Cant't draw custom grid

Hey!
I'm messing around with the QwtPlotGrid and it's coming along just fine with the exception that I can't manage to make the grid the way I like it. The ticks are in their default position and the interval of the major and minor ticks are changed as the scale is "zoomed" in or out depending on the magnitude of the values plotted/displayed. I want them to be static and custom.

Let's take a simple example:
I use the 'histogram'-example from qwt examples.
Here is the code that generates the grid:

Code:

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QwtValueList vlist[3]; // <-I added this!
    vlist[0] << -78 << -66 << -54 << -42 << -30 << -18 << -6 << 6 << 18 << 30;// <-I added this!
    vlist[1] << -84 << -60 << -36 << -12 << 12 << 36;// <-I added this!
    vlist[2] << -72 << -48 << -24 << 0 << 24;// <-I added this!
 
    QwtScaleDiv scdiv(-78, 36, vlist);// <-I added this!
 
    QwtPlotGrid *grid = new QwtPlotGrid;
    grid->setXDiv(scdiv);// <-I added this!
    grid->enableXMin(true);
    grid->enableYMin(true);
    grid->setMajPen(QPen(Qt::black, 0, Qt::DotLine));
    grid->setMinPen(QPen(Qt::gray, 0 , Qt::DotLine));
    grid->attach(&plot);

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Why does this code display the same standard grid as when my additions are commented out?
The goal is to apply the strange scale(grid) from vlist in the X-axis.

It seems to me that my QwtScaleDiv is OK and from the documentation I get the impression that only the setXDiv command is necessary to apply it to the grid object...

Thank you!
/Tottish

OK, so now I have managed to get the scale that I wanted and the custom labels at the ticks where I want them using:
ui->myPlot->setAxisScaleDiv(0,scdiv);
So apparently there is nothing wrong with my scaleDiv. However, this doesn't solve my problem since I want aoutoscaling but with custom labels.

I might as well describe exactly what I'm after since it's a pretty basic concept:
I want autoscaling as usual but I want the major ticks (with labels) placed only and always at -20,-10,0,10,20,30 and so on and a minor tick (with no label) in between every major.
I assume I've missed something in the basic functionality of the QwtPlotGrid since it won't display my custom grid without the same fixed, custom scale...

Peace!
/Tottish

EDIT: Hey! And while we're at it, could someone tell me how to change the color of the font in the scales?

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Originally Posted by Tottish

Hey!
I'm messing around with the QwtPlotGrid and it's coming along just fine with the exception that I can't manage to make the grid the way I like it. The ticks are in their default position and the interval of the major and minor ticks are changed as the scale is "zoomed" in or out depending on the magnitude of the values plotted/displayed. I want them to be static and custom.

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If you don't want, that the grid is adjusted to scale changes derive from QwtPlotGrid and reimplement QwtPlotGrid::updateScvaleDiv() to do nothing. But note, that the grid depends on the scale ticks, but is not responsible for their position.

Uwe

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However, this doesn't solve my problem since I want aoutoscaling but with custom labels.

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Setting custom ticks is the opposite of autoscaling - so this makes no sense.

But you can configure the autoscaler, that is part of the QwtScaleEngine for your axis. You also have QwtPlot::setAxisMaxMajor/setAxisMaxMinor to limit the number of intervals ( = ticks ) calculated by the autoscaler.

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I assume I've missed something in the basic functionality of the QwtPlotGrid since it won't display my custom grid without the same fixed, custom scale...

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Yes you do: the grid is responsible for the horizontal/vertical lines according to the scale ticks on the plot canvas. But it has nothing to do with the scales itsself.

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EDIT: Hey! And while we're at it, could someone tell me how to change the color of the font in the scales?

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Depends on which fonts you mean:

a) Each widget has a setPalette() method - so each QwtScaleWidget has a palette as well.
b) All labels used in a plot are QwtText objects, that can have their own font/color.

Uwe

OK, Thanks Uwe.