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Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot [message #89796 is a reply to message #89785]

Wed, 03 December 2014 14:11

dg86
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On Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:19:26 PM UTC-5, Chris Torrence wrote:
> I think it always tries to keep "annotations" (like Polygons, Text, etc.) on top of the "visualizations" (like Plots, etc). One possibility is to use POLYGON with the /DATA keyword, so it throws it into the Visualization space instead of Annotation space.
>
> However, a better way might be to do a fake plot with FILL_BACKGROUND:
>
> pos = [0.2,0.2,0.8,0.8]
> win = window(dimensions = [512, 512])
> im = image(randomu(seed, [512, 512]), position = [0, 0, 1, 1], current = win)
> pl = plot([0, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0], position=pos, current=win, $
> /fill_background, fill_color = 'yellow', fill_level=0, $
> axis_style=0, linestyle='none')
> p2 = plot([0, 1], position = pos, current = win)
>
> -Chris

Victory! Many thanks, Chris.
Even so, fixing the background_color property might be easier.

All the best,

David

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		Filling the frame of a NG plot By: dg86 on Wed, 03 December 2014 08:43
		Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Wed, 03 December 2014 09:40
		Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot By: dg86 on Wed, 03 December 2014 09:57
		Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot By: dg86 on Wed, 03 December 2014 09:59
		Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Wed, 03 December 2014 10:19
		Re: Filling the frame of a NG plot By: dg86 on Wed, 03 December 2014 14:11

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