{tikz-styles} are predefined sets of options that organizes how graphics elements are drawn. It is thus possible to program specific styles and reuse the styles on different objects. The {tikz-styles} tag can be used in parallel with {tikz-pgf}.
9
votes
2answers
250 views
How can I improve those voltage annotations
In France, we draw an arrow above or below a dipole to represent the potential difference between its two poles. I'm trying to automate this using the ideas of the tikz circuits library (not ...
2
votes
1answer
47 views
Tikzstyle for 2:1 Mux
Could someone help me with a \tikzstyle for this trapezium block:
I tried but look how it looks like:
The main problem it is in how to set the text (0 1) in the right place.
The code I'm using ...
7
votes
5answers
286 views
How to create following block diagram structure in LaTeX
How can i create this kind of connected and cascading block diagram in Latex?
3
votes
1answer
55 views
Options passed to a path inside insert path style
Is there a way to give to the \path (inside mypath style) the options given to the \draw and \fill commands (ideally, the path should be drawn and red then filled and blue) ?
...
15
votes
1answer
498 views
TikZ picture shapes
I am very new to the TikZ package, and I need to draw some flow chars by using the following shapes.
However I couldn't figure out how to draw the 4th and and 6th ones below. It would be very nice ...
9
votes
1answer
127 views
Setting weekend background color
I'm making a calendar in LaTeX with tikz-pgf and I would like to set to gray the background color for the weekend. In the examples I found on the Internet and in the documentation, I can see how to ...
3
votes
1answer
68 views
whitespace after heading when followed by \begin{tikzpicture}
The first chapter section of a book to use tikz ended up placing a great deal of whitespace after the section heading. I've tried \vspace adjustments, but it changes all the vspaces between \begin ...
3
votes
2answers
89 views
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 ...
9
votes
2answers
241 views
Hyperlinked nodes in TikZ mindmap
I am trying to make a small mindmap such that some of the child nodes are hyperlinked. I tried to follow the advice given here, about the new node style hyperlink node, but the following MWE compiles ...
11
votes
1answer
977 views
Tikz /.style with two parameters
How do I pass two parameters to a tikz style? I would like to do something like this:
\begin{tikzpicture}[
transformer/.style={draw, cylinder, gray!80, rotate=90, minimum height=#1, minimum ...
5
votes
2answers
403 views
Nested styles in TikZ
I have:
\pgfkeys{/TransformerNetwork/.style={
transformer/.style 2 args={draw, cylinder, gray!80, rotate=90, minimum height=#1, minimum width=#2},
}}
And then:
...
4
votes
1answer
133 views
How to make a full equation with tikz?
I am using this solution here to make long dashes within a matrix, and it is working well. The code is:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}
% possible to customize here ...
3
votes
1answer
69 views
How can I set the node size for a TikZ image to be the same for all nodes?
I'm attempting to draw a Kripke structure in TikZ and while I'm successful for the most part, I'm not quite satisfied with the result. Here is my preamble:
\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{amsart}
% ...
2
votes
0answers
85 views
Dependent node size in TikZ
I'm producing some control theory flow sheets in TikZ where I have specified the node box size. Since I'm making a lot of these flow sheets, I have set global styles for them, for instance the box ...
10
votes
2answers
177 views
Jackson structured programming diagram (format a tree diagram)
I'm trying to create a Jackson structured programming diagram. This is basically a simple tree diagram with the exception that boxes can either have a circle (O) or a star (*) in the upper right ...
6
votes
1answer
220 views
Tikz: Text along top and bottom of arrow path
How can I add text to both the top and bottom of a path? My commutative diagram below is 90% complete. I would, however, like text={${gKer({\varphi}){\mapsto}{\varphi(G)}}$} following the path below ...
10
votes
2answers
200 views
TikZ: shade also the border of a node
I would like to shade a node and the border of the node.
The following code works but I don't like it very much that I have to draw something after the node on the background layer. I would prefer a ...
12
votes
2answers
923 views
How to decrease the size of single node in mindmap?
In tikz's mindmap, I want to change the concept size for individual parents or children (not the entire system). It is simply possible to increase the size of a child node, by introducing minimum size ...
7
votes
1answer
171 views
Draw additional parallel paths in TikZ
How can parallel lines elegantly be added to an existing path? I am looking for a solution or hint to, how a general style can be made, that works with any path.
Example path:
...
10
votes
2answers
144 views
How to detect if option provided via \tikzset
I would like to be able to detect if a particular option has been provided via a \tikzset and issue a message based on that.
The MWE yields:
But once the conditional works (just a comment for ...
5
votes
1answer
104 views
Determining tikz drawing style, depending on the values of two nested loop iterators
So the question is a tikz one!
Assume that you are drawing things inside two nested foreach loops in tikz, and the iterator variables are \x and \y. What I'd like to obtain is to be able to specify a ...
3
votes
2answers
102 views
How do I define tikz styles with a xkeyval command?
I would like to write a command which allows the user to change tikz styles. My code goes like this:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz,xkeyval}
\makeatletter
\def\DEFstyle{}
...
2
votes
1answer
118 views
TikZ: remove/override auto option (arrow label positioning) from a defined style
I have a defined style which I am applying to many arrows. Most of the time, I want them to have label nodes positioned using auto, but occasionally I do not. Currently, I simply add auto wherever ...
10
votes
3answers
267 views
How to draw multiple lines inside the circle
I wish to draw the picture like below, however, I don't know how to add multiple lines in side the circle.
This is my code:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{
shapes.geometric,
...
3
votes
1answer
161 views
Problem about pattern and gradient
I draw a graph using the code below
.
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{
shapes.geometric,
positioning,
fit,
calc,
patterns
}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
0
votes
1answer
60 views
the problem about putting one picture on the left and another on the right
I wish to put two graph together, one is on the left side, the other is one the right side.
I use "minipage". However, using the below code, the first graph is on the top of the second graph. May ...
4
votes
1answer
101 views
Join point by using Tikz in Beamer document class
I know my question is trivial. By the way, I can not show points given by their coordinates with a Bezier curve using Tikz.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
...
1
vote
0answers
162 views
change color of nodes in pgfplots bar plot [closed]
I have a bar plot which print the number next to the bar.
The text is however not very well readable due to the color applied to it.
Therefore I would like to know how to modify its style.
...
1
vote
1answer
100 views
How can I have smaller font than \tiny? [duplicate]
I'm using tikz for drawing, and the label are to big, I'm using the font=\tiny parameter, but it's still to big.
How can I reduce more the font size?
\draw [<->,line width=0.02cm] ...
4
votes
1answer
120 views
how to add dotted line and arc line?
I wish to add dotted line connecting two nodes and an arc line as described in the photo.
Here is my code:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{
shapes.geometric,
positioning,
...
3
votes
1answer
54 views
How to adust the location of the inner component in the Outer component constructed by “fit”?
I use "fit" to make two small rectangles inside a bigger rectangle. And then add some words at the top of the bigger one, which causes a large blank space at the bottom of the bigger rectangle as ...
0
votes
0answers
59 views
how to set the size of the star? [duplicate]
I wish to draw the picture described How to add the circle, star inside the diamond?
I tried the code:
\node[draw, fill, star, star points=6, minimum size=0.1mm,above=of aux, anchor=center]{};
...
4
votes
1answer
85 views
How to add new line character in the node
I wish to add the new line character in the node, however, I tried several ways, all cannot work.
\node[draw, minimum width = 2em, minimum height=1em] (a) {get \\ flight(gf)};
6
votes
1answer
234 views
How to draw the structure with rectangles inside
I wish to draw the flow like in the picture using the code below, however, I found it is very hard to locate the rectangles by using Coordinate. Is there any better way to do this?
Here is the code ...
5
votes
2answers
199 views
how to draw the complex work flow using tikz 2.0
I wish to draw a complex work flow using tikz 2.0 because I tried to update the tikz to 2.1, there are many problems. The work work flow is described as follows:
I have tried to draw it by locating ...
0
votes
0answers
89 views
How to add slash to the line and locate words? [closed]
I wish to draw the graph like in the picture, however, there are three problems here,
1. how to add the words "OnMess" and "h" on top of the rectangles
2. how to add the word "ac" above the line ...
10
votes
1answer
338 views
Comprehensive list of TikZ style options?
I'm aware that one can use \tikzstyle{every label}=[...] to apply styles to every label within a tikzpicture; or \tikzset{mystyle/.style={...}} to apply style specs to a specific type of node mystyle ...
4
votes
1answer
141 views
Sudoku - Special styles for hints
In the following code, I would like to use one style so as to color background for each hint, and not all the hints, and I would also like to put each single hint in a rounded rectangle.
This is to ...
6
votes
3answers
153 views
Page numbering in the middle of a line
How can I set up a document to write the page numbering in the middle of a line?
Through fancy pagestyle I've got a situation like the following one:
--------------------- % this is a line after the ...
6
votes
2answers
327 views
TikZ: Defining and reusing complex objects?
(How) Is it possible to save some complex TikZ objects for reusing them (in the same and in different pictures)?
I know it's possible to define own styles, but I'm not sure if it's the right thing ...
2
votes
1answer
182 views
TikZ - Changing the “z-index” of backgrounds
In the following code, I would like to place the backgrounds under the numbers and not the contrary as it is the case actually.
Screenshot
Code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
4
votes
1answer
693 views
Styling tikz-timing signal lines
I'm using the tikz-timing package and would like to apply either snakes type of styling, or say the double for double lines to signal lines. Consider the example below:
\documentclass{article}
...
13
votes
1answer
503 views
Drawing shapes around Tikz Tree nodes
I have a Tikz tree in my Latex document as follows:
% Set the overall layout of the tree
\tikzstyle{level 1}=[level distance=4.5cm, sibling distance=6.5cm]
\tikzstyle{level 2}=[level distance=4cm, ...
18
votes
3answers
432 views
Can I mark ends of lines with a cross?
I have the following image:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm}
\usepackage{tkz-fct}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows, ...
12
votes
1answer
366 views
Nested node class with pictogram decoration
I'm wondering how can I define custom TikZ node class mynode thats allows my to use following syntax:
\node [mynode,fill=yellow!40] {component}
\child{
\node [mynode,fill=yellow!40] ...
7
votes
6answers
220 views
How can “execute at begin node” be used with special characters like curly braces? (or: how to raise node content)
I'd like to define the following style:
test/.style={
execute at begin node={\raisebox\{-0.2cm\}\{},
execute at end node={\}}
}
and use it like
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
...
6
votes
4answers
117 views
How can I calculate within style values?
Is it possible to calculate (addition etc.) in style values? I wanted to do the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning,fit,chains}
...
5
votes
1answer
91 views
What's going on with this syntax “somename/.style={…}”
I'm finding the following preference loading syntax popping up a lot in the newer packages:
From tikz
\tikzset{help lines/.style=very thin}
From tcolorbox
\tcbset{noparskip/.style={before....}}
...
8
votes
2answers
219 views
Tikz style conflicting with clip command
Below is my example. I'd like to use a global style for all my tikz pictures to set up the line width. It is working well until I use a clip. I guess that it is not possible to pass some style option ...
4
votes
1answer
198 views
Tikz: Styling a node to display text on the right of a dot
I am trying to create a LaTeX document using the Tikz library, more particularly an E/R Diagram. I have downloaded the tikz-er2 additional library, but I am having an issue with the display of ...
