How to set the coordinate system? - c++

I have a class MaskGraphicsWidget.cpp inheriting from QGraphicsView which contains several functions, the constructor is:
MaskGraphicsWidget::MaskGraphicsWidget(QTreeWidget * tree, QWidget* parent) : QGraphicsView(parent), m_tree_widget(tree){
setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
m_mask_scene = new QGraphicsScene;
m_mask_scene->setSceneRect(0, 0, 250, 250);
setScene(m_mask_scene);
primitive = 0;
minX = 0;
minY = 0;
}
where I initialize my scene m_mask_scene and I set the coordinate system.
I also have a function MousePressEvent :
http://pastebin.com/wjwDTQzw
And my MaskGraphicsWidget.h is like that :
QGraphicsScene* m_mask_scene;
QList<QPointF> m_polygon_points;
QList<QGraphicsLineItem*> m_polygon_lines;
int minX;
int minY;
My problem is that, I want to set the Pos of the QGraphicsPolygonItem poly but if I set it to the value min and max (that I calculate somewhere else), the item moves from the current Pos to the Pos of min and max. Basically it sets the Pos of the item in his own coordinate system. How can I write that I want to set the Pos in the coordinate system of the m_mask_scene ?
Sorry for my English, if you did not understand, feel free to add a comment !
Edit 1 :
m_polygon_points and m_polygon_lines are filled somewhere else and it's working. (see pastebin)
Edit 2 : Added the plan, see below for better (I hope) understanding !
Explanation of the plan : the black polygon is what I got (I do not set any Pos), but if I do set the Pos at min and max, I get the red polygon. I want to set the Pos at min and max AND still have the black polygon ! Sorry for my poor paint skills
Edit 3 : Of course, if I print the Pos of the QGraphicsPolygonItem poly, it shows (0,0).
Edit 4 : Added a pastebin to not overload the post, I've put everything in it, please ignore the PrimitiveItem things, and the case 0 and 1 which are not for the QGraphicsPolygonItem.
Edit 5 : To clarify, I catch the event on MousePressEvent:
if it's a left click, I use it to create a new point (creating new lines for my polygon)
if it's a right click, I don't use the event but instead I just close my polygon, delete all the lines added to the scene and adding the polygon in the scene.

QPointF point(event->x(), event->y());
With event being a QMouseEvent, a call to x() and y() returns coordinates relative to the widget that receives the event. In this case, MaskGraphicsWidget, which is a QGraphicsView.
If you add an item to a scene and want to set its position, you're setting its position relative to its parent. In the case of an item with no parent, the position is relative to the scene (in scene coordinates).
So your current code is trying to set view coordinates, not scene coordinates. You need to convert the position of the mouse coordinates to the scene: -
QPointF scenePoint = mapToScene(event->pos());
Then use this to set the position of the newly created item.
Note that a QGraphicsView is like a window looking into a world (the QGraphicsScene), so it may not match the scene coordinates.

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How to appropriately get position of QGraphicsRectItem after drag-release?

I wanted to have an online monitoring system that could tell where the shape is currently, but am getting very weird coordinates of the item, also the dimensions of it get higher by 1 each time I create new one and drag it.
Initial position (map size is 751 by 751, checked by outputting to qDebug(), scene bound to yellow space) :
Dragging it to the left top corner.
As you can see in the beginning it was on (200;200), but after dragging it is on (-201;-196). After deleting it and creating new shape on the same position with the same properties, new shape can't be seen because it is outside of the map, which suggests that edits don't show correct data.
Here is the code of updating the edits:
void CallableGraphicsRectItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent* event)
{
QGraphicsRectItem::mouseReleaseEvent(event);
ptr->updateEdits(this);
}
Here is what I managed to cut down into updateEdits():
void MainWindow::updateEdits(QAbstractGraphicsShapeItem* item)
{
//stuff not related to scene
auto posReal = item->scenePos();
auto pos = posReal.toPoint();
//create QString from coordinates
QString coordinate;
coordinate.setNum(pos.x());
ui->leftXEdit->setText(coordinate);
coordinate.setNum(pos.y());
ui->upperYEdit->setText(coordinate);
//get width and height for rect, radius for circle
auto boundingRectReal = item->sceneBoundingRect();
auto boundingRect = boundingRectReal.toRect();
ui->widthEdit->setText(QString::number(boundingRect.width()));
//disables height edit for circles, not really relevant
if (!items[currentShapeIndex].isRect)
{
ui->heightEdit->setDisabled(true);
}
else
{
ui->heightEdit->setDisabled(false);
ui->heightEdit->setText(QString::number(boundingRect.height()));
}
}
Here is how I anchor the QGraphicsScene to the left top corner of the yellow area:
scene->setSceneRect(0, 0, mapSize.width() - 20, mapSize.height() - 20);
ui->graphicsView->setScene(scene);
How can I report the right data to the edits?
You're better off overriding the itemChange method and using the ItemPositionHasChanged notification. You have to set the ItemSendsGeometryChanges flag on the item so that it receives these notifications.
I'm not sure that your item's final position has been set when you're still in the mouseReleaseEvent method. Tracking it in itemChange will ensure that the data is valid, and this kind of thing is what it's for.
Also, note that "pos" is in the item's parent coordinates, and "boundingRect" is in the item's coordinate space. You should use "scenePos" and "sceneBoundingRect" if you want to be sure you're using scene coordinates. If the item doesn't have a parent, then "pos" and "scenePos" will return the same values, but "boundingRect" and "sceneBoundingRect" will generally differ.

QGraphicsItem position after changing boundingRect

I have class derived from QGraphicsItem. It contains vector of points wich I draw in paint:
for(int i = 0; i < _vertexes.size(); i++)
{
...
painter->drawEllipse(_vertexes[i], POINT_RADIUS, POINT_RADIUS);
}
when I add point in _vertexes with this code
prepareGeometryChange();
_vertexes.pop_back();
position of points in the view is changing, boundingRect is calculated using _vertexes
How to save points positions? I don't want all points change position after adding new one if new boundingRect is bigger. By the pos() returns always the same position (0, 0) but it could be in a different position of screen.
I don't set initial sceneRect, so it was recalculated and scrolled after each increasing scene items bounding rect. Setting scene rect by ui->graphicsView->setSceneRect(x, y, width, heigh);
before adding of my items solves the problem,

Constraining child QGraphicsItem to scene?

Does anyone have a better way to constrain a child of a QGraphicsItem to a scene?
I have successfully properly constrained a parent QGraphicsItem to its scene by overriding itemChange, but now I need to do the same for the child QGraphicsItem.
Example Use-case:
This code works... for the most part. The only problem is the QGraphicsItem's velocity when hitting either side will affect its endstop position:
QVariant SizeGripItem::HandleItem::itemChange(GraphicsItemChange change,
const QVariant &value)
{
QPointF newPos = value.toPointF();
if (change == ItemPositionChange)
{
if(scene())
{
newPos.setY(pos().y()); // Y-coordinate is constant.
if(scenePos().x() < 0 ) //If child item is off the left side of the scene,
{
if (newPos.x() < pos().x()) // and is trying to move left,
{
newPos.setX(pos().x()); // then hold its position
}
}
else if( scenePos().x() > scene()->sceneRect().right()) //If child item is off the right side of the scene,
{
if (newPos.x() > pos().x()) //and is trying to move right,
{
newPos.setX(pos().x()); // then hold its position
}
}
}
}
return newPos;
}
For the parent item, I used:
newPos.setX(qMin(scRect.right(), qMax(newPos.x(), scRect.left())));
which worked perfectly, but I'm stumped as to how or if I could use that here.
First, to be specific, scenes effectively have no boundaries. What you're trying to do is constrain the item to the scene rectangle that you've set elsewhere.
The problem I see is in your use of scenePos. This is an ItemPositionChange; the item's scenePos hasn't been updated with the new position yet, so when you check for scenePos being out of the scene rect, you're really checking the result of the last position change, not the current one. Because of that, your item ends up just off the edge of the scene rectangle and then sticks there. How far off the edge depends on how fast you were moving the mouse, which dictates how much distance there is between ItemPositionChange notifications.
Instead, you need to compare the new position to the scene rectangle and then restrict the value that gets returned to be within the scene rectangle. You need the new position in scene coordinates to do the comparison, so you need something like:
QPoint new_scene_pos = mapToScene (new_pos);
if (new_scene_pos.x() < scene()->sceneRect().left())
{
new_scene_pos.setX (scene()->sceneRect().left());
new_pos = mapFromScene (new_scene_pos);
}
This isn't complete code, obviously, but these are the conversions and checks you need to do to keep it in on the left side. The right side is very similar, so just use the new_scene_pos for the comparison there.
Note that I didn't assume that the left edge of sceneRecT is at 0. I'm sure that's what you coded where you set the sceneRect, but using the actual left value rather than assuming it's 0 eliminates any problems if you end up later changing the range of scene coordinates you're planning to work with.
I used "left" instead of "x" on the sceneRect call just because it parallels using "right" for the other side. They're exactly the same, but I think it reads slightly better in this case.

QGraphicsView Zooming in and out with qpushbutton

I have a QGraphicsScene and i want to do zooming ( in and out ) with a qpushbutton , i have this code :
void fonction(){
Scene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
ui->graphicsView->setScene(Scene);
QPen Pen ;
QBrush Brush(Qt::red) ;
Pen.setWidth(5);
ellipse = Scene->addEllipse(2,2,30,30,Pen,Brush);
}
How to do it ?
I have tried :
void HomePage::on_pushButton_4_clicked()
{
if(Zoom!=10 ){
Zoom=Zoom+0.1 ;
}
ui->graphicsView->show();
}
But something does not happen .
You haven't used your Zoom variable to do anything with QGraphicsView. You'll need to call:
ui->graphicsView->scale (Zoom, Zoom);
This will change the zoom level. The method scales the current transformation by the value of Zoom. Your code doesn't show what Zoom starts as, but you'll want it to start 1, I suspect. If it starts at 0, so that the first Zoom level is 0.1, then your scene will zoom very far out on the first button press.
In order to control this, you may want to use ui->graphicsView->transform() to get the current transformation matrix and look at the m11 and m22 values for the current zoom levels.
Again, the scale method scales the current transformation, so each time you call it, you're scaling from the current scale factors, not the original values (which are 1 by default, indicating no scaling transformation).

How to map item coordinates?

I know that every item has own coordinates relative to scene. I am adding an ellipse in the scene. Each of them returns the following from boundingRect(): QRect(0, 0, 50, 50). I don't know how to map coordinates to another QGraphicsItem which is a line. The line supposed to connect this two ellipses. I have correct coordinates of ellipses and I am passing them to a custom QGraphicsLineItem constructor. However the line is in a wrong place. How should I use mapFromItem() or other method to get the result?
I get each ellipse's coordinates as follows:
selfCoords = ellipse->mapFromScene(QPointF(0.0,0.0));
You should map the coordinates from each ellipse to some common coordinate system that you can then map to the line's parent. The common coordinate system can be the scene's coordinate system.
For example, to connect the centers of the ellipses:
QGraphicsScene scene;
QGraphicsEllipseItem e1, e2;
scene.addItem(&e1);
scene.addItem(&e2);
... // set the ellipse rects/sizes
auto start = e1.mapToScene(e1.boundingRect().center());
auto end = e2.mapToScene(e2.boundingRect().center());
QGraphicsLineItem l(QLineF(start, end));
scene.addItem(&l);
You can do this because the line's parent is the scene. Now assume that we had some other parent for the line - you'd need to map the coordinates to that parent instead.
...
QGraphicsItem p;
p(20, 20);
scene.addItem(&p);
auto start = e1.mapToItem(&p, e1.boundingRect().center());
auto end = e2.mapToItem(&p, e2.boundingRect().center());
QGraphicsLineItem l(QLineF(start, end), &p);
If I want to add new ellipse on mouse position, how to map coords to ellipse item to get right position on scene ? For example from contextMenuEvent I get
QPointF coords = event->scenePos(); and there I want to create ellipse. I have custom QGraphicsScene MyScene where I have pointer to QGraphicsView* view.
I use event form void MyScene::contextMenuEvent(QGraphicsSceneContextMenuEvent *event)
QPointF coords = event->scenePos();
QPointF ellpiseCoords = view->mapToScene(coords .x(), coords .y())
I always get wrong transform.