Tikzpicture / PGF layers rendering in the margin
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Alrightly folks, I have one that has stumped me thoroughly and hopefully one of you beautiful brilliant people can help me out.
I am attempting to use tikz/pgf to enable me to use absolute positioning of images and text over my document with coordinates. However, my PGF layers keep rendering inside the margin.
Latex Code:
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
tikz[remember picture,overlay] {draw[thick,red,fill] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);}
This is some text, it is on the main layer.\
end{pgfonlayer}
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
Result:
Any help would sincerely be appreciated!
tikz-pgf tikz-pic pgflayers
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
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asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
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0
Alrightly folks, I have one that has stumped me thoroughly and hopefully one of you beautiful brilliant people can help me out.
I am attempting to use tikz/pgf to enable me to use absolute positioning of images and text over my document with coordinates. However, my PGF layers keep rendering inside the margin.
Latex Code:
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
tikz[remember picture,overlay] {draw[thick,red,fill] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);}
This is some text, it is on the main layer.\
end{pgfonlayer}
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
Result:
Any help would sincerely be appreciated!
tikz-pgf tikz-pic pgflayers
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
add a comment |
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Alrightly folks, I have one that has stumped me thoroughly and hopefully one of you beautiful brilliant people can help me out.
I am attempting to use tikz/pgf to enable me to use absolute positioning of images and text over my document with coordinates. However, my PGF layers keep rendering inside the margin.
Latex Code:
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
tikz[remember picture,overlay] {draw[thick,red,fill] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);}
This is some text, it is on the main layer.\
end{pgfonlayer}
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
Result:
Any help would sincerely be appreciated!
tikz-pgf tikz-pic pgflayers
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
Alrightly folks, I have one that has stumped me thoroughly and hopefully one of you beautiful brilliant people can help me out.
I am attempting to use tikz/pgf to enable me to use absolute positioning of images and text over my document with coordinates. However, my PGF layers keep rendering inside the margin.
Latex Code:
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
tikz[remember picture,overlay] {draw[thick,red,fill] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);}
This is some text, it is on the main layer.\
end{pgfonlayer}
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
Result:
Any help would sincerely be appreciated!
tikz-pgf tikz-pic pgflayers
tikz-pgf tikz-pic pgflayers
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
edited Feb 7 at 16:06
user180639
2048
2048
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
203
asked Feb 7 at 15:12
James DunlapJames Dunlap
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203
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Using tikz inside a tikzpicture is not a good idea (tikz is a short form for creating a new tikzpicture and they must not be nested). Remove it and directly draw the rectangle (don't forget to compile two times):
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
fill[red] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
end{pgfonlayer}
node at (current page.center) {text on main layer};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
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@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
add a comment |
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Using tikz inside a tikzpicture is not a good idea (tikz is a short form for creating a new tikzpicture and they must not be nested). Remove it and directly draw the rectangle (don't forget to compile two times):
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
fill[red] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
end{pgfonlayer}
node at (current page.center) {text on main layer};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
1
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
add a comment |
4
Using tikz inside a tikzpicture is not a good idea (tikz is a short form for creating a new tikzpicture and they must not be nested). Remove it and directly draw the rectangle (don't forget to compile two times):
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
fill[red] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
end{pgfonlayer}
node at (current page.center) {text on main layer};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
1
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
add a comment |
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4
Using tikz inside a tikzpicture is not a good idea (tikz is a short form for creating a new tikzpicture and they must not be nested). Remove it and directly draw the rectangle (don't forget to compile two times):
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
fill[red] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
end{pgfonlayer}
node at (current page.center) {text on main layer};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
Using tikz inside a tikzpicture is not a good idea (tikz is a short form for creating a new tikzpicture and they must not be nested). Remove it and directly draw the rectangle (don't forget to compile two times):
documentclass[letterpaper]{letter}
usepackage[lmargin=15pt,rmargin=15pt,tmargin=0pt,bmargin=10pt]{geometry}
usepackage{tikz}
pgfdeclarelayer{back}
pgfdeclarelayer{front}
pgfsetlayers{back,main,front}
begin{document}
begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
begin{pgfonlayer}{back}
fill[red] (current page.north west) rectangle (current page.south east);
end{pgfonlayer}
node at (current page.center) {text on main layer};
end{tikzpicture}
end{document}
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
edited Feb 7 at 15:52
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
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answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
answered Feb 7 at 15:42
user180639user180639
2048
2048
1
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
add a comment |
1
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
1
1
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
@marmot Thank you for your vote!
– user180639
Feb 7 at 16:19
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
First, thanks for clearing up some of structure. Is it acceptable to nest tikzpictures or is that always a no no?
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:31
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
Second..... THANK YOU SO MUCH! Some how I had never discovered that I needed to compile twice and this has been haunting me for weeks through all my projects trying to use certain packages. Your extra effort to remind me to compile two times has changed my life for the better. I am in your debt.
– James Dunlap
Feb 7 at 18:33
1
1
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
@JamesDunlap First: In general you should not nest tikzpictures. While this might sometimes give the results you want, problems caused by this are a pain in the a** to debug, so better never nest them. And in the code you show nesting them really makes no sense.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:11
1
1
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
@JamesDunlap Second: My pleasure to help! Compiling two times is necessary because in the first run tikz has to look up all kinds of things, like how big the page is. I the second run it can use all these stored variables to correctly position things.
– user180639
Feb 8 at 0:13
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