TikZ: How to encapsulate shade in node?

Question

I have this shaded circle:

\shade [ball color=black!80!white] (0,0) circle (1);

Is it possible to encapsulate it with node style and fixing the circle radius?

Stefan Kottwitz · Answer 1 · 2010-08-18T00:03:21.343

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You could define a style for nodes using \tikzstyle:

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\tikzstyle{ball} = [circle,shading=ball, ball color=black!80!white,
    minimum size=1cm]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [style=ball] {};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Output:

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edited Aug 18 '10 at 00:03

answered Aug 17 '10 at 17:11

Stefan Kottwitz

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thanks!. Why can't I have "maximum size" as well? – Łukasz Lew Aug 17 '10 at 17:15
I think TikZ doesn't support a maximum size for nodes. – Stefan Kottwitz Aug 17 '10 at 17:17
You can specify text width, text height, text depth and inner sep explicitly. This will define the maximum node size. I don't think it's a good idea, though. – Martin Heller Aug 17 '10 at 17:38
So how should I ensure that text will be scaled down to fit into node (instead of node scaled up) ? – Łukasz Lew Aug 17 '10 at 18:32
For instance with \resizebox of the graphicx package if needed. – Stefan Kottwitz Aug 17 '10 at 18:47

TikZ: How to encapsulate shade in node?

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