QwtPlotPicker questions

[ttvo]

Hi all,

I'd like to plot an image to QwtPlot and currently subclassing QwtPlotRasterItem by overriding renderImage method. Once the image is plotted:
1) I added a QwtPlotPicker, and it seems to work fine. But how can I get the picker selection (i.e. a rectangle or ellipsoid) to stay on the plot?
2) how can I iterate through the points on my image to highlight those that are inside the picker selection?

Thanks.

[Uwe]

1) I added a QwtPlotPicker, and it seems to work fine. But how can I get the picker selection (i.e. a rectangle or ellipsoid) to stay on the plot?

You have to implement a new type of QwtPlotItem, that displays your rectangle/ellipsoid. In YourPlotItem::draw use QwtPainter::drawRect/drawEllipse instead of QPainter::drawRect/Ellipse if you want to use QwtPlot::print.

2) how can I iterate through the points on my image to highlight those that are inside the picker selection?

QRect QwtPlotItem::transform(const QwtScaleMap &xMap,
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect& rect) const

QRect QwtPlotItem::transform(const QwtScaleMap &xMap,
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect& rect) const

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Uwe

[ttvo]

You have to implement a new type of QwtPlotItem, that displays your rectangle/ellipsoid. In YourPlotItem::draw use QwtPainter::drawRect/drawEllipse instead of QPainter::drawRect/Ellipse if you want to use QwtPlot:rint.

I tried the following

class SelectionPlotItem : public QwtPlotItem
{
public:
  SelectionPlotItem(const QwtText &title=QwtText());
  virtual void 	draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const;
 
 
private:
};

class SelectionPlotItem : public QwtPlotItem
{
public:
  SelectionPlotItem(const QwtText &title=QwtText());
  virtual void 	draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const;
  

private:
};

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and override the draw() method

void SelectionPlotItem::draw(QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const
{
  painter->save();
  QwtPolygon poly = QwtPolygon(canvasRect);
  painter->setPen(QPen(QColor(Qt::blue)));
 
  QwtPainter::drawPolygon(painter, poly);
  painter->restore();
}

void SelectionPlotItem::draw(QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const
{
  painter->save();
  QwtPolygon poly = QwtPolygon(canvasRect);
  painter->setPen(QPen(QColor(Qt::blue)));
  
  QwtPainter::drawPolygon(painter, poly);
  painter->restore();
}

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but it doesn't seem to do anything

QRect QwtPlotItem::transform(const QwtScaleMap &xMap,
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect& rect) const

QRect QwtPlotItem::transform(const QwtScaleMap &xMap,
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect& rect) const

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Uwe

Re/ my 2nd question - but how am I going to iterate through the points on my image to select those point inside the polygon selection?

Perhaps my renderImage is defined incorrectly?

QImage OverlayImagePlot::renderImage(const QwtScaleMap &xMap, 
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect &area) const
{
 
 
  return QImage(_filename);
}

QImage OverlayImagePlot::renderImage(const QwtScaleMap &xMap, 
    const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect &area) const
{

    
  return QImage(_filename);
}

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my custom class was defined as:

class OverlayImagePlot : public QwtPlotRasterItem
{
public:
OverlayImagePlot();
OverlayImagePlot(const QwtText &title);
OverlayImagePlot(const QString &title);

virtual ~OverlayImagePlot();
void setArea(QRect area) {_area = area;}
void setFilename(QString filename);
void setPlot(QwtPlot *plot);

protected:
virtual QImage renderImage(const QwtScaleMap &xMap,
const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QwtDoubleRect &area) const;

private:
QwtPlot *_plot;
QRect _area;
QString _filename;
};

[Uwe]

I tried the following

A selection item without a selection ???

class SelectionPlotItem : public QwtPlotItem
{
public:
  SelectionPlotItem(const QwtText &title=QwtText());
 
  void setSelection(const QwtDoubleRect &);
  virtual void 	draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const;
 
 
private:
    QwtDoubleRect m_selection;
};
 
void SelectionPlotItem::draw(QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const
{
  if ( !m_selection.isEmpty() )
  {
       const QRect r = transform(xMap, yMap, m_selection);
       painter->setPen(...);
       painter->setBrush(...);
       QwtPainter::drawRect(painter, r);
}

class SelectionPlotItem : public QwtPlotItem
{
public:
  SelectionPlotItem(const QwtText &title=QwtText());

  void setSelection(const QwtDoubleRect &);
  virtual void 	draw (QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const;
  

private:
    QwtDoubleRect m_selection;
};

void SelectionPlotItem::draw(QPainter *painter, const QwtScaleMap &xMap, const QwtScaleMap &yMap, const QRect &canvasRect) const
{
  if ( !m_selection.isEmpty() )
  {
       const QRect r = transform(xMap, yMap, m_selection);
       painter->setPen(...);
       painter->setBrush(...);
       QwtPainter::drawRect(painter, r);
}

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Instead of the rectangle you could paint all without the rectangle with a semi-transparent ( small alpha value ) white brush. "Lowlighting" the non-selected parts has a similar effect as highlighting the selected area.

Re/ my 2nd question - but how am I going to iterate through the points on my image to select those point inside the polygon selection?

Look at the implementation of QwtPlotSpectrogram::renderImage.

Uwe

[ttvo]

Thx. I got the selection drawn. Though it didn't seem to rescale when the canvas' size changes. Also, I'll split the renderImage into a separate thread.

[ttvo]

Resize works now, . Thanks.

[Sachtech]

Hi,
When I draw the selection rectangle, the grid and the plot comes over the rectangle. How do I set the z-order so that the selection rectangle comes over other things.

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I found it "SetZ" .

[Uwe]

How do I set the z-order so that the selection rectangle comes over other things.

QwtPlotItem::setZ(...)

QwtPlotItem::setZ(...)

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You noticed, that there are docs ?

Uwe