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TikZ/PGF: how to execute .code{} when the shape is initialized
I am trying to figure out how to declare a PGF shape with an "optional" part, but I am running into trouble with initial values vs. key/value pairs. I have created a minimal working example:
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Option for a custom TikZ command which can be set to one of three values
Related:
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/730199/319072
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/730112/319072
I am trying to make an option for a custom tikz command which can be set to one of three values. ...
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make tikzpicture option which carries over to custom commands - pgfkeys
I have made some custom commands for tikz that I want to provide global options for.
I know how to provide options locally to the commands from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/730112/319072, but I ...
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get a boolean key=value with a default value, and a numeric key=value to work together in tikz
I am interested in learning pgfkeys, and using them for key=value options in custom tikz commands. I am exploring the section 87 in the tikz doc, but it will take me some time to go through.
I can get ...
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A question on Tikz keys
Using the code in this answer I sometimes need to change the fill color where it says white in the code: node[midway,sloped,fill=white,dim label]. What is the way to do that?
\documentclass[tikz, ...
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How to use `tikzfeynmanset` to fill-in a blob in the `feynman` environment
Quite straightforward. I want the blobs in my Feynman diagrams to be filled in with gray. Hence, I tried
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[compat=1.1.0]{tikz-feynman}
\tikzfeynmanset{
blob/....
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TikZ animation attributes: reuse and parametrize
I want to make a somewhat complex animation. I have multiple groups of components that should appear and disappear at the same time within a group (but different groups have different timelines). I ...
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Applying conditional formatting in \pgfplotstabletypeset resets other formats
My MWE is shown below,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{tikz}%
\usetikzlibrary{calc}%
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{pgfplots, pgfplotstable} %
\usepackage{amsmath}
\newcommand\...
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Checking if the version of TikZ is newer in a format-independent way
Notice: that question has been answered here, posted to be useful to the general public.
I am struggling to write a macro to use in circuitikz to apply the change to arrow tips you can see here (which ...
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Using of a pgfkeys-colorlist goes wrong
I used the solution
% written by @cfr --> https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/721338/46023
colorlist aux/.code={\stepcounter{colorindex}\colorlet{color\thecolorindex}{#1}},
colorlist/.code={\pgfqkeys{/...
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How to call up the current value of a pgfkey
I created a pgfkey with the systematic
\ifthefilled % filled 3/3
\tikzset{FillStyle/.style={fill=lightgray}}% filled=true
\else
\tikzset{FillStyle/.style={fill=none}}% filled=false (default)
\fi
In ...
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How to use the values of a 'pgfkey' with a list
How can I get access on a pgfkeys-list of the kind
\tikzset{MyCmdSettings/.cd,
colorlist/.code=#1
colorlist/.list={red, green, blue},% Default
}
I wrote a command \MyCmd where I want to call up the ...
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PGF keys are setting individually but not as a key list
Using the TeX Works AppImage with a local installation of TeX Live (texlive-full, 2021.20220204-1), I'm having trouble getting "pgfkeys" to work with a key list. Setting each key ...
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Create a command with pgf options to import a symbol from a different font
Writing a mathematical document it sometimes happens you need to use some symbols not available in amssymb: to expand this library then I thought to "automate" a standard procedure for ...
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Making keys global or reference them outside scope
I made this code to be used as an answer here: Efficient "macro" for adding second (x-)axis to pgfplots and more generally.
\documentclass[tikz, border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
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Mixing package options and family options?
The question I am asking here is a follow-up to the question Macros to change pgfkeys package options on the fly and define custom sets of options.
I was used to specify package options using the ...
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Initial style definition before and after ProcessPgfPackageOptions?
The following great post, provides the following answer to a question about managing package options: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/707285/17200
\begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{mypackage.sty}
% ...
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Macros to change pgfkeys package options on the fly and define custom sets of options
Consider the following code for a package :
% Preamble
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesPackage{mypackage}[2024/01/01 MyPackage]
\makeatletter
% Dependencies
\RequirePackage{pgfopts}
\...
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Formatting ticklabel number error
For some reason i cant format the ticknumber and restrain it at the same time, what is wrong?
It repeatedly renders the errors
[{
"owner": "LaTeX",
"severity": 8,
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Package pgfkeys: I do not know the key '/tcb/O' and I am going to ignore it
When I am compiling this code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tcolorbox,tikz}
\usepackage{lipsum,lmodern}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\...
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Custom edge in TikZ graph
Goal
I'm trying to connect the nodes of my graph using a horizontal-vertical-horizontal line.
MWE
Consider the following example:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{graphs, ...
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Pgfkeys choice keys nested within another key
I'm trying to create a key which has two choice keys nested within it, like so:
engagement={target designation=hostile target, stage=engage}
Here's the MWE I have so far:
\documentclass{standalone}
\...
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Mechanical wagon parameterized with pgfkeys
I want to draw a mechanical wagoon for a physics book with a parameterized approach.
These should be the parameters:
#0 name, the name of the object, e.g. mywagon
#1 position of the wagon as ...
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Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/10mm)'
When try to shift vertically a Tikz node that use pgfkeys coordinates it shows an error message:
Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/10mm)'
The basic code is as follow:
\documentclass[...
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Tikz/pgfkeys: automatically execute code at the end of option processing
How can I automatically execute a code in a tikz/pgf option when all options are processed? I want to execute a command a single time, say updateValueShouldBeCalledOnce (that reads some variable sets ...
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Add properties instead replacing them in tikzset
I am working on a project involving several files and i would like to have the possibility to add properties to styles using tikzset and pgfplotsset.
I reduced my code to a MWE :
\documentclass[border=...
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How to robustly test if a macro has not been set yet via pgfkeys?
I am trying to define a newcommand \ifempty that takes three parameters:
A macro that has been tied to a pgfkey via /.store in OR /.estore in
What to do in case this macro has not been set yet (is ...
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Convert a macro name to pgfkey name
Let's consider a macro name of the form \first@second. I would like to write a command that would convert the name of the macro to pgfkey name of the form /first/second so that the following ...
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Pgfkeys associated with macros lead to unexpected results
Consider the following class:
% CLASS
% Preamble
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesClass{myclass}[2022/10/11]
\LoadClass[varwidth]{standalone}
\makeatletter
% Pgfoptions
\RequirePackage{...
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Test if a package option defined through pgf is empty
I would like to branch on package/class options defined through the pgfopts package. Here is an example :
% CLASS
% Preamble
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1994/06/01]
\ProvidesClass{myclass}[2022/10/01]
\...
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tikz: how to set one style to values of another style?
I have a pixel grid consisting of dashed lines, and I want to set a pixel using minimum size.
As can be seen, I set the minimum size manually, which works. However, I would like to set it to another, ...
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TikZ get value of passed option/key inside pic
Is it possible to access the options that are passed to a pic inside the definition of a pic?
And if yes, how?
I know I can do this with self-defined custom keys.
But is it possible to also get the ...
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Comma separated values list in pgfkey is not a list
The question might be dumb but I can't find an adequate solution.
If I put a comma separated value list as parameter using pgfkeys, then the result of pgfkeysvalueof is an atomic value and not a list.
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Include Hyperref Text Field in a UML State Diagram
As you can see in my minimal example, I have a state machine diagram where students can write the name of the transition line in a text box. Can you give me some advice on how to place a text field ...
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An element in the middle of a line
Please consider my minimal example. I would like to place an additional element -in this case a text field- in the middle of the line between nodes A and B. How does this work?
Which of the following ...
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Extend a given shape from the UML-TikZ package with the path picture property
I call the style definition mystyle in line 20. As you can see, I pass a \filldraw command as an argument to the style definition mystyle. That way I want to achieve a gray circle to be displayed in ...
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Access pgfkeys outside environment
I find that the value of a key defined by \pgfkeys inside an environment can not be invoked outside this environment.
In the following example, I want to typeset the value of the key aaa outside the ...
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How to access a TikZ node's path after it have been created
I explored multiple solution to represent a graph cycle in TikZ with arbitrary nodes distributed around a circle and joined by arrows like the example below.
What worked for me was to place nodes on ...
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How to transfer options to /tikz
In the following code, I want to typeset by the macro \pageband
a band with color red on the middle of page.
Three texts located at the left hand/middle/right hand of the band. The format of these ...
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\ifblank does not work correctly with \pgfkeys
The macro \test below is used to test if its argument is blank, and it gives unexpected result.
What's wrong with my code?
Example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,etoolbox}
\begin{document}
\...
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How to detect if one of the arguments of a key defined by \pgfkeys has been given value
I define a key test who has two arguments by /.code n args from \pgfkeys. Please see the code below.
Now, I want to detect if #2 has been given a value, but causes error.
So, my questions are:
(1)How ...
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How to set up an optional arg in pgfkeys
I wonder if there is any way in \pgfkeys of tikz to define optional arg(s) as the following code illustrate:
Code:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{pgf,graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\...
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Adding a hook to the color keys in TikZ
Trying to solve pgf basic layer: struggling (again) with colors, I had an idea for a workaround (saving a state for circuitikz...).
But although I know how to add a hook to the color= key, TikZ let ...
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How to fix the value of a key(or macro) when it gets value from another macro
The following code showes that the value of key constant changes with the macro \aaa.
My question is: how to fix the value of key constant once it gets value from \aaa at the first time, so that both \...
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Best way to check the value of a key (pgfkey)
I looked at Check-the-value-of-a-pgfkey but I don't feel like using etoolbox.
I found a method but I am not sure it is the right one and I would like to find more concise.
My problem is to test all ...
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Conditional clause with \ifnum and \pgfkeysvalueof{/data point/y}
I got the following problem. My aim is to build a barplot with tikz. Using a function to display the sum of the bars in a stacked ybar I want to add a superscript to one specific sum below the x axis.
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Using pgfkeys to create list of theorem environments defined by tcolorbox [duplicate]
I'm having trouble trying to get a list of various theorem environments I've created with \newtcbtheorem. After doing some digging, I found this answer from 2012 by @cmhughes: https://tex....
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Pass multiple keylists
I want to create a macro that will draw a complex shape with several parts (like a circle and a rectangle):
\newcommand{\drawCircleAndRectangle}[1][]{%
\draw[%my or default circle style props%] (0,...
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Error Compiling Beamer Presentation
With due respect, my file having the following environment:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{beamerthemeshadow}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{subfigure}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
...
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Tikz/pgfkeys, how to copy a style
In tikz/pgfkeys, how could I copy (like /styleA/*/.cp) all keys or a single key (like /styleA/colorA/.cp) inside a given path, say styleB in the current path, exactly like if I had copied all the keys ...
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