Main Tkgraph Display

[Main Tkgraph Display Image]

Main Tkgraph Display:
Top Menubar
File menu
Load Template
Loads a previously saved template. The grpahing page must be cleared before loading a new template.
Save Template
Saves the current page layout as a template that can be loaded at a later time.
Load Data from File
Loads data from an ascii file. Currently only 2 column data can be loaded.
Print Page
This entry opens up a print dialog to enable printing the contents of the page.
Show Control Panel
This entry will open up the Tkgraph Control Panel. The control panel allows the user to change the appearance of the current page. Graphs may be rearranged, resized, moved, deleted, added, ticked, and labeled from the control panel.
Close
This closes the Tkgraph window.
Options menu
Autoscale graphs after plotting
Selecting this option will cause each graph to be autoscaled after it has received new data to plot.
AS button
Pressing this button will autoscale all of the selected graphs. A small buffer is drawn between the limits of the datasets the graph boundaries.
ARR button
Pressing this button will open up the Control Panel to the section where the user can set the page arrangement.
CG button
Pressing this button will delete the datasets from every selected graph on the page. Graphs which are not selected are ignored.
CP button
Pressing this button will delete every graph and miscellaneous item from the page.
Shortcut toolbar
This toolbar contains a set of buttons that can be used as shortcuts for creating new items on the page. Buttons for creating the following items are included:
  • text
  • rectangles
  • lines
  • circles
  • ovals
Graphing Page
This white window is the canvas on which graphs, labels, datasets, and geometric shapes are drawn. In the default mode this canvas has no bindings to mouse clicks or keyboard presses. This will change depending on which mode the canvas is currently in.
Help entry
The entry area at the bottom of the display may contain some brief help information. This information is usually updated depending on the location of the mouse on the display.
Tag entry
This is only useful for debugging purposes. This area displays the canvas tags for the current canvas item. It is very useful to see if a canvas item has a normal or disabled state.
Position entry
This entry shows the current position of the mouse on the graphing page. The units are pixels measured from the upper left corner.
gids entry
This entry displays the current list of gids for the page. This information is only useful for debugging purposes.
cids entry
This entry displays the current list of cids for the page. This information is only useful for debugging purposes.
gids entry
This entry displays the current state of the selection array. This information is only useful for debugging purposes.

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