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QwtAbstractScaleDraw Class Reference

#include <qwt_abstract_scale_draw.h>

Inherited by QwtRoundScaleDraw, and QwtScaleDraw.

List of all members.

Public Types

enum  ScaleComponent {
  Backbone = 0x01,
  Ticks = 0x02,
  Labels = 0x04
}
typedef QFlags< ScaleComponentScaleComponents

Public Member Functions

virtual void draw (QPainter *, const QPalette &) const
void enableComponent (ScaleComponent, bool enable=true)
virtual double extent (const QFont &) const =0
bool hasComponent (ScaleComponent) const
virtual QwtText label (double) const
double maxTickLength () const
double minimumExtent () const
int penWidth () const
 QwtAbstractScaleDraw ()
const QwtScaleDivscaleDiv () const
const QwtScaleMapscaleMap () const
QwtScaleMapscaleMap ()
void setMinimumExtent (double)
void setPenWidth (int width)
void setScaleDiv (const QwtScaleDiv &s)
void setSpacing (double margin)
void setTickLength (QwtScaleDiv::TickType, double length)
void setTransformation (QwtScaleTransformation *)
double spacing () const
double tickLength (QwtScaleDiv::TickType) const
virtual ~QwtAbstractScaleDraw ()

Protected Member Functions

virtual void drawBackbone (QPainter *painter) const =0
virtual void drawLabel (QPainter *painter, double value) const =0
virtual void drawTick (QPainter *painter, double value, double len) const =0
void invalidateCache ()
const QwtTexttickLabel (const QFont &, double value) const

Detailed Description

A abstract base class for drawing scales.

QwtAbstractScaleDraw can be used to draw linear or logarithmic scales.

After a scale division has been specified as a QwtScaleDiv object using QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setScaleDiv(const QwtScaleDiv &s), the scale can be drawn with the QwtAbstractScaleDraw::draw() member.


Member Typedef Documentation

Scale components.


Member Enumeration Documentation

Components of a scale

See also:
enableComponent(), hasComponent
Enumerator:
Backbone 

Backbone = the line where the ticks are located.

Ticks 

Ticks.

Labels 

Labels.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QwtAbstractScaleDraw::QwtAbstractScaleDraw ( )

Constructor.

The range of the scale is initialized to [0, 100], The spacing (distance between ticks and labels) is set to 4, the tick lengths are set to 4,6 and 8 pixels

QwtAbstractScaleDraw::~QwtAbstractScaleDraw ( ) [virtual]

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::draw ( QPainter *  painter,
const QPalette &  palette 
) const [virtual]

Draw the scale.

Parameters:
painterThe painter
palettePalette, text color is used for the labels, foreground color for ticks and backbone
virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawBackbone ( QPainter *  painter) const [protected, pure virtual]

Draws the baseline of the scale

Parameters:
painterPainter
See also:
drawTick(), drawLabel()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawLabel ( QPainter *  painter,
double  value 
) const [protected, pure virtual]

Draws the label for a major scale tick

Parameters:
painterPainter
valueValue
See also:
drawTick(), drawBackbone()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

virtual void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::drawTick ( QPainter *  painter,
double  value,
double  len 
) const [protected, pure virtual]

Draw a tick

Parameters:
painterPainter
valueValue of the tick
lenLenght of the tick
See also:
drawBackbone(), drawLabel()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::enableComponent ( ScaleComponent  component,
bool  enable = true 
)

En/Disable a component of the scale

Parameters:
componentScale component
enableOn/Off
See also:
hasComponent()
virtual double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::extent ( const QFont &  ) const [pure virtual]

Calculate the extent

The extent is the distcance from the baseline to the outermost pixel of the scale draw in opposite to its orientation. It is at least minimumExtent() pixels.

See also:
setMinimumExtent(), minimumExtent()

Implemented in QwtScaleDraw, and QwtRoundScaleDraw.

bool QwtAbstractScaleDraw::hasComponent ( ScaleComponent  component) const

Check if a component is enabled

See also:
enableComponent()
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::invalidateCache ( ) [protected]

Invalidate the cache used by QwtAbstractScaleDraw::tickLabel

The cache is invalidated, when a new QwtScaleDiv is set. If the labels need to be changed. while the same QwtScaleDiv is set, invalidateCache() needs to be called manually.

QwtText QwtAbstractScaleDraw::label ( double  value) const [virtual]

Convert a value into its representing label.

The value is converted to a plain text using QLocale::system().toString(value). This method is often overloaded by applications to have individual labels.

Parameters:
valueValue
Returns:
Label string.

Reimplemented in QwtDialScaleDraw.

double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::maxTickLength ( ) const
Returns:
Length of the longest tick

Useful for layout calculations

See also:
tickLength(), setTickLength()
double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::minimumExtent ( ) const

Get the minimum extent

See also:
extent(), setMinimumExtent()
int QwtAbstractScaleDraw::penWidth ( ) const
Returns:
Scale pen width
See also:
setPenWidth()

Reimplemented in QwtDialScaleDraw.

const QwtScaleDiv & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleDiv ( ) const
Returns:
scale division
const QwtScaleMap & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleMap ( ) const
Returns:
Map how to translate between scale and pixel values
QwtScaleMap & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::scaleMap ( )
Returns:
Map how to translate between scale and pixel values
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setMinimumExtent ( double  minExtent)

Set a minimum for the extent.

The extent is calculated from the coomponents of the scale draw. In situations, where the labels are changing and the layout depends on the extent (f.e scrolling a scale), setting an upper limit as minimum extent will avoid jumps of the layout.

Parameters:
minExtentMinimum extent
See also:
extent(), minimumExtent()
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setPenWidth ( int  width)

Specify the width of the scale pen.

Parameters:
widthPen width
See also:
penWidth()
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setScaleDiv ( const QwtScaleDiv sd)

Change the scale division

Parameters:
sdNew scale division
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setSpacing ( double  spacing)

Set the spacing between tick and labels.

The spacing is the distance between ticks and labels. The default spacing is 4 pixels.

Parameters:
spacingSpacing
See also:
spacing()
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setTickLength ( QwtScaleDiv::TickType  tickType,
double  length 
)

Set the length of the ticks

Parameters:
tickTypeTick type
lengthNew length
Warning:
the length is limited to [0..1000]
void QwtAbstractScaleDraw::setTransformation ( QwtScaleTransformation transformation)

Change the transformation of the scale

Parameters:
transformationNew scale transformation
double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::spacing ( ) const

Get the spacing.

The spacing is the distance between ticks and labels. The default spacing is 4 pixels.

See also:
setSpacing()
const QwtText & QwtAbstractScaleDraw::tickLabel ( const QFont &  font,
double  value 
) const [protected]

Convert a value into its representing label and cache it.

The conversion between value and label is called very often in the layout and painting code. Unfortunately the calculation of the label sizes might be slow (really slow for rich text in Qt4), so it's necessary to cache the labels.

Parameters:
fontFont
valueValue
Returns:
Tick label
double QwtAbstractScaleDraw::tickLength ( QwtScaleDiv::TickType  tickType) const

Return the length of the ticks

See also:
setTickLength(), maxTickLength()
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