Questions tagged [pgflayers]
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TikZ: Page with several grids
I want to create a worksheet like that on a DIN A4 paper (21cm x 29.7cm):
The margins round about should be something like 15mm (plusminus); the main thing is that I get as many grid-boxes as ...
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tikzpicture behind text
Is there a way to push a tikzpicture behind text?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
% -- packages
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgf}
\pgfdeclarelayer{background layer}
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground layer}
...
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Rectangle over Tikzpicture with independent positioning
I think my problem is very simple, but yet I haven't found an apropriate solution.
I want to have a tikzpicture which will on the next slide be overlayed by some other content tikz content. For ...
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Use custom layers with fillbetween
I would like to have two layers behind the background layer: waybackgroundlayer and boundingboxlayer and also use the fillbetween.
The MWE below uses \AxisEnvironmentFig to graph the curves. The * ...
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fill between and axis on top causes title to be behind grid lines
I want to color an area between two plots using the fillbetween library. Additionally, I want my grid lines on top of the plot (i.e. "axis on top", like in pgfplots' area style; I can't use area style ...
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Tikzpicture / PGF layers rendering in the margin
Alrightly folks, I have one that has stumped me thoroughly and hopefully one of you beautiful brilliant people can help me out.
I am attempting to use tikz/pgf to enable me to use absolute ...
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How to generate a node that is always on top in TikZ?
I have the following code, but the node is always hidden by the vertical line. How can I solve this (world and first are hidden by the vertical line)?
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{...
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TIKZ Matrix nodes filled with colour afterwards and set to background
I have a (maybe easy) problem in formatting a matrix in tikz.
In the first step I ordinary filled my matrix with nodes inside the matrix environment.
After finishing my matrix I use the fit ...
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boxed Flowcharts
i want to draw a tikzpicture like this:
i tried using the following packages: layers, matrix, fit+background
but i am pretty new to tikz and can't make it work
the initial idea was to draw the boxes ...
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Beamer overlay and Tikz onlayers issue
The angles should appear on the second slide, but they don't.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{angles}
\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfdeclarelayer{foreground}
\...
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pgfplots: Put xlabel on layer below axis line
Based on How do I make label (node) to appear in front of markers in pgfplots?, I would like to put the xlabel on a white background on a layer above axis grid and below axis lines. I guess this ...
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PGFPlots: Understanding how to draw plots on different layers and arrange them
I have gone through previous questions [1,2,3], but I still couldn't figure out how to draw plots on different layers and change their order of drawing.
For this MWE, I would be grateful if I could ...
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Tikz-Uml hidden lines
I have problems with drawing an use-case diagram with tikz-uml.
There is no problem if I only use tikz-uml, but if include the smartdiagram package too.
I've had some errors telling me that the ...
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TikZ: Place different elements of a same path on various layers
I have different elements (say, a node and a filled circle) defined using a single path:
\path (0,0)
node [blue] {some text}
[fill, red] circle [radius = 1];
Issue: I would like to put one ...
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pgfplots layer issue
I'm trying to define my own layer set which enables plots above gridlines, but below the axis lines, ticks, etc. I've made the MWE based on chapter 4.27.2 of the pgfplots manual. However it's not ...
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Putting node content over a node label
I use labels to place icons within my TikZ pictures:
\begin{tikzpicture}[
switch/.style={label=center:{\includegraphics[width=1.5cm]{switch.png}}},
cloud/.style={label=center:{\includegraphics[...
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Ticks vanish in pgfplots if groupplot is combined with set layers and axis on top
I am trying to use set layers to get the grid behind the tick labels and axis on top=true to get the axis on top of the plot lines.
If I use these settings in a groupplot neither the ticks nor their ...
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How to have an invisible layer in tikz?
Back in the day (2014), I've had some code posted in Drawing a styled node invisibly (phantom / off-screen)?, which is reposted below. Then it apparently compiled; with my current texlive 2014 (...
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Problems combining clip, layer and pic when multiple instances are included in the same tikzpicture
I'm having trouble figuring out how I am supposed to combine (or if I am supposed not to combine) pics, clipping and layering when more than one instance of a pic is included in a single tikzpicture ...
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How to set node on line on a different layer than line?
Is it possible to declare, that node on lines are on the main layer regardless that lines are in background layer? For example:
With the following MWE:
\documentclass[12pt,tikz,border=3mm]{...
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Why the background of a pgf fitting node with minimum width equal to another (backgrounded) fitting node's width is shifted?
I have two pgf fitting nodes:
one below the other,
left aligned,
with different (unpredictable) widths,
and I'd like them be backgrounded, with backgrounds of the same width.
For this, I got help ...
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pgflayer: background and foreground and tikz: pattern for water
I am attempting to draw a barrel floating in water. I am trying to use pgfonlayer so that when the water line intersects the barrel, the line will be removed.
Also, I looked through small section in ...
