QCustomPlot Discussion and Comments

Hi, i am a beginner in c++ and Qt, and I want to use QCustomPlot in QML to plot a the realtimeData example.
So I found a method to use QCustomPlot in QML on https://www.qcustomplot.com/index.php/support/forum/172
and I added the code used in the example like this:

customplotiem.h :

#pragma once

#include <QtQuick>
#include "../../qcustomplot.h"

class QCustomPlot;

class CustomPlotItem : public QQuickPaintedItem
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    CustomPlotItem( QQuickItem* parent = 0 );
    virtual ~CustomPlotItem();

    void paint( QPainter* painter );

    Q_INVOKABLE void initCustomPlot();
    void setupPlot(QCustomPlot* customPlot );

protected:
    void routeMouseEvents( QMouseEvent* event );

    virtual void mousePressEvent( QMouseEvent* event );
    virtual void mouseReleaseEvent( QMouseEvent* event );
    virtual void mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent* event );
    virtual void mouseDoubleClickEvent( QMouseEvent* event );

    void setupQuadraticDemo( QCustomPlot* customPlot );

private:
    QCustomPlot*            m_CustomPlot;
    QTimer*                 dataTimer;

private slots:
    void graphClicked(QCPAbstractPlottable* plottable);
    void onCustomReplot();
    void updateCustomPlotSize();
    void realtimeDataSlot(QCustomPlot* customPlot);

};

customplotitem.cpp :

#include "CustomPlotItem.h"
#include "../../qcustomplot.h"
#include <QDebug>

CustomPlotItem::CustomPlotItem( QQuickItem* parent ) : QQuickPaintedItem( parent ), m_CustomPlot( nullptr )
{
    setFlag( QQuickItem::ItemHasContents, true );
    // setRenderTarget(QQuickPaintedItem::FramebufferObject);
    // setAcceptHoverEvents(true);
    setAcceptedMouseButtons( Qt::AllButtons );

    connect( this, &QQuickPaintedItem::widthChanged, this, &CustomPlotItem::updateCustomPlotSize );
    connect( this, &QQuickPaintedItem::heightChanged, this, &CustomPlotItem::updateCustomPlotSize );
}

CustomPlotItem::~CustomPlotItem()
{
    delete m_CustomPlot;
    m_CustomPlot = nullptr;
}

void CustomPlotItem::initCustomPlot()
{
    m_CustomPlot = new QCustomPlot();

    updateCustomPlotSize();

    setupPlot(m_CustomPlot);
    realtimeDataSlot(m_CustomPlot);
    //setupQuadraticDemo(m_CustomPlot);

    connect( m_CustomPlot, &QCustomPlot::afterReplot, this, &CustomPlotItem::onCustomReplot );
    m_CustomPlot->replot();
}

void CustomPlotItem::setupPlot(QCustomPlot* customPlot)
{
    customPlot->addGraph();
    customPlot->graph(0)->setPen(QPen(QColor(40, 110, 255)));

    QSharedPointer<QCPAxisTickerTime> timeTicker(new QCPAxisTickerTime);
    timeTicker->setTimeFormat("%h:%m:%s");
    customPlot->xAxis->setTicker(timeTicker);
    customPlot->axisRect()->setupFullAxesBox();
    customPlot->yAxis->setRange(-1.2, 1.2);

    // make left and bottom axes transfer their ranges to right and top axes:
    connect(customPlot->xAxis, SIGNAL(rangeChanged(QCPRange)), customPlot->xAxis2, SLOT(setRange(QCPRange)));
    connect(customPlot->yAxis, SIGNAL(rangeChanged(QCPRange)), customPlot->yAxis2, SLOT(setRange(QCPRange)));

    // setup a timer that repeatedly calls MainWindow::realtimeDataSlot:
    dataTimer = new QTimer(this);
    connect(dataTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(realtimeDataSlot(m_customPlot)));
    dataTimer->start(10);
}

void CustomPlotItem::realtimeDataSlot(QCustomPlot* customPlot)
{
    static QTime time(QTime::currentTime());
    // calculate two new data points:
    double key = time.elapsed()/1000.0; // time elapsed since start of demo, in seconds
    static double lastPointKey = 0;
    if (key-lastPointKey > 0.02) // at most add point every 20 ms
    {
      // add data to lines:
      customPlot->graph(0)->addData(key, qSin(key)+qrand()/(double)RAND_MAX*1*qSin(key/0.3843));
      //ui->customPlot->graph(1)->addData(key, qCos(key)+qrand()/(double)RAND_MAX*0.5*qSin(key/0.4364));
      // rescale value (vertical) axis to fit the current data:
      customPlot->graph(0)->rescaleValueAxis();
      //ui->customPlot->graph(1)->rescaleValueAxis(true);
      lastPointKey = key;
    }
    // make key axis range scroll with the data (at a constant range size of 8):
    customPlot->xAxis->setRange(key, 8, Qt::AlignRight);
    customPlot->replot();
}

void CustomPlotItem::paint( QPainter* painter )
{
    if (m_CustomPlot)
    {
        QPixmap    picture( boundingRect().size().toSize() );
        QCPPainter qcpPainter( &picture );

        //m_CustomPlot->replot();
        m_CustomPlot->toPainter( &qcpPainter );

        painter->drawPixmap( QPoint(), picture );
    }
}

void CustomPlotItem::mousePressEvent( QMouseEvent* event )
{
    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO;
    routeMouseEvents( event );
}

void CustomPlotItem::mouseReleaseEvent( QMouseEvent* event )
{
    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO;
    routeMouseEvents( event );
}

void CustomPlotItem::mouseMoveEvent( QMouseEvent* event )
{
    routeMouseEvents( event );
}

void CustomPlotItem::mouseDoubleClickEvent( QMouseEvent* event )
{
    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO;
    routeMouseEvents( event );
}

void CustomPlotItem::graphClicked( QCPAbstractPlottable* plottable )
{
    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << QString( "Clicked on graph '%1 " ).arg( plottable->name() );
}

void CustomPlotItem::routeMouseEvents( QMouseEvent* event )
{
    if (m_CustomPlot)
    {
        QMouseEvent* newEvent = new QMouseEvent( event->type(), event->localPos(), event->button(), event->buttons(), event->modifiers() );
        //QCoreApplication::sendEvent( m_CustomPlot, newEvent );
        QCoreApplication::postEvent( m_CustomPlot, newEvent );
    }
}

void CustomPlotItem::updateCustomPlotSize()
{
    if (m_CustomPlot)
    {
        m_CustomPlot->setGeometry( 0, 0, width(), height() );
    }
}

void CustomPlotItem::onCustomReplot()
{
    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO;
    update();
}

void CustomPlotItem::setupQuadraticDemo( QCustomPlot* customPlot )
{
    // make top right axes clones of bottom left axes:
    QCPAxisRect* axisRect = customPlot->axisRect();

    // generate some data:
    QVector<double> x( 101 ), y( 101 );   // initialize with entries 0..100
    QVector<double> lx( 101 ), ly( 101 ); // initialize with entries 0..100
    for (int i = 0; i < 101; ++i)
    {
        x[i] = i / 50.0 - 1;              // x goes from -1 to 1
        y[i] = x[i] * x[i];               // let's plot a quadratic function

        lx[i] = i / 50.0 - 1;             //
        ly[i] = lx[i];                    // linear
    }
    // create graph and assign data to it:
    customPlot->addGraph();
    customPlot->graph( 0 )->setPen( QPen( Qt::red ) );
    customPlot->graph( 0 )->setPen( QPen( Qt::blue, 2 ) );
    customPlot->graph( 0 )->setData( x, y );

    customPlot->addGraph();
    customPlot->graph( 1 )->setPen( QPen( Qt::magenta ) );
    customPlot->graph( 1 )->setPen( QPen( Qt::blue, 2 ) );
    customPlot->graph( 1 )->setData( lx, ly );

    // give the axes some labels:
    customPlot->xAxis->setLabel( "x" );
    customPlot->yAxis->setLabel( "y" );
    // set axes ranges, so we see all data:
    customPlot->xAxis->setRange( -1, 1 );
    customPlot->yAxis->setRange( -1, 1 );

    customPlot ->setInteractions( QCP::iRangeDrag | QCP::iRangeZoom | QCP::iSelectPlottables );
    connect( customPlot, SIGNAL(plottableClick(QCPAbstractPlottable*, QMouseEvent*)), this, SLOT(graphClicked( QCPAbstractPlottable*)));
}

main.cpp :

#include <QApplication>
#include "mainwindow.h"
#include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
#include <QtQuick>
#include "CustomPlotItem.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 0, 0)
  QApplication::setGraphicsSystem("raster");
#endif
  QApplication a(argc, argv);
  MainWindow w;
  //w.show();

  qmlRegisterType<CustomPlotItem>("CustomPlot",1,0,"CustomPlotItem");
  QQuickView view(QUrl("qrc:/graph.qml"));
  view.setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
  view.resize(500,500);
  view.show();
  
  return a.exec();
}

main.qml

import QtQuick          2.3
import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
import CustomPlot       1.0

Item {

        CustomPlotItem {

            id: customPlot
            anchors.fill: parent

            Component.onCompleted: initCustomPlot()

        }
}

But it did nothing and nothing be plot.
Any ideas ?
Thanks

I forget but I have a warning QObject::connect: No such slot CustomPlotItem::realtimeDataSlot(m_customPlot)
when I build my program

I think line 59 in customplotitem.cpp might cause the problem:

connect(dataTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(realtimeDataSlot(m_customPlot)));

Slots only accept arguments passed through signals (QMousePressEvent etc.) and normally you cannot pass an argument like this.
I see two solutions:
1. Program the realtimeDataSlot() method in such a way, that it does not require arguments
2. use QSignalMapper

Good luck!

Hi, yes this was the problem, now it's work perfectly. Thanks !

I just changed my realtimeDataSlot() method