GWM This is an example of creating a derived widget - in this case for drawing a graph. The main differences are:
- lines to be drawn are defined in 'user coordinates' not pixels
- other added items (polygons, text, ovals..) can be positioned from user coordinates
- the coordinates use normal graph directions (canvas pixels are defined as 0 at top, large at bottom of screen).
- the pen colour is an option which persists from object to object.
The code is a simplification of
Overloading widgets and shows how to add an option to a derived widget. I do not like my use of globals here to store the widget's options. Any improvements/suggestions sought.
I have simplified the options to using an array rather than separate globals. The exercising example is noww run from a button in the Wish84 window.
15/05/.05 - corrected initialisation of graph ranges (xmin, xmax...).
proc grapharea {w args} { ;# a graph plotter canvas derived thing.
set dx 400
set dy 400
global $w.props ;# list of specialised options
array set $w.props { -pencolour black -xmin -1 -xmax 1 -ymin -1 -ymax 1}
array set options {}
# split off the custom options:
set generalopts [list]
foreach {opt val} $args {
if {[array names $w.props $opt]!=""} {set options($opt) $val
} else { lappend generalopts $opt $val }
}
eval canvas $w $generalopts ;# generalopts are the options inherited from canvas.
interp hide {} $w
# Install the alias:
interp alias {} $w {} graphareaCmd $w
foreach opt [array names options] {
$w configure $opt $options($opt)
}
return $w ;# the original canvas
}
proc graphareaCmd {self cmd args} {
switch -- $cmd {
configure {eval graphareaConfigure $self $cmd $args}
cget {eval graphareaCget $self $args}
showgrid { ;# draw a grid of lines on the graph
set x0 [$self cget -xmin]; set x1 [$self cget -xmax]
set y0 [$self cget -ymin]; set y1 [$self cget -ymax]
set dx [lindex $args 0] ;#number of grids in X direction
set x [expr int($x0/$dx)*$dx] ;# choose lines s.t. zero is a line.
while {$x<$x1} {
$self create line $x $y0 $x $y1
set x [expr $x+$dx]
}
set dy [lindex $args 1] ;# No grids in Y direction
set y [expr int($y0/$dy)*$dy]
while {$y<$y1} {
$self create line $x0 $y $x1 $y
set y [expr $y+$dy]
}
}
create { ;# replaces the create default of a canvas which works in pixels
#- adds text, rectangle, oval, polygon... (eg) positioned at scaled position
set args [eval concat $args] ;# this removes a level of curlies if necessary from the list.
set penc [$self cget -pencolour];# get "local" pen colour name
# scale factor for draw space to pixels
set x0 [$self cget -xmin]; set x1 [$self cget -xmax]
set y0 [$self cget -ymin]; set y1 [$self cget -ymax]
set wid [$self cget -width]
set ht [$self cget -height]
set idx 1 ;# where to start in args for coordinates
while {[string is double [lindex $args 1]] && [llength $args]>1} {
if {$idx%2==1} {
lappend xylist [expr {int($wid*double([lindex $args 1]-$x0)/($x1-$x0))}]
} else { ;# a y coordinate
lappend xylist [expr {int($ht*double([lindex $args 1]-$y1)/($y0-$y1))}]
}
set args [lreplace $args 1 1]
incr idx
}
switch [lindex $args 0] {
{line} -
{text} {
lappend command [lindex $args 0] $xylist -fill $penc
if {[llength $args]>1} { set command [concat $command [lrange $args 1 end]] }
eval interp invokehidden {{}} $self create $command
}
{default} {
lappend command [lindex $args 0] $xylist -outline $penc
if {[llength $args]>1} { set command [concat $command [lrange $args 1 end]] }
eval interp invokehidden {{}} $self create $command
}
}
}
default { ;# pass to default of a canvas which works in pixels
#puts "Action $cmd $args"
eval interp invokehidden {{}} $self $cmd $args
}
}
}
proc graphareaConfigure {self cmd args} {
# 3 scenarios:
#
# $args is empty -> return all options with their values
# $args is one element -> return current values
# $args is 2+ elements -> configure the options
global $self.props
switch [llength $args] {
0 { ;# return argument values
lappend result [array names $self.props]
# default options:
lappend result [interp invokehidden {} $self configure ]
# lappend result [uplevel 1 $self cconfigure]
return $result
}
1 {
if {[array names $self.props $args ] != ""} {
lappend opts [$self cget $args ]
} else {
set opts [uplevel 1 interp invokehidden {} $self configure $args]
}
return $opts
}
default { ;# >1 arg - an option and its value
# go through each option:
foreach {option value} $args {
#puts "setting $option to $value [array names $self.props]"
if {[array names $self.props $option ]!=""} {
set $self.props($option) $value
} else {
puts " default $option, $value for $self";$self configure $option $value
}
}
return {}
}
}
}
proc graphareaCget {self args} {
# cget defaults done by the canvas cget command
#puts "In graphareaCget option $self $args"
upvar #0 $self.props props
if {[array names props $args]!=""} { return $props($args) }
return [uplevel 1 [list interp invokehidden {} $self cget $args]]
}
proc testplotc {} { ;#Now exercise this 'new' widget
catch {destroy .fib}
# create a grapharea widget.
set dr2 [grapharea .fib -width 500 -height 400 -pencolour red -xmin -1 -xmax 20 -ymin -1.02 -ymax 1.02]
# points are drawn with the canvas area scaled to these values:
# $dr2 configure -xmin -2 -xmax 20 -ymin -1.02 -ymax 1.02
pack $dr2 -expand true -fill both
$dr2 showgrid 5 1
$dr2 configure -pencolour blue ;# this value persist for all lines from here
set xold 0
set yold [expr sin(0)]
for {set x 0} {$x<20} {set x [expr $x+.25]} {
set y [expr sin($x)*exp(-0.1*$x)]
$dr2 create line $xold $yold $x $y
set xold $x
set yold $y
}
$dr2 configure -pencolour orange
set xold 0
set yold [expr cos(0)]
for {set x 0} {$x<20} {set x [expr $x+.25]} {
set y [expr cos($x)*exp(-0.1*$x)]
$dr2 create line $xold $yold $x $y
set xold $x
set yold $y
}
$dr2 configure -pencolour green
# a simple rectangle drawn as a line with 5 coordinates (10 values, last repeats first)
$dr2 create line 1 .8 19 .8 19 -.8 1 -.8 1 .8
$dr2 configure -pencolour yellow
#$dr2 create polygon 0 -1 1.0 -.9 2 -.7 3 -.2 4 0.5 2 .8 -smooth true
$dr2 create rectangle 0 -1 10.0 1.0
$dr2 create oval 0 -1 10.0 1.0
# you can also add 'pure' canvas options to the grapharea using pixel coordinates:
interp invokehidden {} $dr2 create text 120 30 -fill black -text "Graph Area"
$dr2 configure -pencolour purple
# or you can use the graph space to define the text position
$dr2 create text 10.0 0.9 -text {{Text Placed using Graph Space}}
$dr2 create line 4.0 0.86 14.0 .86
# creating a long line of coordinates
set xys ""
for {set x 0} {$x<20} {set x [expr $x+.25]} {
set y [expr cos(2*$x)*sin(0.3*$x)]
lappend xys $x $y
}
puts "Length [llength $xys] [$dr2 cget -pencolour] [$dr2 cget -xmin] [$dr2 cget -xmax]"
puts "[$dr2 configure]"
puts "[$dr2 configure -pencolour]"
$dr2 create line $xys
}
puts "Call testplotc to test the plot canvas"
set entrypts {}
lappend entrypts {testplotc "Call testplotc to test the plot canvas"}
catch {destroy .testplotcanvas}
set fex [frame .testplotcanvas]
foreach ep $entrypts { ;# create a button to launch an example procedure
set choice [lindex $ep 0]
button $fex.$choice -text "[lindex $ep 1]" -command [lindex $ep 0]
pack $fex.$choice -side left
}
pack $fex -side top
