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    Default Set semi-transparent background on QwtPlotZoomer RectRubberBand

    Hello!
    I guess this must be a pretty easy question, but I cannot answer it without your help. I want to draw a semi-transparent background on the zoom rectangle of the QwtPlotZoomer. I have tried setting QPen and QBrush, but this only changed the rubberband line style, not the interior of the selection rectangle.

    My code as of now is:
    Qt Code:
    1. PlotZoomer::PlotZoomer(int xAxis, int yAxis, QwtPlotCanvas* canvas) : QwtPlotZoomer(xAxis,yAxis,canvas)
    2. {
    3. QBrush brush(Qt::darkBlue);
    4. QPen pen(brush,5,Qt::DotLine);
    5. setRubberBandPen(pen);
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    Thank you in advance!

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    Default Re: Set semi-transparent background on QwtPlotZoomer RectRubberBand

    Qt Code:
    1. virtual void PlotZoomer::drawRubberBand( QPainter *painter ) const
    2. {
    3. QColor c( Qt::darkBlue );
    4. c.setAlpha( 128 );
    5.  
    6. painter->setBrush( c );
    7. QwtPlotZoomer::drawRubberBand( painter );
    8. }
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    Note that this code works for alpha values >= 128 only. A solutions supporting all alpha values would look like this:

    Qt Code:
    1. virtual void drawRubberBand( QPainter *painter ) const
    2. {
    3. if ( dynamic_cast< const QBitmap *>( painter->device() ) )
    4. {
    5. painter->setBrush( Qt::color1 );
    6. }
    7. else
    8. {
    9. QColor c( Qt::darkBlue );
    10. c.setAlpha( 60 );
    11.  
    12. painter->setBrush( c );
    13. }
    14.  
    15. QwtPlotZoomer::drawRubberBand( painter );
    16. }
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    Uwe

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    Default Re: Set semi-transparent background on QwtPlotZoomer RectRubberBand

    Dear Uwe,
    thank you for your fast reply! Strangely enough, the first code snippet did not bring by any changes, but the second code worked exactly the way I had wished!

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    Default Re: Set semi-transparent background on QwtPlotZoomer RectRubberBand

    Both solutions don't work for me (code compiles but nothing changes) could you please tell me why and what can i do?

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