annotationSetBkd#

Purpose#

Sets the background color and opacity level for a textbox, rectangle or ellipse.

Format#

annotationSetBkd(&myAnnotation, color, opacity)#

Parameters:

&myAnnotation (A pointer to an instance of a plotAnnotation structure.)
color (string) – color name or hex HTML color code.
opacity (scalar) – opacity percentage. Valid range is between 0 and 1.

Examples#

Using a color string#

/*
** Declare 'myAnnotation' to be an instance of a plotAnnotation structure
** and fill it in with default values
*/
struct plotAnnotation myAnnotation;
myAnnotation = annotationGetDefaults();

// Set background to light gray with 40% opacity
annotationSetBkd(&myAnnotation, "light gray", 0.4);

Full example using an HTML color code#

// Create and plot some simple data
x = seqa(1, 1, 10);
y = rndu(10, 1);
plotXY(x, y);

/*
** Declare 'myAnnotation' to be an instance of a plotAnnotation
** structure and fill it in with default values
*/
struct plotAnnotation myAnnotation;
myAnnotation = annotationGetDefaults();

// Set background to white with 80% opacity
annotationSetBkd(&myAnnotation, "#FFFFFF", 0.8);

// Add rectangle to 'xy' plot from above
// using settings from 'myAnnotation'
plotAddShape(myAnnotation, "rectangle", 1, 0.2, 3, 0.5);