine (const QString &text, QwtText::TextFormat=AutoText)
static const QwtTextEngine *	textEngine (QwtText::TextFormat)

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Detailed Description

A class representing a text.

A QwtText is a text including a set of attributes how to render it.

• Format
  A text might include control sequences (f.e tags) describing how to render it. Each format (f.e MathML, TeX, Qt Rich Text) has its own set of control sequences, that can be handles by a QwtTextEngine for this format.
• Background
  A text might have a background, defined by a QPen and QBrush to improve its visibility.
• Font
  A text might have an individual font.
• Color
  A text might have an individual color.
• Render Flags
  Flags from Qt::AlignmentFlag and Qt::TextFlag used like in QPainter::drawText.

See also:

QwtTextEngine, QwtTextLabel

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum QwtText::LayoutAttribute

Layout Attributes.

The layout attributes affects some aspects of the layout of the text.

• MinimumLayout
  Layout the text without its margins. This mode is useful if a text needs to be aligned accurately, like the tick labels of a scale. If QwtTextEngine::textMargins is not implemented for the format of the text, MinimumLayout has no effect.

enum QwtText::PaintAttribute

Paint Attributes.

Font and color and background are optional attributes of a QwtText. The paint attributes hold the information, if they are set.

• PaintUsingTextFont
  The text has an individual font.
• PaintUsingTextColor
  The text has an individual color.
• PaintBackground
  The text has an individual background.

enum QwtText::TextFormat

Text format.

The text format defines the QwtTextEngine, that is used to render the text.

• AutoText
  The text format is determined using QwtTextEngine::mightRender for all available text engines in increasing order > PlainText. If none of the text engines can render the text is rendered like PlainText.
• PlainText
  Draw the text as it is, using a QwtPlainTextEngine.
• RichText
  Use the Scribe framework (Qt Rich Text) to render the text.
• MathMLText
  Use a MathML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MathML) render engine to display the text. The Qwt MathML extension offers such an engine based on the MathML renderer of the Qt solutions package. Unfortunately it is only available for owners of a commercial Qt license.
• TeXText
  Use a TeX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX) render engine to display the text.
• OtherFormat
  The number of text formats can be extended using setTextEngine. Formats >= OtherFormat are not used by Qwt.

See also:

QwtTextEngine, setTextEngine()

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QwtText::QwtText	(	const QString &	text = QString::null,
		QwtText::TextFormat	textFormat = AutoText
	)

Constructor

Parameters:

text	Text content
textFormat	Text format

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Member Function Documentation

QBrush QwtText::backgroundBrush

(

)

const

Returns:

Background brush

See also:

setBackgroundBrush(), backgroundPen()

QPen QwtText::backgroundPen

(

)

const

Returns:

Background pen

See also:

setBackgroundPen(), backgroundBrush()

void QwtText::draw	(	QPainter *	painter,
		const QRect &	rect
	)		const

Draw a text into a rectangle

Parameters:

painter	Painter
rect	Rectangle

int QwtText::heightForWidth	(	int	width,
		const QFont &	defaultFont = QFont()
	)		const

Find the height for a given width

Parameters:

defaultFont	Font, used for the calculation if the text has no font
width	Width

Returns:

Calculated height

bool QwtText::isEmpty ( ) const

inline

Returns:

text().isEmpty()

bool QwtText::isNull ( ) const

inline

Returns:

text().isNull()

int QwtText::renderFlags

(

)

const

Returns:

Render flags

See also:

setRenderFlags()

void QwtText::setBackgroundBrush

(

const QBrush &

brush

)

Set the background brush

Parameters:

brush

Background brush

See also:

backgroundBrush(), setBackgroundPen()

void QwtText::setBackgroundPen

(

const QPen &

pen

)

Set the background pen

Parameters:

pen	Background pen

See also:

backgroundPen(), setBackgroundBrush()

void QwtText::setColor

(

const QColor &

color

)

Set the pen color used for painting the text.

Parameters:

color

Color

Note:

Setting the color might have no effect, when the text contains control sequences for setting colors.

void QwtText::setFont

(

const QFont &

font

)

Set the font.

Parameters:

font

Font

Note:

Setting the font might have no effect, when the text contains control sequences for setting fonts.

void QwtText::setLayoutAttribute	(	LayoutAttribute	attribute,
		bool	on = true
	)

Change a layout attribute

Parameters:

attribute	Layout attribute
on	On/Off

See also:

testLayoutAttribute()

void QwtText::setPaintAttribute	(	PaintAttribute	attribute,
		bool	on = true
	)

Change a paint attribute

Parameters:

attribute	Paint attribute
on	On/Off

Note:

Used by setFont(), setColor(), setBackgroundPen() and setBackgroundBrush()

See also:

testPaintAttribute()

void QwtText::setRenderFlags

(

int

renderFlags

)

Change the render flags.

The default setting is Qt::AlignCenter

Parameters:

renderFlags

Bitwise OR of the flags used like in QPainter::drawText

See also:

renderFlags(), QwtTextEngine::draw()

Note:

Some renderFlags might have no effect, depending on the text format.

void QwtText::setText	(	const QString &	text,
		QwtText::TextFormat	textFormat = AutoText
	)

Assign a new text content

Parameters:

text	Text content
textFormat	Text format

See also:

text()

void QwtText::setTextEngine ( QwtText::TextFormat  format, QwtTextEngine *  engine  )

static

Assign/Replace a text engine for a text format

With setTextEngine it is possible to extend Qwt with other types of text formats.

Owner of a commercial Qt license can build the qwtmathml library, that is based on the MathML renderer, that is included in MML Widget component of the Qt solutions package.

For QwtText::PlainText it is not allowed to assign a engine == NULL.

Parameters:

format	Text format
engine	Text engine

See also:

QwtMathMLTextEngine

Warning:

Using QwtText::AutoText does nothing.

bool QwtText::testLayoutAttribute

(

LayoutAttribute

attribute

)

const

Test a layout attribute

Parameters:

attribute

Layout attribute

Returns:

true, if attribute is enabled

See also:

setLayoutAttribute()

bool QwtText::testPaintAttribute

(

PaintAttribute

attribute

)

const

Test a paint attribute

Parameters:

attribute

Paint attribute

Returns:

true, if attribute is enabled

See also:

setPaintAttribute()

QString QwtText::text

(

)

const

Return the text.

See also:

setText()

const QwtTextEngine * QwtText::textEngine ( const QString &  text, QwtText::TextFormat  format = AutoText  )

static

Find the text engine for a text format

In case of QwtText::AutoText the first text engine (beside QwtPlainTextEngine) is returned, where QwtTextEngine::mightRender returns true. If there is none QwtPlainTextEngine is returnd.

If no text engine is registered for the format QwtPlainTextEngine is returnd.

Parameters:

text	Text, needed in case of AutoText
format	Text format

const QwtTextEngine * QwtText::textEngine ( QwtText::TextFormat  format )

static

Find the text engine for a text format.

textEngine can be used to find out if a text format is supported. F.e, if one wants to use MathML labels, the MathML renderer from the commercial Qt solutions package might be required, that is not available in Qt Open Source Edition environments.

Parameters:

format

Text format

Returns:

The text engine, or NULL if no engine is available.

QSize QwtText::textSize

(

const QFont &

defaultFont = QFont()

)

const

Find the height for a given width

Parameters:

defaultFont

Font, used for the calculation if the text has no font

Returns:

Calculated height

Returns the size, that is needed to render text

Parameters:

defaultFont

Font of the text

Returns:

Caluclated size

QColor QwtText::usedColor

(

const QColor &

defaultColor

)

const

Return the color of the text, if it has one. Otherwise return defaultColor.

Parameters:

defaultColor

Default color

See also:

setColor(), color(), PaintAttributes

QFont QwtText::usedFont

(

const QFont &

defaultFont

)

const

Return the font of the text, if it has one. Otherwise return defaultFont.

Parameters:

defaultFont

Default font

See also:

setFont(), font(), PaintAttributes