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How to define the default vertical distance between nodes?
Use positioning can control the individual vertical position of nodes. But is there any way to control the default vertical spacing?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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TikZ triming text based on an other node placement
I am using tikz to create a page layout comprising different nodes, each node containing a bit of text.
The nodes are placed relative to each other.
What I would like to achieve is that for some ...
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Tikz vertical alignement text and shape
I want to vertically align sans serif font with a rectangle. The following code show the problem:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary[positioning]
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Tikz positionning on the baseline
I have the following piece of code
\begin{tikzpicture}
[mainbullet/.style={rectangle, minimum size=0.3cm,draw=orange!100, fill=orange!100,thick}, %
maintitle/.style={rectangle,opacity= 0.5}, %
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vote
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Using Tikz Fit to draw a node covering a Tikz chains
A chain of nodes is drawn using tikz chains. I would like to draw a rectangle node covering the chain nodes (or, multiple rectangle nodes covering subsets of them). I am using tikz fit.
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anchor arrow start position
Attached below is the minimum working example. I would like the arrow to end at the
west anchor of the node "operation". I tried anchor and few other possibilities but they don't seem to affect the ...
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How can I set the tikz label anchor explicitly?
I want to add a label to a node, but "inside" the node. Something like this:
The manual seems to indicate it might be possible, although no actual key is named.
The ... anchor point for the ...
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votes
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Positioning node at end of line
The following code fails to do what I want:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric,calc}
\begin{document}
\tikz{%
\draw (0,0) -- (\textwidth, 0) node[draw, inner ...
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Overriding node draw style inherited from every node style messes up positioning
I have been trying to draw a tree with TikZ. All nodes should be circles, so I use the every node style. There are some additional labels on some nodes, which have to be exceptions. I have tried this:
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3
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TikZ node positioning in Beamer ignores x coordinate
I have the following frame in beamer:
\begin{frame}{Language}
\begin{block}{}
\begin{align*}
\onslide<1->{
&\text{Types} & T &::= B | T \to T \\
}
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positioning nodes according to their sizes in tikz?
I produced the following output using the tikz code shown below. What I want is for the arrow on the right to have a fixed length relative to the rightmost symbol, not relative to the center of the ...
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How to put node in an accurate place? How to use different style of font in TikZ?
I want to draw something like this:
This is my code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
%\usepackage[active,tightpage,floats]{preview}
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votes
3answers
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pgfplots - Add offset to pins
I'm trying to make a bar plot for an optimization parameter in quantum physics. To be more informative, the graph should display the values of these parameters above the bars. So far I did
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Simultanious use of relative positioning and “of” notation
A rather high node has a not so high node on its rigth side.
I like the positioning and sizes, but i want both node to share the same Y-Axis of their north border.
\tikzstyle{big} =[rectangle, ...
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2answers
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Giving a `matrix` node an `alias`
This TeX.sx question asks if is it possible to use a TikZ matrix along a chain. The error that occurs when one tries to do so is Package pgf Error: No shape named chain-3 is known., and a way to ...
6
votes
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Edge nodes, auto and node distance
Consider the following MWE
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0)--(1,1) node[auto,midway] {$A$}
-- (2,0) node[auto,midway] {$B$};
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votes
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Circling/framing and referring to a bunch of nodes
The end goal: drawing paths between nodes like in the example there but the difference is the nodes are inside a picture here and in particular, the other node is a bunch of nodes in the same picture. ...
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Can I calculate the difference between two relatively positioned nodes with TikZ using calc?
I have a chart with relatively positioned nodes.
How do I calculate the horizontal distance x, between node "sub3" and node "key" and multiply that value by 2 and use it for the positioning of node ...
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votes
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positioning a child node between two parents
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=1.5cm]
\node[state] (A) {A};
\node[state] (C) [right of=A] {C};
\node[state] (B) [below in the middle of=A and C] {B}
\end{tikzpicture}
Something like this:
A ...
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votes
2answers
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How does the 'on grid' node positioning in TikZ actually work?
I thought I knew how the on grid option of TikZ (cf. version 2.10 manual section 16.5.3 pages 186-187) worked, but the results I get are different from what I expected.
I have a minimal example:
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5
votes
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Position text next to rectangle in TikZ
Consider the following TikZ code:
\filldraw[fill=black!40!white,thick] (0,1.5) node[above left] {start} rectangle (3.2,2) node[below right] {end} node [midway] {cp} ;
It produces a rectangle at the ...
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3answers
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TikZ Nodes not exactly centered
In my solution to draw a plot with point, it was pointed out that the nodes containing \textbullet and $\circ$ were not placed exactly centered at the specified point. I found this hard to believe ...
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votes
2answers
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Center a Node Vertically TikZ
I'm using TikZ to create the following drawing:
So far so good, but now I'd like to center the node with the gray background vertically. Here's its code:
\setlength{\arraycolsep}{2pt}
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4
votes
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multipart nodes anchors for dividers
How can a node be positioned at the center/edge of a part in a multipart node using relative positioning?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.multipart}
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tikz positioning. How to place a node below of another only by y coordinate, leaving x alone
I have 2 chains in different columns of a table. I need to shift the second chain in a such way that the {mv r0 <- a} would be below the {br a = 0 $end}, as it is depicted : right below the red ...
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votes
2answers
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How to position nodes around another node in TiKZ?
I'd like to position some nodes in TiKZ around a given node. I could do that manually, by setting each node position, but why not looking for an easier way that looks better?
I thought about using a ...
8
votes
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Label automatically positioned so that it doesn't overlap anything
I produce automatically generated LaTeX-files with nodes and links.
Is it possible to put the label of the node outside of the node and it is automatically positioned somewhere, such that there is no ...
6
votes
1answer
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Nodes won't position as they should in pgfplots
When I use the example of the pgfplots manual it looks different from what is shown in the manual:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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3
votes
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Making use of entire page in TikZ
I am using the TikZ package to create stacked timelines. See example below. Whenever I make some small modification to the timelines, I have to spend lots of time adjusting all the coordinates. If ...
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Define node at relative coordinates of \draw plot
I am not able to fix that simple plot. I think I missed something, but I can't point out what !
Could you tell me why (a) is not at midway of the red line ?
\documentclass{article}
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TikZ: position with different anchors
I would like to label lines at the same midway horizontal position (pos=0.5). But as the second line is tilted, the labels lower left corner should touch the line. Hence, I would need to manually ...
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votes
2answers
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Position a node a certain distance away from another node at a certain angle in TikZ?
Like the title says, is it possible to position a node a certain distance away from another node at a certain angle from that node?
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How can you position a node relatively to another in TikZ
I would like to place a node 'B' 60 degrees of an arbitrary node 'A' between which there is a distance of 2cm. I can do this if node 'A' is at (0, 0), so 'B' would just be (60 : 2) from 'A', but what ...
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TikZ: position a node depending on width of text?
I need to use TikZ to draw two horizontally-spaced nodes, and an arrow between them, labelled by some text. But the arrow has to be exactly the right length to fit the text, and this will be part of a ...
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Difference between “right of=” and “right=of” in PGF/TikZ
In the PGF/TikZ manual, sometimes I see the option right of=somenode instead of right=of somenode. They look very similar, but the effects are different. The distance between nodes positioned with ...
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TikZ: Creating stack with variable width
I am new to TikZ and want to draw a simple stack Diagram.
The Diagram should look like:
[a] [b] [c] [d] |-|
|j|
[f ] | |
| |
[g ] | |
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