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How can I share TikZ styles between pictures without making them available globally?
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The tikzpicture environment allows to define styles in square brackets that are available within the picture. I would like to share the styles between multiple pictures to edit them in a single place. I know that this is possible with global variables, but I'd like to avoid making the styles available to all pictures. Is there a way to selectively include styles only into the picture environments where I want to use them?
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The tikzpicture environment allows to define styles in square brackets that are available within the picture. I would like to share the styles between multiple pictures to edit them in a single place. I know that this is possible with global variables, but I'd like to avoid making the styles available to all pictures. Is there a way to selectively include styles only into the picture environments where I want to use them?
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
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danijar
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What about newcommands?
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The tikzpicture environment allows to define styles in square brackets that are available within the picture. I would like to share the styles between multiple pictures to edit them in a single place. I know that this is possible with global variables, but I'd like to avoid making the styles available to all pictures. Is there a way to selectively include styles only into the picture environments where I want to use them?
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
asked Sep 1 at 19:00
danijar
257212
The tikzpicture environment allows to define styles in square brackets that are available within the picture. I would like to share the styles between multiple pictures to edit them in a single place. I know that this is possible with global variables, but I'd like to avoid making the styles available to all pictures. Is there a way to selectively include styles only into the picture environments where I want to use them?
tikz-pgf tikz-styles
asked Sep 1 at 19:00
danijar
257212
asked Sep 1 at 19:00
danijar
257212
asked Sep 1 at 19:00
danijar
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asked Sep 1 at 19:00
danijar
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What about newcommands?
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What about newcommands?
– koleygr
Sep 1 at 19:09
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What about newcommands?
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You can define a style that 'installs' more styles. For example, in the following MWE I define a style b that is globally available, that in turn installs/sets style c to be available. Similarly, I defined a style a that is globally available, but is overwritten by b. And finally, I defined a style e that only adjusts style a, without completely redefining it.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
tikzset
a/.style= % 'a' is globally available
draw=green,
line width=2pt,
dashed,
,
b/.style= % 'b' installs 'c' and overwrites 'a'
c/.style=
draw=red,
fill=blue,
text=white,
,
a/.style=
draw=blue,
line width=1pt,
,
,
e/.style= % The 'e' style will only change 'a' a bit, but will not overwrite
a/.append style=
fill=gray,
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text; % 'a' is globally available
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b]
node[a] Text; % Having called 'b', 'a' is redefined
node[c] at (1,0) Text; % And 'c' is available only in this picture
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text;
%node[c] at (2,0) Text; % This will not compile, 'c' is unknown here
beginscope[b]
node[a] at (1,0) Text; % In this scope, 'a' is redefined by 'b'
node[c] at (2,0) Text; % Again 'c' is available due to 'b'
endscope
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b,e]
node[a] Text; % Now 'a' is not completely redefined, but is changed due to 'e'
endtikzpicture
enddocument
The code above results in:
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
You can define a style that 'installs' more styles. For example, in the following MWE I define a style b that is globally available, that in turn installs/sets style c to be available. Similarly, I defined a style a that is globally available, but is overwritten by b. And finally, I defined a style e that only adjusts style a, without completely redefining it.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
tikzset
a/.style= % 'a' is globally available
draw=green,
line width=2pt,
dashed,
,
b/.style= % 'b' installs 'c' and overwrites 'a'
c/.style=
draw=red,
fill=blue,
text=white,
,
a/.style=
draw=blue,
line width=1pt,
,
,
e/.style= % The 'e' style will only change 'a' a bit, but will not overwrite
a/.append style=
fill=gray,
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text; % 'a' is globally available
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b]
node[a] Text; % Having called 'b', 'a' is redefined
node[c] at (1,0) Text; % And 'c' is available only in this picture
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text;
%node[c] at (2,0) Text; % This will not compile, 'c' is unknown here
beginscope[b]
node[a] at (1,0) Text; % In this scope, 'a' is redefined by 'b'
node[c] at (2,0) Text; % Again 'c' is available due to 'b'
endscope
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b,e]
node[a] Text; % Now 'a' is not completely redefined, but is changed due to 'e'
endtikzpicture
enddocument
The code above results in:
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
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up vote
6
down vote
accepted
You can define a style that 'installs' more styles. For example, in the following MWE I define a style b that is globally available, that in turn installs/sets style c to be available. Similarly, I defined a style a that is globally available, but is overwritten by b. And finally, I defined a style e that only adjusts style a, without completely redefining it.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
tikzset
a/.style= % 'a' is globally available
draw=green,
line width=2pt,
dashed,
,
b/.style= % 'b' installs 'c' and overwrites 'a'
c/.style=
draw=red,
fill=blue,
text=white,
,
a/.style=
draw=blue,
line width=1pt,
,
,
e/.style= % The 'e' style will only change 'a' a bit, but will not overwrite
a/.append style=
fill=gray,
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text; % 'a' is globally available
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b]
node[a] Text; % Having called 'b', 'a' is redefined
node[c] at (1,0) Text; % And 'c' is available only in this picture
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text;
%node[c] at (2,0) Text; % This will not compile, 'c' is unknown here
beginscope[b]
node[a] at (1,0) Text; % In this scope, 'a' is redefined by 'b'
node[c] at (2,0) Text; % Again 'c' is available due to 'b'
endscope
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b,e]
node[a] Text; % Now 'a' is not completely redefined, but is changed due to 'e'
endtikzpicture
enddocument
The code above results in:
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
You can define a style that 'installs' more styles. For example, in the following MWE I define a style b that is globally available, that in turn installs/sets style c to be available. Similarly, I defined a style a that is globally available, but is overwritten by b. And finally, I defined a style e that only adjusts style a, without completely redefining it.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
tikzset
a/.style= % 'a' is globally available
draw=green,
line width=2pt,
dashed,
,
b/.style= % 'b' installs 'c' and overwrites 'a'
c/.style=
draw=red,
fill=blue,
text=white,
,
a/.style=
draw=blue,
line width=1pt,
,
,
e/.style= % The 'e' style will only change 'a' a bit, but will not overwrite
a/.append style=
fill=gray,
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text; % 'a' is globally available
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b]
node[a] Text; % Having called 'b', 'a' is redefined
node[c] at (1,0) Text; % And 'c' is available only in this picture
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text;
%node[c] at (2,0) Text; % This will not compile, 'c' is unknown here
beginscope[b]
node[a] at (1,0) Text; % In this scope, 'a' is redefined by 'b'
node[c] at (2,0) Text; % Again 'c' is available due to 'b'
endscope
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b,e]
node[a] Text; % Now 'a' is not completely redefined, but is changed due to 'e'
endtikzpicture
enddocument
The code above results in:
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
You can define a style that 'installs' more styles. For example, in the following MWE I define a style b that is globally available, that in turn installs/sets style c to be available. Similarly, I defined a style a that is globally available, but is overwritten by b. And finally, I defined a style e that only adjusts style a, without completely redefining it.
documentclassarticle
usepackagetikz
tikzset
a/.style= % 'a' is globally available
draw=green,
line width=2pt,
dashed,
,
b/.style= % 'b' installs 'c' and overwrites 'a'
c/.style=
draw=red,
fill=blue,
text=white,
,
a/.style=
draw=blue,
line width=1pt,
,
,
e/.style= % The 'e' style will only change 'a' a bit, but will not overwrite
a/.append style=
fill=gray,
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text; % 'a' is globally available
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b]
node[a] Text; % Having called 'b', 'a' is redefined
node[c] at (1,0) Text; % And 'c' is available only in this picture
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture
node[a] Text;
%node[c] at (2,0) Text; % This will not compile, 'c' is unknown here
beginscope[b]
node[a] at (1,0) Text; % In this scope, 'a' is redefined by 'b'
node[c] at (2,0) Text; % Again 'c' is available due to 'b'
endscope
endtikzpicture
begintikzpicture[b,e]
node[a] Text; % Now 'a' is not completely redefined, but is changed due to 'e'
endtikzpicture
enddocument
The code above results in:
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
answered Sep 1 at 19:15
Max
6,08311727
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What about newcommands?
– koleygr
Sep 1 at 19:09