Label data points with vertical text (QChart)

[delos]

Hi

I writing a code that plots two spline graphs using QChartView and QChart. Inside that chart I wanted to add some rectangles without succees. In fact, I managed to add such rectangles with QGraphicsRectItem but they won't rescale when I resize the main window. Overriding with resizeEvent makes it all too slow.
Therefore, I used QScatterSeries to create a data series in the chart that look like rectangles. Now I nedd to label them with some text.
I activated the labels with setPointLabelVisible(true) and gave them a text using setPointLabelsFormat("text").
My question now is, is there a way to make the text apear in vertical direction? Otherwise the text would overlap and therefore not be readable anymore.
I attached a picture to visualize my problem.

Best regards!
delos

[Pl45m4]

@delos

I guess you have to write your own vertical Label-class and paint it above your data point manually.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9183050/vertical-qlabel-or-the-equivalent

From there:

void LabelWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
{
    QPainter painter(this);
    painter.setPen(Qt::black);
    //... Need an appropriate call to painter.translate() for this to work properly
    painter.rotate(90);
    painter.drawText(QPoint(0,0), _text);
}

Is it necessary to show the text at all time? Something like a ToolTip ( triggered by mouseHover over data point) might solve your problem?!

[delos]

@Pl45m4

Thanks for your answer. I tried things like using my own text objects but they won't scale with the data points. Mayby I didn't assign the to the data correctly. Actually I don't know how to d this ;)

The tool tips are in fact a great idea. Could you let me know how to do this?

Cheers
delos

[Pl45m4]

@delos

There is this signal... (I've never used this before, but it should work)

You connect your funtion to it and display your custom tooltip bubble with your information.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51085719/showing-tooltip-in-a-qt-chart-with-multiple-y-axes

@delos said in Label data points with vertical text (QChart):

they won't scale with the data points

If you resize the whole window or if you add more data points to your ScatterSeries?

[delos]

@Pl45m4

Both, whe I rescale and when I add more data points out of range.

[Pl45m4]

@delos

Then using tooltips should fix it, because the QXYSeries::hovered signal will send the point and the state (true / false = mouse over point / mouse left data point).
You "only" need to map your tooltip data (label text) to your data points. Implementing the tooltip functionality might be not that easy but I dont see any other way, if using the default labels doesn't work for you.

[delos]

Thanks @Pl45m4

I'll try but it might take a while since I am just starting.
When I'am done, I will report on my success or failure.

Cheers
delos