#include "axis_tag.h" AxisTag::AxisTag(QCPAxis *parentAxis) : QObject(parentAxis), mAxis(parentAxis) { // The dummy tracer serves here as an invisible anchor which always sticks to the right side of // the axis rect mDummyTracer = new QCPItemTracer(mAxis->parentPlot()); mDummyTracer->setVisible(false); mDummyTracer->position->setTypeX(QCPItemPosition::ptAxisRectRatio); mDummyTracer->position->setTypeY(QCPItemPosition::ptPlotCoords); mDummyTracer->position->setAxisRect(mAxis->axisRect()); mDummyTracer->position->setAxes(0, mAxis); mDummyTracer->position->setCoords(1, 0); // the arrow end (head) is set to move along with the dummy tracer by setting it as its parent // anchor. Its coordinate system (setCoords) is thus pixels, and this is how the needed horizontal // offset for the tag of the second y axis is achieved. This horizontal offset gets dynamically // updated in AxisTag::updatePosition. the arrow "start" is simply set to have the "end" as parent // anchor. It is given a horizontal offset to the right, which results in a 15 pixel long arrow. mArrow = new QCPItemLine(mAxis->parentPlot()); mArrow->setLayer("overlay"); mArrow->setClipToAxisRect(false); mArrow->setHead(QCPLineEnding::esSpikeArrow); mArrow->end->setParentAnchor(mDummyTracer->position); mArrow->start->setParentAnchor(mArrow->end); mArrow->start->setCoords(15, 0); // The text label is anchored at the arrow start (tail) and has its "position" aligned at the // left, and vertically centered to the text label box. mLabel = new QCPItemText(mAxis->parentPlot()); mLabel->setLayer("overlay"); mLabel->setClipToAxisRect(false); mLabel->setPadding(QMargins(3, 0, 3, 0)); mLabel->setBrush(QBrush(Qt::white)); mLabel->setPen(QPen(Qt::blue)); mLabel->setPositionAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter); mLabel->position->setParentAnchor(mArrow->start); } AxisTag::~AxisTag() { if (mDummyTracer) mDummyTracer->parentPlot()->removeItem(mDummyTracer); if (mArrow) mArrow->parentPlot()->removeItem(mArrow); if (mLabel) mLabel->parentPlot()->removeItem(mLabel); } void AxisTag::setPen(const QPen &pen) { mArrow->setPen(pen); mLabel->setPen(pen); } void AxisTag::setBrush(const QBrush &brush) { mLabel->setBrush(brush); } void AxisTag::setText(const QString &text) { mLabel->setText(text); } void AxisTag::updatePosition(double value) { // since both the arrow and the text label are chained to the dummy tracer (via anchor // parent-child relationships) it is sufficient to update the dummy tracer coordinates. The // Horizontal coordinate type was set to ptAxisRectRatio so to keep it aligned at the right side // of the axis rect, it is always kept at 1. The vertical coordinate type was set to // ptPlotCoordinates of the passed parent axis, so the vertical coordinate is set to the new // value. mDummyTracer->position->setCoords(1, value); // We want the arrow head to be at the same horizontal position as the axis backbone, even if // the axis has a certain offset from the axis rect border (like the added second y axis). Thus we // set the horizontal pixel position of the arrow end (head) to the axis offset (the pixel // distance to the axis rect border). This works because the parent anchor of the arrow end is // the dummy tracer, which, as described earlier, is tied to the right axis rect border. mArrow->end->setCoords(mAxis->offset(), 0); }