JKQtPlotter/examples/simpletest_errorbarstyles/README.md
jkriege2 a67975e680 - major rework of graph styling (now using mix-in classes)
- some reorganizations into different files
- additional options for graph filling (color gradients, textures, ...) as provided by QBrush
- PREPARATIONS: added a general feature to JKQTPPlotElement which allows to show a graph in a highlighted state (if supported by the derived graph class!)
- JKQTPXYParametrizedScatterGraph: added functors to transform column values into symbol type+size and line-width to give even more control
- JKQTPStepHorizontalGraph has been renamed to JKQTPSpecialLineHorizontalGraph (vertical variants also) and have gained additional features (baseline for filling and drawing of symbols)
- filled curve graphs (e.g. JKQTPSpecialLineHorizontalGraph) are now merely a specializedly initialized JKQTPSpecialLineHorizontalGraph
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# Example (JKQTPlotter): Different Types of Errorindicators {#JKQTPlotterErrorBarStyles}
This project (see `./examples/simpletest_errorbarstyles/`) simply creates a JKQTPlotter widget (as a new window) and adds several curves show-casing different styles of error indicators. Data is initialized from two QVector<double> objects.
The source code of the main application can be found in [`jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles.cpp`](https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/tree/master/examples/simpletest_errorbarstyles/jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles.cpp).
First some data is added to the internal datastore (mostly, like explained in several other examples, like e.g. [Line Graph with Different Symbols and Line Styles](https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/tree/master/examples/simpletest_symbols_and_styles)). The (in a loop) several graphs are added, each with a distinct style for its error indicators:
```.cpp
// 3. now we make several plots with different error styles
// for that we iterate over every style from the vector errorStyles
// the array showXandYError indicates whether we want x- and y-error
// for a style for all stywhere this is false, only y-error-indicators
// are shown
QVector<JKQTPErrorPlotstyle> errorStyles {JKQTPNoError, JKQTPErrorBars, JKQTPErrorSimpleBars, JKQTPErrorLines, JKQTPErrorPolygons, JKQTPErrorBoxes, JKQTPErrorEllipses, JKQTPErrorBarsPolygons, JKQTPErrorBarsLines, JKQTPErrorSimpleBarsLines, JKQTPErrorSimpleBarsPolygons };
QVector<bool> showXandYError { false , true , true , false , false , true , true , false , false , false , false };
for (int errorID=0; errorID<errorStyles.size(); errorID++) {
// generate some plot data
QVector<double> Y;
for (auto& xx: X) {
Y<<xx*0.5+static_cast<double>(errorID)*2.5;
}
// create a graph object
JKQTPXYLineErrorGraph* graph=new JKQTPXYLineErrorGraph(&plot);
// copy data into datastore and immediately set the yColumn
graph->setXColumn(columnX);
graph->setYColumn(ds->addCopiedColumn(Y, "y"+QString::number(errorID)));
graph->setXErrorColumn(columnXError);
graph->setYErrorColumn(columnYError);
// set error style, for the y-axis
graph->setYErrorStyle(errorStyles[errorID]);
// no error indicators for the x-values
graph->setXErrorStyle(JKQTPNoError);
// ... unless: for some error styles we want error in both directions
if (showXandYError[errorID]) {
graph->setXErrorStyle(errorStyles[errorID]);
graph->setDrawLine(false);
}
// make error indicator 30% transparent
QColor c=graph->getErrorFillColor();
c.setAlphaF(0.3);
graph->setErrorFillColor(c);
// set error indicator line width
graph->setErrorWidth(1);
// set length of small bars at the end of error bars
graph->setErrorbarSize(15);
// set symbol (cross/X) + pen style (and color)dashed)
graph->setSymbolType(JKQTPCross);
graph->setLineStyle(Qt::DashLine);
// set symbol size
graph->setSymbolSize(5);
// set width of symbol lines
graph->setSymbolLineWidth(1);
// set width of graph line
graph->setLineWidth(1);
// graph title is made from symbol+errorStylestyle, we use the LaTeX instruction \verb around the
// result of JKQTPErrorPlotstyle2String(), because it contains underscores that would otherwise
// lead to lower-case letter, which we don't want
graph->setTitle("\\verb{"+JKQTPErrorPlotstyle2String(errorStyles[errorID])+"}");
// add the graph to the plot, so it is actually displayed
plot.addGraph(graph);
}
```
The error styles are set in these lines:
```.cpp
// set error style, for the y-axis
graph->setYErrorStyle(errorStyles[errorID]);
// no error indicators for the x-values
graph->setXErrorStyle(errorStyles[errorID]);
```
There are several variables that can be used to further style the error indicator, like:
```.cpp
// make error indicator 30% transparent
QColor c=graph->getErrorFillColor();
c.setAlphaF(0.3);
graph->setErrorFillColor(c);
// set error indicator line width
graph->setErrorWidth(1);
// set length of small bars at the end of error bars
graph->setErrorbarSize(15);
```
There are more properties that you can find in the documentation of the mix-in classes `JKQTPXYGraphErrors`, `JKQTPXGraphErrors`, `JKQTPYGraphErrors`, `JKQTPGraphErrors`.
In addition the plot key is moved outside the pot and the grid in the plot is switched off:
```.cpp
// 6. change locaion of key (outside top-right)
plot.getPlotter()->setKeyPosition(JKQTPKeyOutsideRightTop);
// ... and switch off the grid
plot.getXAxis()->setDrawGrid(false);
plot.getXAxis()->setDrawMinorGrid(false);
plot.getYAxis()->setDrawGrid(false);
plot.getYAxis()->setDrawMinorGrid(false);
```
The result looks like this:
![jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/master/screenshots/jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles.png)
Error bars are implemented in the mixin-classes `JKQTPXYGraphErrors`, `JKQTPXGraphErrors` and `JKQTPYGraphErrors` that are all derived from `JKQTPGraphErrors`. With these it is simple to add error indicators to several different plot styles. Usually you can recognize these by looking at the class name, e.g. `JKQTPXYLineGraph` is a simple line+symbol graph, and `JKQTPXYLineErrorGraph` is the same with error indictaors (see above). There are also several other plots with error indicators:
- `JKQTPBarVerticalErrorGraph` for barcharts with errors:<br>![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/master/screenshots/jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles_barcharts.png)
- `JKQTPImpulsesVerticalGraph` for impulse/candle-stick charts with errors:<br>![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/master/screenshots/jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles_impulses.png)
- `JKQTPFilledCurveXErrorGraph` for filled curves with errors:<br>![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/master/screenshots/jkqtplotter_simpletest_errorbarstyles_filledcurves.png)
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