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QGLColormap Class Reference
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The QGLColormap class is used for installing custom colormaps into a QGLWidget. More...

Public Methods

 QGLColormap ()
 
 QGLColormap (const QGLColormap &other)
 
 ~QGLColormap ()
 
QColor entryColor (int idx) const
 
QRgb entryRgb (int idx) const
 
int find (QRgb color) const
 
int findNearest (QRgb color) const
 
bool isEmpty () const
 
QGLColormap & operator= (const QGLColormap &other)
 
void setEntries (int count, const QRgb *colors, int base=0)
 
void setEntry (int idx, const QColor &color)
 
void setEntry (int idx, QRgb color)
 
int size () const
 

Friends

class QGLWidget
 

Detailed Description

The QGLColormap class is used for installing custom colormaps into a QGLWidget.

QGLColormap provides a platform independent way of specifying and installing indexed colormaps for a QGLWidget. QGLColormap is especially useful when using the OpenGL color-index mode.

Under X11 you must use an X server that supports either a PseudoColor or DirectColor visual class. If your X server currently only provides a GrayScale, TrueColor, StaticColor or StaticGray visual, you will not be able to allocate colorcells for writing. If this is the case, try setting your X server to 8 bit mode. It should then provide you with at least a PseudoColor visual. Note that you may experience colormap flashing if your X server is running in 8 bit mode.

The size() of the colormap is always set to 256 colors. Note that under Windows you can also install colormaps in child widgets.

This class uses implicit sharing as a memory and speed optimization.

Example of use:

#include <QApplication>
#include <QGLColormap>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
MySuperGLWidget widget; // a QGLWidget in color-index mode
QGLColormap colormap;
// This will fill the colormap with colors ranging from
// black to white.
const int size = 256;
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
colormap.setEntry(i, qRgb(i, i, i));
widget.setColormap(colormap);
widget.show();
return app.exec();
}
See also
QGLWidget::setColormap(), QGLWidget::colormap()

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QGLColormap::QGLColormap ( )

Construct a new QGLColormap.

QGLColormap::QGLColormap ( const QGLColormap &  other)

Copy constructs a new QGLColormap from other using a shallow copy.

QGLColormap::~QGLColormap ( )

Dereferences the QGLColormap and deletes it if this was the last reference to it.

Method Documentation

QColor QGLColormap::entryColor ( int  idx) const

Returns the QRgb value in the colorcell with index idx.

QRgb QGLColormap::entryRgb ( int  idx) const

Returns the QRgb value in the colorcell with index idx.

int QGLColormap::find ( QRgb  color) const

Returns the index of the given color. If color is not in the map, -1 is returned.

int QGLColormap::findNearest ( QRgb  color) const

Returns the index of the color that is the closest match to the given color.

bool QGLColormap::isEmpty ( ) const

Returns true if the colormap is empty or it is not in use by a QGLWidget, otherwise returns false. A colormap with no color values set is considered to be empty. For historical reasons, a colormap that has color values set but which is not in use by a QGLWidget is also considered empty.

Compare size() with zero to determine if the colormap is empty regardless of whether it is in use by a QGLWidget or not.

See also
size()
QGLColormap & QGLColormap::operator= ( const QGLColormap &  other)

Copy assigns from other using a shallow copy and returns a reference to this object.

void QGLColormap::setEntries ( int  count,
const QRgb *  colors,
int  base = 0 
)

Set an array of cells in this colormap. The count is the number of colors that should be set, colors is the array of colors, and base is the starting index. The first element in colors is set at base in the colormap.

void QGLColormap::setEntry ( int  idx,
const QColor &  color 
)

Set the cell with index idx in the colormap to color.

void QGLColormap::setEntry ( int  idx,
QRgb  color 
)

Set the cell at index idx in the colormap to color.

int QGLColormap::size ( ) const

Returns the number of colorcells in the colormap.