Plot Screenshots: Scatter Pixmap Demo
customPlot->axisRect()->setBackground(QPixmap("./solarpanels.jpg"));
customPlot->addGraph();
customPlot->graph()->setLineStyle(QCPGraph::lsLine);
QPen pen;
pen.setColor(QColor(255, 200, 20, 200));
pen.setStyle(Qt::DashLine);
pen.setWidthF(2.5);
customPlot->graph()->setPen(pen);
customPlot->graph()->setBrush(QBrush(QColor(255,200,20,70)));
customPlot->graph()->setScatterStyle(QCPScatterStyle(QPixmap("./sun.png")));
// set graph name, will show up in legend next to icon:
customPlot->graph()->setName("Data from Photovoltaic\nenergy barometer 2011");
// set data:
QVector<double> year, value;
year << 2005 << 2006 << 2007 << 2008 << 2009 << 2010 << 2011;
value << 2.17 << 3.42 << 4.94 << 10.38 << 15.86 << 29.33 << 52.1;
customPlot->graph()->setData(year, value);
// set title of plot:
customPlot->plotLayout()->insertRow(0);
customPlot->plotLayout()->addElement(0, 0, new QCPTextElement(customPlot, "Regenerative Energies", QFont("sans", 12, QFont::Bold)));
// axis configurations:
customPlot->xAxis->setLabel("Year");
customPlot->yAxis->setLabel("Installed Gigawatts of\nphotovoltaic in the European Union");
customPlot->xAxis2->setVisible(true);
customPlot->yAxis2->setVisible(true);
customPlot->xAxis2->setTickLabels(false);
customPlot->yAxis2->setTickLabels(false);
customPlot->xAxis2->setTicks(false);
customPlot->yAxis2->setTicks(false);
customPlot->xAxis2->setSubTicks(false);
customPlot->yAxis2->setSubTicks(false);
customPlot->xAxis->setRange(2004.5, 2011.5);
customPlot->yAxis->setRange(0, 52);
// setup legend:
customPlot->legend->setFont(QFont(font().family(), 7));
customPlot->legend->setIconSize(50, 20);
customPlot->legend->setVisible(true);
customPlot->axisRect()->insetLayout()->setInsetAlignment(0, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop);