I’ll have to find some time to go back over my code and see what I’m missing 
then, because it’s working for me. Dunno off the top of my head. Sorry!
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> On Apr 12, 2020, at 7:22 AM, Daniele Dolci <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I gave it a try but still same result. I uninstalled everything with 
> 
> sudo pip3 uninstall pyqtgraph 
> 
> 
> and made sure that under dist-packages there was nothing left. Then I tried 
> to download it from source forge but with no much success, finally, as is 
> read here https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph 
> <https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph> , I used the command:
> 
> pip install git <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>+ 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>https 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>: 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>//github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop
>  <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>
> 
> or, actually, 
>  
> sudo pip3 install git <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>+ 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>https 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>: 
> <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>//github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop
>  <git+https://github.com/pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph@develop>
> Any other idea of what I could try? 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Il giorno sabato 11 aprile 2020 21:42:11 UTC+2, Daniele Dolci ha scritto:
> Alright, tomorrow I will try download the development version then and give 
> it a try. 
> 
> I will let you know how it goes, thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Il giorno sabato 11 aprile 2020 20:09:40 UTC+2, Israel Brewster ha scritto:
> Nope, that would be the latest *release* version, which would be 0.10. I’m 
> using the latest *development* version that you can get from source forge. So 
> yeah, that *could* be why my code isn’t working for you (though I don’t 
> guarantee it).
> 
> There have been a lot of changes between the last release and the current 
> development (like compatibility with PySide2, which is why I use the 
> development). I keep wondering when they will make a new release, but it 
> hasn’t happened yet.
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> Israel Brewster
> Software Engineer
> Alaska Volcano Observatory 
> Geophysical Institute - UAF 
> 2156 Koyukuk Drive 
> Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
> Work: 907-474-5172
> cell:  907-328-9145
> 
>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Daniele Dolci <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>> 
>> I would assume I am on the latest version, I installed it today. One 
>> difference perhaps might be the operative system? I am using raspbian OS.
>> 
>> To install it I used 
>> 
>> sudo apt install python3-pyqtgraph
>> 
>> So I assume it gets the latest one, or not?
>> 
>> Il giorno sabato 11 aprile 2020 19:58:36 UTC+2, Israel Brewster ha scritto:
>> One thought that just occurred to me: I’m using the latest development 
>> version of pyqtgraph. Are you by any chance on the release version? That 
>> could be the difference, theoretically, if so.
>> 
>> ---
>> Israel Brewster
>> Software Engineer
>> Alaska Volcano Observatory 
>> Geophysical Institute - UAF 
>> 2156 Koyukuk Drive 
>> Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
>> Work: 907-474-5172
>> cell:  907-328-9145
>> 
>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 9:51 AM, Daniele Dolci <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So I tried this:
>>> 
>>> x = [x for x in range(1000)]
>>> y = [x for x in range(1000)]
>>> plotWidget = pg.PlotWidget(title="Ph")
>>> plotWidget.setBackgroundBrush(QtGui.QBrush(QtCore.Qt.transparent, 
>>> QtCore.Qt.NoBrush))
>>> self._tab_layout.addWidget(plotWidget, 0, 0)
>>> t = plotWidget.plot(x, y)
>>> 
>>> But the background is still white. I removed all the viewBox stuff and the 
>>> set colors. I mean, this is very weird. If the plot accepts colors for pen 
>>> and background in the format of RGBa, why wouldn't the transperency do the 
>>> trick?
>>> 
>>> I have also tried using just plotItem, without the widget, but I wasn't 
>>> able to add it to the layout so I couldn't really finish the test. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your time man, I appreciate!
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Il giorno sabato 11 aprile 2020 19:42:31 UTC+2, Israel Brewster ha scritto:
>>> No, I mis-spoke with that. I took another look at my code, and realized 
>>> that I’m not doing *anything* with the view box. So try just doing the 
>>> setBackgroudBrush on the plotWidget, but *don’t* set the background color 
>>> on the view box at all. If that doesn’t work, then I’m probably missing 
>>> something somewhere else in my code that does it…
>>> 
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>>> Geophysical Institute - UAF 
>>> 2156 Koyukuk Drive 
>>> Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
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>>> cell:  907-328-9145
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:37 AM, Daniele Dolci <[email protected] <>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the fast reply! 
>>>> 
>>>> I tried to add that line but didn't work. I then tried to apply it to the 
>>>> plot item and to the view box, but on both I get the error:
>>>> 
>>>> plotWidget.getViewBox().setBackgroundBrush(QtGui.QBrush(QtCore.Qt.transparent,
>>>>  QtCore.Qt.NoBrush))
>>>> AttributeError: 'ViewBox' object has no attribute 'setBackgroundBrush'
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe I misunderstood what you meant by doing the same for the ViewBox?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks again! 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Il giorno sabato 11 aprile 2020 18:20:06 UTC+2, Israel Brewster ha scritto:
>>>> Try:
>>>> 
>>>> plotWidget.setBackgroundBrush(QBrush(Qt.transparent, Qt.NoBrush))
>>>> 
>>>> There may be some other code needed as well, but that’s at least part of 
>>>> it. you *may* need to do the same for the view box. So you had the right 
>>>> idea, but perhaps not quite right?
>>>> ---
>>>> Israel Brewster
>>>> Software Engineer
>>>> Alaska Volcano Observatory 
>>>> Geophysical Institute - UAF 
>>>> 2156 Koyukuk Drive 
>>>> Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
>>>> Work: 907-474-5172
>>>> cell:  907-328-9145
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 8:11 AM, Daniele Dolci <[email protected] <>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a main widget with a layout and a gradient as background. I want 
>>>>> to add a series of plots with transperent background (basically I would 
>>>>> like to only draw the foreground). I am having hardtimes making the 
>>>>> background of the plot transperent. I tried lot of things, with this code 
>>>>> I was expecting that I would be making all transparent, but it is 
>>>>> actually white:
>>>>> 
>>>>> x = [x for x in range(1000)]
>>>>> y = [x for x in range(1000)]
>>>>> plotWidget = pg.PlotWidget(title="Ph")
>>>>> plotWidget.setBackground((0, 0, 0, 0))
>>>>> plotWidget.getViewBox().setBackgroundColor((0, 0, 0, 0))
>>>>> self._tab_layout.addWidget(plotWidget, 0, 0)
>>>>> pen = pg.mkPen(color=(255, 0, 0))
>>>>> t = plotWidget.plot(x, y, pen=pen)
>>>>> t.getViewBox().setBackgroundColor((0, 0, 0, 0))
>>>>> 
>>>>> So it looks like this, and I would:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <plot1.jpg>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> And I would like to have it drawn on this background instead:
>>>>> <plot2.jpg>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any idea how to fix this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
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