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QCPAxisTickerFixed Class Reference

Specialized axis ticker with a fixed tick step. More...

Inheritance diagram for QCPAxisTickerFixed:
Inheritance graph

Public Types

enum  ScaleStrategy
 
- Public Types inherited from QCPAxisTicker
enum  TickStepStrategy
 

Public Functions

 QCPAxisTickerFixed ()
 
double tickStep () const
 
ScaleStrategy scaleStrategy () const
 
void setTickStep (double step)
 
void setScaleStrategy (ScaleStrategy strategy)
 
- Public Functions inherited from QCPAxisTicker
 QCPAxisTicker ()
 
TickStepStrategy tickStepStrategy () const
 
int tickCount () const
 
double tickOrigin () const
 
void setTickStepStrategy (TickStepStrategy strategy)
 
void setTickCount (int count)
 
void setTickOrigin (double origin)
 
virtual void generate (const QCPRange &range, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision, QVector< double > &ticks, QVector< double > *subTicks, QVector< QString > *tickLabels)
 

Protected Functions

virtual double getTickStep (const QCPRange &range)
 
- Protected Functions inherited from QCPAxisTicker
virtual int getSubTickCount (double tickStep)
 
virtual QString getTickLabel (double tick, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision)
 
virtual QVector< double > createTickVector (double tickStep, const QCPRange &range)
 
virtual QVector< double > createSubTickVector (int subTickCount, const QVector< double > &ticks)
 
virtual QVector< QString > createLabelVector (const QVector< double > &ticks, const QLocale &locale, QChar formatChar, int precision)
 
void trimTicks (const QCPRange &range, QVector< double > &ticks, bool keepOneOutlier) const
 
double pickClosest (double target, const QVector< double > &candidates) const
 
double getMantissa (double input, double *magnitude=nullptr) const
 
double cleanMantissa (double input) const
 

Detailed Description

Specialized axis ticker with a fixed tick step.

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This QCPAxisTicker subclass generates ticks with a fixed tick step set with setTickStep. It is also possible to allow integer multiples and integer powers of the specified tick step with setScaleStrategy.

A typical application of this ticker is to make an axis only display integers, by setting the tick step of the ticker to 1.0 and the scale strategy to ssMultiples.

Another case is when a certain number has a special meaning and axis ticks should only appear at multiples of that value. In this case you might also want to consider QCPAxisTickerPi because despite the name it is not limited to only pi symbols/values.

The ticker can be created and assigned to an axis like this:

QSharedPointer<QCPAxisTickerFixed> fixedTicker(new QCPAxisTickerFixed);
customPlot->xAxis->setTicker(fixedTicker);
fixedTicker->setTickStep(1.0); // tick step shall be 1.0
fixedTicker->setScaleStrategy(QCPAxisTickerFixed::ssNone); // and no scaling of the tickstep (like multiples or powers) is allowed

Member Enumeration Documentation

§ ScaleStrategy

Defines how the axis ticker may modify the specified tick step (setTickStep) in order to control the number of ticks in the axis range.

See also
setScaleStrategy
Enumerator
ssNone 

Modifications are not allowed, the specified tick step is absolutely fixed. This might cause a high tick density and overlapping labels if the axis range is zoomed out.

ssMultiples 

An integer multiple of the specified tick step is allowed. The used factor follows the base class properties of setTickStepStrategy and setTickCount.

ssPowers 

An integer power of the specified tick step is allowed.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

§ QCPAxisTickerFixed()

QCPAxisTickerFixed::QCPAxisTickerFixed ( )

Constructs the ticker and sets reasonable default values. Axis tickers are commonly created managed by a QSharedPointer, which then can be passed to QCPAxis::setTicker.

Member Function Documentation

§ setTickStep()

void QCPAxisTickerFixed::setTickStep ( double  step)

Sets the fixed tick interval to step.

The axis ticker will only use this tick step when generating axis ticks. This might cause a very high tick density and overlapping labels if the axis range is zoomed out. Using setScaleStrategy it is possible to relax the fixed step and also allow multiples or powers of step. This will enable the ticker to reduce the number of ticks to a reasonable amount (see setTickCount).

§ setScaleStrategy()

void QCPAxisTickerFixed::setScaleStrategy ( QCPAxisTickerFixed::ScaleStrategy  strategy)

Sets whether the specified tick step (setTickStep) is absolutely fixed or whether modifications may be applied to it before calculating the finally used tick step, such as permitting multiples or powers. See ScaleStrategy for details.

The default strategy is ssNone, which means the tick step is absolutely fixed.

§ getTickStep()

double QCPAxisTickerFixed::getTickStep ( const QCPRange range)
protectedvirtual

Determines the actually used tick step from the specified tick step and scale strategy (setTickStep, setScaleStrategy).

This method either returns the specified tick step exactly, or, if the scale strategy is not ssNone, a modification of it to allow varying the number of ticks in the current axis range.

For general information about this virtual method, see the base class implementation.

Reimplemented from QCPAxisTicker.


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