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I have the following tikz style

  \tikzset{actor/.style={ rectangle, minimum size=6mm, very thick,
    draw=red!50!black!50, top color=white, bottom
    color=red!50!black!20 }
}

and I would like to have an other style which is the same but with a cross out in the rectangle. How can I achieve this ?

Manuel Selva
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    Instead of posting code snippets, it's usually preferred to post a complete minimal example document. That saves others the work of having to come up with a test document themselves. – Jake Sep 19 '12 at 09:20

1 Answers1

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You can use append after command in conjunction with the fit library to place a cross out node (which comes from the shapes.misc library) over the actor node:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.misc, fit}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{
    actor/.style={
        rectangle, minimum size=6mm, very thick,
        draw=red!50!black!50, top color=white, bottom
        color=red!50!black!20
    },
    actor crossed out/.style={
        actor, 
        append after command={
            node [
                fit=(\tikzlastnode),
                draw=red!50!black!50,
                thick,
                inner sep=-\pgflinewidth,
                cross out
            ] {}
        }
    }
}

\node [actor] (a) {A};
\node [actor crossed out, right of = a] {B};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Alternatively, you can use edges in the append after command to draw the lines. This does not require any libraries:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{
    actor/.style={
        rectangle, minimum size=6mm, very thick,
        draw=red!50!black!50, top color=white, bottom
        color=red!50!black!20
    },
    actor crossed out/.style={
        actor, 
        append after command={
            [every edge/.append style={
                thick,
                red!50!black!50,
                shorten >=\pgflinewidth,
                shorten <=\pgflinewidth,
            }]
           (\tikzlastnode.north west) edge (\tikzlastnode.south east)
           (\tikzlastnode.north east) edge (\tikzlastnode.south west)
        }
    }
}

\node [actor] (a) {A};
\node [actor crossed out, right of = a] {B};

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Jake
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