plotting.PlotText Class Reference

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	Draw

Private Attributes
	_l
	_text
	_x
	_y

Detailed Description

Abstraction on top of TLatex

Definition at line 1333 of file plotting.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def plotting.PlotText.__init__	(		self,
			x,
			y,
			text,
			size = None,
			bold = True,
			align = "left",
			color = ROOT.kBlack,
			font = None
	)

Constructor.

Arguments:
x     -- X coordinate of the text (in NDC)
y     -- Y coordinate of the text (in NDC)
text  -- String to draw
size  -- Size of text (None for the default value, taken from gStyle)
bold  -- Should the text be bold?
align -- Alignment of text (left, center, right)
color -- Color of the text
font  -- Specify font explicitly

Definition at line 1335 of file plotting.py.

    def __init__(self, x, y, text, size=None, bold=True, align="left", color=ROOT.kBlack, font=None):
        """Constructor.

        Arguments:
        x     -- X coordinate of the text (in NDC)
        y     -- Y coordinate of the text (in NDC)
        text  -- String to draw
        size  -- Size of text (None for the default value, taken from gStyle)
        bold  -- Should the text be bold?
        align -- Alignment of text (left, center, right)
        color -- Color of the text
        font  -- Specify font explicitly
        """
        self._x = x
        self._y = y
        self._text = text

        self._l = ROOT.TLatex()
        self._l.SetNDC()
        if not bold:
            self._l.SetTextFont(self._l.GetTextFont()-20) # bold -> normal
        if font is not None:
            self._l.SetTextFont(font)
        if size is not None:
            self._l.SetTextSize(size)
        if isinstance(align, basestring):
            if align.lower() == "left":
                self._l.SetTextAlign(11)
            elif align.lower() == "center":
                self._l.SetTextAlign(21)
            elif align.lower() == "right":
                self._l.SetTextAlign(31)
            else:
                raise Exception("Error: Invalid option '%s' for text alignment! Options are: 'left', 'center', 'right'."%align)
        else:
            self._l.SetTextAlign(align)
        self._l.SetTextColor(color)