CGCOLORBAR
The purpose of this routine is to add a color bar to the current graphics window.
Categories
Graphics
Keywords
addcmd: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Set this keyword to add the command to the resizeable graphics window cgWindow.
annotatecolor: in, optional, type=string, default="opposite"
The name of the "annotation color" to use. The names are those for
cgCOLOR. If this keyword is used, the annotation color is loaded after
the color bar is displayed. This keyword is provided to maintain backward
compatibility, but also to solve the potential problem of an extra line showing up
in the color bar when the COLOR keyword is used in indexed color mode. In other words,
use ANNOTATECOLOR in place of COLOR for complete color model independent results.
bottom: in, optional, type=integer, default=0
The lowest color index of the colors to be loaded in the color bar.
charpercent: in, optional, type=float, default=0.85
A value from 0.0 go 1.0 that is multiplied by the CHARSIZE to produce
the character size for the color bar. This value is only used if CHARSIZE is
undefined. This keyword is primarily useful for using color bars in resizeable
graphics windows (cgWindow).
charsize: in, optional, type=float
The character size of the color bar annotations. Default is cgDefCharsize()*charPercent.
clamp: in, optional, type=float
A two-element array in data units. The color bar is clamped to these
two values. This is mostly of interest if you are "window-leveling"
an image. The clamp is set to the "window" of the color bar.
Normally, when you are doing this, you would like the colors outside
the "window" to be set to a neutral color. Use the NEUTRALINDEX keyword
to set the netural color index in the color bar. (See the Examples section
for more information.)
color: in, optional, type=string
The name of the color to use for color bar annotations. Ignored unless passed
the name of a cgColor color. The default value is to use the ANNOTATECOLOR.
discrete: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Set this keyword to configure certain properties of the color bar to make
discrete color blocks for the color bar. This works best if you are using
a handful of colors in the color bar (e.g, 8-16).
divisions: in, optional, type=integer
The number of divisions to divide the bar into. There will
be (divisions + 1) annotations. The default is 0 if using the
default color bar formatting, which allows the plot command to
determine how many divisions to make. Otherwise, if you are specifying
some other format for the tick labels, the default number of divisions
is six.
fit: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
If this keyword is set, the colorbar "fits" itself to the normalized
coordinates of the last graphics command executed. In other words, for
a horizontal color bar, postition[[0,2]] = !X.Window, and for a vertical
color bar, position[[1,3]] = !Y.Window. Other positions are adjusted
to put the colorbar "reasonably" close to the plot. The fit many not always
be accurate. If you are fitting to an image, be sure to set the SAVE keyword
on cgImage to establish a data coordinate system.
font: in, optional, type=integer, default=!P.Font
Sets the font of the annotation. Hershey: -1, Hardware:0, True-Type: 1.
format: in, optional, type=string, default=""
The format of the color bar annotations. Default is "", which allows
the Plot command to determine the appropriate format.
invertcolors: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Setting this keyword inverts the colors in the color bar.
maxrange: in, optional
The maximum data value for the color bar annotation. Default is NCOLORS.
minrange: in, optional, type=float, default=0.0
The minimum data value for the bar annotation.
minor: in, optional, type=integer, default=2
The number of minor tick divisions.
ncolors: in, optional, type=integer, default=256
This is the number of colors in the color bar.
neutralindex: in, optional, type=integer
This is the color index to use for color bar values outside the
clamping range when clamping the color bar with the CLAMP keyword.
If this keyword is absent, the highest color table value is used
for low range values and the lowest color table value is used
for high range values, in order to provide contrast with the
clamped region. (See the Examples section for more information.)
nodisplay: in, optional
This keyword is obsolete and is no longer used.
oob_factor: in, optional, type=float, default=1.0
The default is to make the length of the out-of-bounds triangle the
same distance as the height (or width, in the case of a vertical
color bar) of the color bar. If you would prefer a shorted triangle length,
set this keyword to a value less than zero (e.g., 0.5). If you prefer a
longer length, set this keyword to a value greater than zero. The "standard"
length will be multiplied by this value.
oob_high: in, optional, type=string
The name of an out-of-bounds high color. This color will be represented
by a triangle on the right or top of the color bar. If the color is
a string byte value (e.g., "215"), then this color in the current color
table is used. The color can also be a three-element color triple
(e.g., [240, 200, 65]).
oob_low: in, optional, type=string
The name of an out-of-bounds low color. This color will be represented
by a triangle on the left or bottom of the color bar. If the color is
a string byte value (e.g., "215"), then this color in the current color
table is used. The color can also be a three-element color triple
(e.g., [240, 200, 65]).
palette: in, optional, type=byte
A color palette containing the RGB color vectors to use for the color
bar. The program will sample NCOLORS from the color palette.
position: in, optional, type=float
A four-element array of normalized coordinates in the same
form as the POSITION keyword on a plot. Default is[0.88, 0.10, 0.95, 0.90]
for a vertical bar and [0.10, 0.88, 0.90, 0.95] for a horizontal bar.
See the FIT keyword, also.
range: in, optional, type=float
A two-element vector of the form [min, max]. Provides an alternative
and faster way way of setting the MINRANGE and MAXRANGE keywords.
reverse: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
An alternative keyword name (one I can actually remember!) for the INVERTCOLORS keyword.
It reverses the colors in the color bar.
right: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
This puts the labels on the right-hand side of a vertical color bar. It applies
only to vertical color bars.
tickinterval: in, optional, type=float
Set this keyword to the interval spacing of major tick marks. Use this keyword in
place of XTickInterval or YTickInterval keywords.
ticklen: in, optional, type=float, default=0.25
Set this keyword to the major tick length desired. Default is 0.25. Setting this
keyword to a value greater than or equal to 0.5 will result in major tick marks
extending the width of the color bar. Note that setting this keyword to 0.3 or
greater will result in minor tick mark lengths being set to 0.01, which is almost
too small to be seen. All direct graphics tick marks act in this (strange!) way.
ticknames: in, optional, type=string
A string array of names or values for the color bar tick marks.
title: in, optional, type=string, default=""
This is title for the color bar. The default is to have no title.
top: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
This puts the labels on top of the bar rather than under it. The keyword only
applies if a horizontal color bar is rendered.
vertical: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Setting this keyword give a vertical color bar. The default is a horizontal color bar.
window: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Set this keyword to display the plot in a resizeable graphics window (cgWindow).
xlog: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Set this keyword to use logarithmic scaling for the colorbar data range.
xtickinterval: in, optional, type=float
This keyword is trapped, but unused. Please use the`TickInterval` keyword instead.
xtitle: in, optional, type=string
This keyword is ignored. Use the `Title` keyword to set a title for the color bar.
ylog: in, optional, type=boolean, default=0
Set this keyword to use logarithmic scaling for the colorbar data range.
ytickinterval: in, optional, type=float
This keyword is trapped, but unused. Please use the`TickInterval` keyword instead.
ytitle: in, optional, type=string
This keyword is ignored. Use the `Title` keyword to set a title for the color bar.
_ref_extra: in, optional
Any keyword appropriate for the PLOT and AXIS commands is also accepted by keyword
inheritance.
Examples
To display a horizontal color bar above a contour plot, type::
cgLOADCT, 5, NCOLORS=100
cgCONTOUR, DIST(31,41), POSITION=[0.15, 0.15, 0.95, 0.75], $
C_COLORS=INDGEN(25)*4, NLEVELS=25
cgCOLORBAR, NCOLORS=100, POSITION=[0.15, 0.85, 0.95, 0.90]
Example using the `Clamp` and `NeutralIndex` keywords::
cgLOADCT, 33, NCOLORS=254
TVLCT, cgCOLOR('gray', /TRIPLE), 255
cgCOLORBAR, NCOLORS=254, NEUTRALINDEX=255, RANGE=[0,1500], $
DIVISIONS=8, CLAMP=[400, 800]
Additional examples can be found in the article `Adding a Color Bar <http://www.idlcoyote.com/color_tips/colorbar.html>`.
Author
FANNING SOFTWARE CONSULTING::
David W. Fanning
1645 Sheely Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526 USA
Phone: 970-221-0438
E-mail: david@idlcoyote.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com
History
Change History::
Written by: David W. Fanning, 4 February 2011, as a direct descendant of cgColorbar.
Program developement stopped on cgColorbar as of this date, and this program has
become a part of the Coyote Graphics System.
Added FIT keyword. 28 Feb 2011. DWF
Made default character size cgDefCharsize*0.85. 28 Feb 2011. DWF.
Modified error handler to restore the entry decomposition state if there is an error. 17 March 2011. DWF
Added CHARPERCENT keyword 18 March 2011. DWF.
Added XTITLE and YTITLE keywords, which do nothing except prevent these keywords
from being used inadvertently. 27 May 2011. DWF.
Fixed a problem with assigning the color with the ANNOTATECOLOR keyword in the
Z-graphics buffer. 30 Aug 2011. DWF.
Changed the default DIVISIONS to 0 and the default FORMAT to "". 2 Sept 2011. DWF.
Added code that will force MINRANGE and MAXRANGE values to be scalars. 5 Sept 2011. DWF.
Problem with division by zero when FORMAT is not default value. Now, if format
is the default value, then default is DIVISIONS=0, else DIVISIONS=6.
Documented the TICKLEN keyword and set the default tick length to 0.25. 3 Oct 2011. DWF.
Added the OOB_FACTOR, OOB_HIGH and OOB_LOW keywords. 5 Dec 2011. DWF.
Added DISCRETE keyword. 7 Dec 2011. DWF.
Changed the way the top axis was drawn, and had a problem with EXTRA keywords. Fixed. 20 Dec 2011. DWF.
Modified to use cgDefaultColor for default color selection. 24 Dec 2011. DWF.
Fixed a problem with color palettes by defining NCOLORS according to the number of colors
in the palette. 19 March 2012. DWF.
Set the maximum number of divisions at 59 to recognize the IDL plot limit for tick marks. 19 March 2012. DWF.
Modifications to the FIT algorithm to make sure the color bar is completely inside
the graphics window. Also fixed mis-spelled variable name. 20 March 2012. DWF.
Added TickInterval, XTickInterval and YTickInterval keywords to accommodate interval
spacing of major tick marks. 21 July 2012. DWF.
Added the ability to use escape characters in plot titles to specify cgSymbol symbols. 27 July 2012. DWF.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.