Using a macro with TikZ style attributes in a draw command

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For use in a foreach loop, I would like to have the style attributes for a rectangle stored in a macro. The style attributes would include the fill color, opacity, etcetera (but the attributes that occur each time are not the same ones each time). Then I would like to use that command, to be expanded in a TikZ draw command.

I have tried several things to make it work (wrapping the draw command in a macro, using edef and/or expandafter), and tried to google a solution for this problem, but so far unsuccessfully. I boiled down the issue to the following minimal working example. Can anyone help me access the style attributes inside a macro and transfer them to a TikZ drawing command?

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

begindocument
begintikzpicture
 % this works
 draw[fill=blue,opacity=0.8] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture

begintikzpicture
 % this doesn't work, but I want it to
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

tikz-pgf macros

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  Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
  – CarLaTeX
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  The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
  – RobV
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  Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
  – CarLaTeX
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  Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
  – RobV
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
  – RobV
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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For use in a foreach loop, I would like to have the style attributes for a rectangle stored in a macro. The style attributes would include the fill color, opacity, etcetera (but the attributes that occur each time are not the same ones each time). Then I would like to use that command, to be expanded in a TikZ draw command.

I have tried several things to make it work (wrapping the draw command in a macro, using edef and/or expandafter), and tried to google a solution for this problem, but so far unsuccessfully. I boiled down the issue to the following minimal working example. Can anyone help me access the style attributes inside a macro and transfer them to a TikZ drawing command?

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

begindocument
begintikzpicture
 % this works
 draw[fill=blue,opacity=0.8] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture

begintikzpicture
 % this doesn't work, but I want it to
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

tikz-pgf macros

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asked 1 hour ago

RobV

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  Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
  – RobV
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
  – RobV
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
  – RobV
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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For use in a foreach loop, I would like to have the style attributes for a rectangle stored in a macro. The style attributes would include the fill color, opacity, etcetera (but the attributes that occur each time are not the same ones each time). Then I would like to use that command, to be expanded in a TikZ draw command.

I have tried several things to make it work (wrapping the draw command in a macro, using edef and/or expandafter), and tried to google a solution for this problem, but so far unsuccessfully. I boiled down the issue to the following minimal working example. Can anyone help me access the style attributes inside a macro and transfer them to a TikZ drawing command?

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

begindocument
begintikzpicture
 % this works
 draw[fill=blue,opacity=0.8] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture

begintikzpicture
 % this doesn't work, but I want it to
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

tikz-pgf macros

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asked 1 hour ago

RobV

1565

For use in a foreach loop, I would like to have the style attributes for a rectangle stored in a macro. The style attributes would include the fill color, opacity, etcetera (but the attributes that occur each time are not the same ones each time). Then I would like to use that command, to be expanded in a TikZ draw command.

I have tried several things to make it work (wrapping the draw command in a macro, using edef and/or expandafter), and tried to google a solution for this problem, but so far unsuccessfully. I boiled down the issue to the following minimal working example. Can anyone help me access the style attributes inside a macro and transfer them to a TikZ drawing command?

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

begindocument
begintikzpicture
 % this works
 draw[fill=blue,opacity=0.8] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture

begintikzpicture
 % this doesn't work, but I want it to
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
endtikzpicture
enddocument

tikz-pgf macros

tikz-pgf macros

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  Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
  – RobV
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
  – RobV
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
  – RobV
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
  – RobV
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
  – CarLaTeX
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
  – RobV
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
  – RobV
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

2

2

Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
– CarLaTeX
1 hour ago

Use a TikZ style, see here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/21395/…
– CarLaTeX
1 hour ago

The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
– RobV
1 hour ago

The number of arguments isn't fixed. The list of attributes is of variable length and the attributes themselves can differ.
– RobV
1 hour ago

1

1

Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
– CarLaTeX
1 hour ago

Styles can have arguments which can be parametrically set in a foreach. You can also define "n" styles and use them as parameter of the foreach. See here, for example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/64237/101651
– CarLaTeX
1 hour ago

Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
– RobV
59 mins ago

Yes, thank you! I had come across using expand once but I didn't know about the trick with apply style definition. I will answer my question with code that makes the MWE work.
– RobV
59 mins ago

Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
– RobV
56 mins ago

Or you can add the (same) answer as well and I can accept that one as the answer, if you want to get the credit.
– RobV
56 mins ago

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Thanks to CarLaTeX's comment that pointed to this question, I found the following solution:

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

tikzsetapply style/.code=tikzset#1

begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[apply style/.expand once=styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

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Thanks to CarLaTeX's comment that pointed to this question, I found the following solution:

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

tikzsetapply style/.code=tikzset#1

begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[apply style/.expand once=styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

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answered 57 mins ago

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Thanks to CarLaTeX's comment that pointed to this question, I found the following solution:

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

tikzsetapply style/.code=tikzset#1

begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[apply style/.expand once=styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

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answered 57 mins ago

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Thanks to CarLaTeX's comment that pointed to this question, I found the following solution:

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

tikzsetapply style/.code=tikzset#1

begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[apply style/.expand once=styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

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answered 57 mins ago

RobV

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Thanks to CarLaTeX's comment that pointed to this question, I found the following solution:

documentclassminimal
usepackagetikz

tikzsetapply style/.code=tikzset#1

begindocument
 begintikzpicture
 defstyleattributesfill=blue,opacity=0.8
 draw[apply style/.expand once=styleattributes] (0,0) rectangle (1,1);
 endtikzpicture
enddocument

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