Creating a seamless XOR symbol as node
The best idea I think is to define the XOR
in such a way that automatically the +
sign is inside the circle. One possibility is:
\tikzset{XOR/.style={draw,circle,append after command={
[shorten >=\pgflinewidth, shorten <=\pgflinewidth,]
(\tikzlastnode.north) edge (\tikzlastnode.south)
(\tikzlastnode.east) edge (\tikzlastnode.west)
}
}
}
The complete example:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows,fit,calc,positioning,automata}
\begin{document}
\tikzset{XOR/.style={draw,circle,append after command={
[shorten >=\pgflinewidth, shorten <=\pgflinewidth,]
(\tikzlastnode.north) edge (\tikzlastnode.south)
(\tikzlastnode.east) edge (\tikzlastnode.west)
}
}
}
\tikzset{line/.style={draw, -latex',shorten <=1bp,shorten >=1bp}}
\begin{tikzpicture}[auto]
\node (XOR-aa)[XOR,scale=1.2] {};
\node [above of=XOR-aa,node distance=1.5cm,text width=1.5cm,anchor=south,align=center] (bla) {Bla};
\node [right of=XOR-aa,node distance=3cm,text width=1.5cm,anchor=east,align=center] (Blob) {Blob};
\node [left of=XOR-aa,node distance=3cm,text width=1.5cm,anchor=west,align=center] (blubb) {Blubb};
\path[line] (XOR-aa) edge (Blob)
(bla) edge (XOR-aa)
(blubb) edge (XOR-aa);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Notice in particular how the line
is defined:
\tikzset{line/.style={draw, -latex',shorten <=1bp,shorten >=1bp}}
The shorten
allows that the arrows does not touch the XOR
: without this, a departing arrow could be confused with the the +
.
The result is:
The approach allows to scale the XOR
symbol very easily without problems; for example using:
\node (XOR-aa)[XOR,scale=2.5] {};
in the previous MWE leads to:
As an alternative to Claudio's XOR style
, following code provides a xor shape
based in forbidden sign
shape.
\documentclass[tikz, border=2mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\makeatletter
\pgfdeclareshape{xor}
{
\inheritsavedanchors[from=circle]
\inheritanchorborder[from=circle]
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{north}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{north west}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{north east}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{center}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{west}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{east}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{mid}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{mid west}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{mid east}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{base}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{base west}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{base east}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{south}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{south west}
\inheritanchor[from=circle]{south east}
\inheritbackgroundpath[from=circle]
\foregroundpath{
\centerpoint%
\pgf@xc=\pgf@x%
\pgf@yc=\pgf@y%
\pgfutil@tempdima=\radius%
\pgfmathsetlength{\pgf@xb}{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/outer xsep}}%
\pgfmathsetlength{\pgf@yb}{\pgfkeysvalueof{/pgf/outer ysep}}%
\ifdim\pgf@xb<\pgf@yb%
\advance\pgfutil@tempdima by-\pgf@yb%
\else%
\advance\pgfutil@tempdima by-\pgf@xb%
\fi%
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpointadd{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yc}}{\pgfqpoint{\pgfutil@tempdima}{0pt}}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpointadd{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yc}}{\pgfqpoint{-\pgfutil@tempdima}{0pt}}}
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpointadd{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yc}}{\pgfqpoint{0pt}{-\pgfutil@tempdima}}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpointadd{\pgfqpoint{\pgf@xc}{\pgf@yc}}{\pgfqpoint{0pt}{\pgfutil@tempdima}}}
\pgfsetarrowsstart{}
\pgfsetarrowsend{}
}
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[xor, draw=red, fill=red!30] (A) {};
\node[xor, draw, fill=green!30, right=1cm of A, minimum size=5mm, line width=.5mm] (B) {};
\draw (A)--(B);
\draw[<-] (A)--++(90:1cm) node[above](bla) {Bla};
\draw[->] (bla)--(B);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}