Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ tikz: lines with no thickness

[theo moore]

How do I create lines in pgf/tikz with no thickness? (They are used for positioning nodes). For example

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\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[line width=0pt] (0,0) -- (1,1) 
node[pos=0.5] {$a$}; 
\end{tikzpicture}

does not seem to work. I want to just use the line for the positioning of the nodes, without actually having a line!

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\begin{tikzpicture}
  \path (0,0) -- (1,1) node[midway] {$a$};
\end{tikzpicture}

Beside a minimal working example (MWE) it seems to be very hard to get your final feedback on provided solutions.


Best regards
Thorsten

[theo moore]

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\begin{tikzpicture}
  \path (0,0) -- (1,1) node[midway] {$a$};
\end{tikzpicture}

Beside a minimal working example (MWE) it seems to be very hard to get your final feedback on provided solutions.


Best regards
Thorsten

Thorsten,

I apologise profusely for my neglect of threads past, and will make sure to follow up on issues I've raised. I hope you'll continue to provide your help.

As for this question, someone pointed out that

\path (0,0) -- (1,1) node[pos=0.5] {$a$};

A path statement does not draw anything unless specify a stroke or fill

\draw is actually just a shortcut for \path[draw] ...

...which solves my problem!