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CLASS:: DrawGrid
summary:: Draws grid lines on a UserView for plotting
categories:: GUI>Accessories
related:: Reference/plot, Classes/GridLines, Classes/Plotter, Classes/UserView
DESCRIPTION::
DrawGrid is used by Plotter to draw the grid lines on a graph. It can however also be used to draw GridLines on any UserView and could even be used to add grid lines to UserViews behind sliders or in any GUI.
Note that DrawGrid does not hold any reference to the UserView but is meant to have its .draw method called inside of the UserView's drawFunc. It only needs to know what bounds the grid lines should be drawn within and what the horizontal and vertical GridLines are.
CLASSMETHODS::
METHOD:: new
argument:: bounds
the bounds to draw within. Multiple DrawGrid may be used to draw grids on a single UserView.
argument:: horzGrid
a GridLines or BlankGridLines or GridLines subclass
argument:: vertGrid
a GridLines or BlankGridLines or GridLines subclass
returns:: a DrawGrid
METHOD:: test
For testing new GridLines objects.
code::
DrawGrid.test( \freq.asSpec.grid, \amp.asSpec.grid );
DrawGrid.test( nil, \degree.asSpec.grid );
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argument:: horzGrid
a GridLines object or subclass
argument:: vertGrid
a GridLines object or subclass
argument:: bounds
default: 500 @ 400
returns:: a DrawGrid
INSTANCEMETHODS::
METHOD:: draw
This draws to the currently active UserView. This method is meant to be called from inside the drawFunc of a UserView.
returns:: nil
METHOD:: horzGrid
set the x gridLines
argument:: g
a GridLines
returns:: self
METHOD:: vertGrid
set the y gridLines
argument:: g
a GridLines
returns:: self
METHOD:: bounds
get or set bounds
argument:: b
a Rect
returns:: a Rect
METHOD:: font
get or set Font
argument:: f
a Font
returns:: a Font
METHOD:: fontColor
get or set font color
argument:: c
a Color
returns:: a Color
METHOD:: gridColors
Set the colors of each of the axis.
argument:: colors
an array of two colors: x,y
returns:: self
METHOD:: opacity
get or set opacity
returns:: float
METHOD:: smoothing
see Pen smoothing
returns:: smoothing
METHOD:: linePattern
see Pen linePattern
returns:: (returnvalue)
METHOD:: init
private
argument:: bounds
argument:: h
argument:: v
returns:: (returnvalue)
METHOD:: x
private
A DrawGridX object that draws the x (horizontal) axis
returns:: a DrawGridX
METHOD:: y
private
A DrawGridY object that draws the y (vertical) axis
returns:: a DrawGridY
METHOD:: copy
safely make a copy of this object and its working members.
returns:: a new DrawGrid
METHOD:: clearCache
private
returns:: self
EXAMPLES::
code::
(
w = Window.new.front;
u = UserView(w,Rect(20,20,300,300));
// the Spec can define its preferred grid system
x = \freq.asSpec.grid;
y = \amp.asSpec.grid;
d = DrawGrid(Rect(0,0,500,300), x,y);
u.drawFunc = {
d.draw
};
)
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