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Feature #3659

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How do I control the color of text in Wt::WCartesianChart

Added by Mikey Nosihcan over 9 years ago. Updated about 9 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
High
Assignee:
Benoit Daccache
Target version:
Start date:
11/11/2014
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I am using Wt::WCartesianChart. (C++11 on Ubuntu 14.04 with default gcc tool chain) I wrote the following code:

void DecorateChart( WCartesianChart* chart )
{
    WAxis& x_axis = chart->axis( Wt::Chart::Axis::XAxis );
    WColor clrX( 255, 0, 0 );
    WPen pX;
    pX.setColor( clrX );
    pX.setWidth( 3 );
    x_axis.setPen( pX );
   ...
}

This code works fine. x axis on the chart is displayed in bright red. But the label fonts are still rendered in black.

How do I control the color of fonts on the x Axis, and in general, the color of fonts in Wt::Chart widgets - WFont does not seem have a way to control colors - no pen, no brush, no color properties.

Actions #1

Updated by Mikey Nosihcan over 9 years ago

I am still quite new to Wt, and reading through the docs I found WStandardPalette, so I also tried:

    WColor clrS( 0, 255,255 );
    WPen cp = chart->palette( )->strokePen( 0 );
    cp.setColor( clrS );

So that the fonts would show in bright blue/green but this did seem to have any effect. I am unclear as to how add, access and use pens and brushes with WStandardPalette.

Actions #2

Updated by Koen Deforche over 9 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Support to Feature
  • Assignee set to Koen Deforche

That doesn't change the color in the palette (standard palette doesn't allow that).

You will want to implement a custom palette (specialize Wt::Chart::WChartPalette).

As to the original question: an API call indeed seems to be missing to configure the pen color used for rendering text.

Actions #3

Updated by Mikey Nosihcan over 9 years ago

You will want to implement a custom palette (specialize Wt::Chart::WChartPalette).

OK - will do that, see what it gets me. I did see the docs talking about that, haven't had a chance to get into it yet.

An API call indeed seems to be missing to configure the pen color used for rendering text.

I guess that should become a feature request. I am working with mathematical charts, and I also prefer a dark background with various colors showing different axes in different colors and their relationships to one another - having fonts to match the axis color and that will show up well on dark backgrounds is quite important.

But over-all I am very excited with Wt - I have worked a good deal with gtkmm and Qt so I was up and running with it very quickly. I have been waitng for a tool like this for a long time - finally I can use C to write browser based apps - it's like the holy grail of development for me.

Tnx

Actions #4

Updated by Koen Deforche about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to InProgress
  • Assignee changed from Koen Deforche to Benoit Daccache
  • Target version set to 3.3.4

There's a missing setTextPen() in WCartesianChart that's used for all renderLabel() calls in WCartesianChart and WAxis.

Actions #5

Updated by Benoit Daccache about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from InProgress to Resolved

Added WCartesianChart::setTextPen() and WAxis::setTextPen()

Actions #6

Updated by Koen Deforche about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed
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