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Post by latexhelp1 »

How do you get an arrow in Tikz to be diagonal (picture a curve like y = -x but pointing downward)?

Right now I can only get it to be vertical.

I'm using for code:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\frame
{
\frametitle{Slide Title}
\begin{tikzpicture}
[/tikz/every pin edge/.style = <-, scale=1.0]
\begin{axis}
axis x line = bottom,
axis y line = left,
width = 1.01\textwidth,
height = .63\textwidth, % Adjusted
legend style = { at = {(1.00,0.30)}, draw = none },
xlabel = Year,
ylabel = Percent,
ymax = 93,
ymin = 27,
ytick = {30,40,...,90},
xmax = 1993,
xmin = 1967,
xtick = {1970, 1980, ..., 1990},
]
\node[coordinate, pin = 90:
] at (axis cs:1985,75) { };
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
}
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Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

There are many possibilities.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (A);
\node[below right of=A,coordinate] (B) {};
\draw[->] (A) -- (B);
\end{tikzpicture}
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Post by latexhelp1 »

Thank you for sending this code over! I don't quite understand how to implement it, however. Suppose that I'd like the arrow to go from (1980, 80) to (1985, 75). And I want to embed that in the plot that I already have.

Is that?

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (1980, 80);
\node[below right of=(1980, 80),coordinate] (1985, 75) {};
\draw[->] (1980, 80) -- (1985, 75);
\end{tikzpicture}
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That doesn't seem to compile, so I'm not sure.....
Stefan_K wrote:There are many possibilities.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (A);
\node[below right of=A,coordinate] (B) {};
\draw[->] (A) -- (B);
\end{tikzpicture}
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Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

It was just an arbitrary example answering the question:
latexhelp1 wrote:How do you get an arrow in Tikz to be diagonal (picture a curve like y = -x but pointing downward)?
I did not refer to your code, simply because your code is not compilable and you did not mention which library or package you used. It doesn't even work when I tried it with pgfplots. Earlier, you posted small compilable examples when you showed a problem, now it requires every reader who would like to practically help to create a test example on his own for simulating the problem, and this even without sufficient information about involved packages and settings.

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Post by latexhelp1 »

Dear Stefan,

My deepest apologies. I hope you will please accept this code as a minimal working example.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[professionalfont, fleqn]{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
\usetheme{Warsaw}
\usetheme{CambridgeUS}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows,shapes,positioning}
\graphicspath{{graphics/}}
\begin{document}
\frame
{
\frametitle{Frame Title}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
[
axis x line = bottom,
axis y line = left,
width = 1.01\textwidth,
height = .63\textwidth, % Adjusted
ymax = 93,
ymin = 27,
ytick = {30,40,...,90},
xmax = 1993,
xmin = 1967,
xtick = {1970, 1980, ..., 1990},
]
\node[anchor=west] at (axis cs:1968.5,89.5){%
\textbullet\ Comment here about data
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\end{document}
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I would like to draw an arrow from the word data, which is approximately the coordinate (1982, 88) and have it point to say (1985, 82).

I would very much appreciate any help!
Stefan_K wrote:It was just an arbitrary example answering the question:
latexhelp1 wrote:How do you get an arrow in Tikz to be diagonal (picture a curve like y = -x but pointing downward)?
I did not refer to your code, simply because your code is not compilable and you did not mention which library or package you used. It doesn't even work when I tried it with pgfplots. Earlier, you posted small compilable examples when you showed a problem, now it requires every reader who would like to practically help to create a test example on his own for simulating the problem, and this even without sufficient information about involved packages and settings.

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With a complete example, it's no problem.

Just add

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\draw[->] (axis cs:1982, 88) -- (axis cs:1985, 82);
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before \end{axis}, or use any other coordinate you like.

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Post by latexhelp1 »

Thank you!

How can I make the arrow head thicker? (I feel like I can hardly see the arrow head.)

Also, how could I make the arrow circular? For example, an arrow that goes from say 9 oclock to 12 oclock or 9 oclock to 6 oclock.
Stefan_K wrote:With a complete example, it's no problem.

Just add

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\draw[->] (axis cs:1982, 88) -- (axis cs:1985, 82);
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before \end{axis}, or use any other coordinate you like.

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For making the complete arrow thicker:

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\draw[->, thick] (axis cs:1982, 88) -- (axis cs:1985, 82);
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\draw[->, very thick] (axis cs:1982, 88) -- (axis cs:1985, 82);
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For another and better visible arrowhead, use any other of the arrows library, such as

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\draw[->,-triangle 60] (axis cs:1982, 88) -- (axis cs:1985, 82);
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Here's how you can make a bend arrow:

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\draw[->,-triangle 60] (axis cs:1982, 88) to[bend right=-60] (axis cs:1985, 82);
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and in the other direction

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\draw[->,-triangle 60] (axis cs:1982, 88) to[bend right=60] (axis cs:1985, 82);
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Thank you Stefan for the continued help! Is there a way to make the arrow as a circle to instead an oval? That is, the arrow (right = -60) rises much higher than I'd like. Thus, I'm wondering how I can make it lower, and curve like an oval. Is that possible?
Stefan_K wrote:Here's how you can make a bend arrow:

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\draw[->,-triangle 60] (axis cs:1982, 88) to[bend right=-60] (axis cs:1985, 82);
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and in the other direction

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\draw[->,-triangle 60] (axis cs:1982, 88) to[bend right=60] (axis cs:1985, 82);
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