Too Long; Didn't Read
See the figure. The yellow blocks are actually three nodes.
- How to improve anchor border?
- How to place such a node inline?
- Or, overall, any better mechanism to do so?
Explanation
I started with this octagon. The black rays are there to illustrate the \anchorborder, which depict a rectangle as it is inherited from rectangle.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\makeatletter
\pgfset{
left indent/.initial =\parindent,
right indent/.initial =\parindent,
top indent/.initial =\baselineskip,
bottom indent/.initial=\baselineskip,
}
\pgfdeclareshape{html span}
{
\inheritsavedanchors[from=rectangle]
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{north}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{north west}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{north east}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{center}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{west}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{east}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{south}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{south west}
\inheritanchor[from=rectangle]{south east}
\inheritanchorborder[from=rectangle]
\savedanchor\preindent{
\pgfmathsetlength\pgf@x{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/left indent}}
\pgfmathsetlength\pgf@y{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/top indent}}
}
\savedanchor\postindent{
\pgfmathsetlength\pgf@x{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/right indent}}
\pgfmathsetlength\pgf@y{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/bottom indent}}
}
\anchor{north west inner}{
\southwest
\pgf@xa=\pgf@x
\northeast
\pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\preindent
\advance\pgf@xa+\pgf@x \pgf@x=\pgf@xa
\advance\pgf@ya-\pgf@y \pgf@y=\pgf@ya
}
\anchor{south east inner}{
\southwest
\pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\northeast
\pgf@xa=\pgf@x
\postindent
\advance\pgf@xa-\pgf@x \pgf@x=\pgf@xa
\advance\pgf@ya+\pgf@y \pgf@y=\pgf@ya
}
\anchor{begin}{
\southwest
\pgf@xa=\pgf@x
\northeast
\pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\preindent
\advance\pgf@xa+ \pgf@x \pgf@x=\pgf@xa
\advance\[email protected]\pgf@y \pgf@y=\pgf@ya
}
\anchor{end}{
\southwest
\pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\northeast
\pgf@xa=\pgf@x
\postindent
\advance\pgf@xa- \pgf@x \pgf@x=\pgf@xa
\advance\pgf@ya+.5\pgf@y \pgf@y=\pgf@ya
}
\backgroundpath{
\southwest \pgf@xa=\pgf@x \pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\northeast \pgf@xb=\pgf@x \pgf@yb=\pgf@y
\preindent \pgf@xc=\pgf@x \pgf@yc=\pgf@y
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xb }{\pgf@yb }}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xa+\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yb }}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xa+\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yb-\pgf@yc}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xa }{\pgf@yb-\pgf@yc}}
\postindent \pgf@xc=\pgf@x \pgf@yc=\pgf@y
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xa }{\pgf@ya }}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xb-\pgf@xc}{\pgf@ya }}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xb-\pgf@xc}{\pgf@ya+\pgf@yc}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint {\pgf@xb }{\pgf@ya+\pgf@yc}}
\pgfpathclose
\pgfsetarrowsstart{}
\pgfsetarrowsend{}
}
}
Now we can image some baby usage.
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture]
\node[fill=yellow,shape=html span,minimum width=5cm,minimum height=3\baselineskip,left indent=8em,right indent=6em](B){Bravo};
\tiny\path(B.north west inner)node{$\times$\rlap{nw}}(B.south east inner)node{\llap{se}$\times$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\bigskip
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture]
\node[fill=yellow,shape=html span,minimum width=5cm,minimum height=2\baselineskip,left indent=4.5cm,right indent=3.5cm](C){Charlie};
\tiny\path(C.north west inner)node{$\times$\rlap{nw}}(C.south east inner)node{\llap{se}$\times$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\bigskip
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
\draw[red,->](B.end)to[out=0,in=180](C.begin);
\end{tikzpicture}
As to place it properly, I need four supporting nodes.
\newdimen\pgf@xd\newdimen\pgf@yd
\pgfset{
inner sep=0pt,
outer sep=0pt,
html span over/.code args={(#1)(#2)(#3)(#4)}{
\tikz@scan@one@point\pgfutil@firstofone(#1.north)
\pgf@xa=\pgf@x \pgf@ya=\pgf@y
\tikz@scan@one@point\pgfutil@firstofone(#2)
\pgf@xb=\pgf@x \pgf@yb=\pgf@y
\tikz@scan@one@point\pgfutil@firstofone(#3)
\pgf@xc=\pgf@x \pgf@yc=\pgf@y
\tikz@scan@one@point\pgfutil@firstofone(#4.south)
\pgf@xd=\pgf@x \pgf@yd=\pgf@y
\pgfset{
left indent/.expanded =\pgf@xa-\pgf@xb,
right indent/.expanded =\pgf@xc-\pgf@xd,
/tikz/shape=html span,
/tikz/anchor=center,
/tikz/text width/.expanded =\pgf@xc-\pgf@xb,
/tikz/text height/.expanded=\pgf@ya-\pgf@yd,
/tikz/text depth/.expanded =0
}
\edef\tikz@node@at{\noexpand\pgfpoint{.5\pgf@xb+.5\pgf@xc}{.5\pgf@ya+.5\pgf@yd}}%
}
}
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\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node[anchor=base,red](D1){D1\strut};%
\vadjust{\noindent\tikz[overlay,remember picture,red]\node(D2){D2};\hfill\tikz[overlay,remember picture,red]\node(D3){D3};}%
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\tikz[overlay,remember picture,red]\node[anchor=base](D4){D4\strut};
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\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node[fill=yellow,opacity=.3,html span over=(D1)(D2)(D3)(D4)]{};
Finally I can pack them into two commands: \nodehighlight(#1) and \endnodehighlight(#1).
\def\nodehighlight(#1){%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node[anchor=base](#11){\strut};%
\vadjust{\noindent\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node(#12){};\hfill\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node(#13){};}%
}
\def\endnodehighlight(#1){%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node[anchor=base](#14){\strut};%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture]\node[fill=yellow,opacity=.3,html span over=(#11)(#12)(#13)(#14)](#1){};%
}
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\nodehighlight(E)%
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\endnodehighlight(E)
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\nodehighlight(F)%
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\endnodehighlight(F)
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\nodehighlight(G)%
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\endnodehighlight(G)
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\tikz[remember picture,overlay]\draw[red](E.end)to[out=0,in=180](F.begin)(F.end)to[out=0,in=180](G.begin);
Problem(s)
- How to improve anchor border? I have no reasonable idea concerning three cases in the last figure. (Namely: staying in a single line, broken into two pieces, and spanning over lines.)
- How to place such a node properly? In my approach I assume every line is of (total)height
\baselineskip, so I did not changetop indentandbottom indent. - Minor issues:
- fill the background, not foreground.
- exceed the right border in case it spans to the next line.
- what kind of anchor are useful in this case? How to name them to be self-explaining?
- span over pages?
- ...
