Coordinate system issues in QPaint

[David406]

Hi all, I'm a Qt beginner and met a problem when reading examples on QPaint. Here's the reimplemented paintEvent() code:

void painterTime::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
{
    QPainter painter(this);
    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
    QPen pen(Qt::black);
    pen.setWidth(6);
    painter.setPen(pen);
    QRect r = rect().adjusted(10, 10, -10, -10);
    painter.drawRoundedRect(r, 20, 10);
    painter.save();
    r.adjust(20, 20, -20, -20);
    painter.setViewport(r);
    r.moveTo(0, -r.height()/2);
    painter.setWindow(r);
    drawChart(&painter, r);
    painter.restore();
}

and the drawChart() member function is defined as follows:

void painterTime::drawChart(QPainter *painter, const QRect &rect)
{
    painter->setPen(Qt::red);
    painter->drawLine(0, 0, rect.width(), 0);
}

The resulting paint is:

Which is not what I'm expecting it to be.

Since I suppose the origin of painter coordinate system to be the default origin of widget client region, namely the top-left corner of geometry(), the result should be something like this:

because in drawChart function, a line is drawn without clipping from the origin with a length of the width of the window and viewport, and in my opinion the origion of painter is the same as the device because I have not transformed it. To confirm my guess, I modified the code paint part:

void painterTime::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
{
    QPainter painter(this);
    painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
    QPen pen(Qt::black);
    pen.setWidth(6);
    painter.setPen(pen);
    int w = rect().width();
    int h = rect().height();
    painter.setWindow(0, -h/2, w, h);
    painter.setViewport(w/4, h/4, w/2, h/2);
    painter.drawRect(0, -h/2, w, h);
}

It draws as expected and confirms my guesss that painter coordinate system is the same as that of the device:

My logic is deducted as follows:

So I got a contradiction.

My question is what actually is the coordinate system and origin of QPainter instance? How to explain this contradiction I got? If you have any question about my statement, please leave a comment! Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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[Flotisable]

@David406
if you can confirms that the coordinate system is the same as the device from the paintEvent you modified. I think you know that setViewport changes the physical coordinate to QRect(w/4,h/4,w/2,h/2), and setWindow changes the logical coordinate to QRect(0,-h/2,w,h).

if I understand correctly about painter's window and viewport

now you draw a rect with logical coordinate QRect(0,-h/2,w,h), it will map to physical coordinate QRect(w/4,h/4,w/2,h/2).

for the first paintEvent, setViewport changes the physical coordinate to QRect(30,30,rect().width()-60,rect().height()-60)
and setWindow changes the logical coordinate to QRect(0,-(rect().height()-60)/2,rect().width()-60,rect().height()-60)( x move 30 and y move ( rect().height() - 60 ) / 2 + 30 )

you draw a line with logical coordinate QLine(0,0,rect().width()-60,0) which will map to physical coordinate
QLine(30,30+(rect().height()-60)/2,rect().width()-30,30+(rect().height()-60)/2)

to simplify, you draw a line with logical coordinate in the middle of the painter's window, it will map to the middle of the painter's viewport

since the viewport does not touch the widget's border, this line will not touch the widget's border

[David406]

@Flotisable
Thanks for your detailed explanation! I found that I made a mistake with the moveTo method. I have updated my question and added a picture deducting my logic for the confirmation code. Could you please take a look at it and suggest if I'm right on the coordinates? By the way, you might need to open this picture in your desktop so as to zoom in.

[Flotisable]

@David406
your logic about the confirmation code is the same as mine. maybe it's my bad explanation that you don't get the point.

so do you understand why the result of paint does not match your expectation?

to explain more clear, I use picture to explain step by step

from the start you have a rect of the widget

after painter.setViewport( r ), the viewport will be

after painter.setWindow( r ), you will have a window
( to make the picture more clear, I do not place the window on the right place, but point out it's coordinate )

then painter->drawLine( 0, 0, rect.width(), 0 ) will have

the line will map to viewport this way

so you get a line in the middle of the widget
this is my opinion

[David406]

@Flotisable
Thanks a lot. I get your point and it helped me realize that I made a mistake on the moveTo method. Now everything is clear. BTW, could I ask with what tool do you draw your pictures?

[Flotisable]

@David406
I use "libreoffice draw"