An arrow between two tikzpictures

Question

How can I display an arrow between two tikzpictures (of the same size) so that the arrow is alligned with the centre of the pictures?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}


\begin{tikzpicture}[
  tlabel/.style={pos=0.4,right=-1pt},
]
\node{$\Rightarrow$}
child {node {$\wedge$}
child {node {$p$}}
child {node {$q$}}}
child {node {$r$}}
;
\end{tikzpicture}

 $\rightarrow$ % the arrow between the pictures

\begin{tikzpicture}[
  tlabel/.style={pos=0.4,right=-1pt},
]
\node{$\Rightarrow$}
child {node {$\wedge$}
child {node {$p$}}
child {node {$q$}}}
child {node {$r$}}
;
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Alternative generic solution with adjustbox: Forest trees on the same line - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange for top alignment or vertical alignment - Aligning several forest trees in centered way - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange for center alignment — user202729, Jun 05 '22 at 15:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '15 at 21:52

Do you want something like this?

This uses the baseline key with the value (current bounding box.center) to align the centres of the pictures with the current baseline.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[
    tlabel/.style={pos=0.4,right=-1pt},
    baseline=(current bounding box.center)
    ]
    \node{$\Rightarrow$}
    child {node {$\wedge$}
      child {node {$p$}}
      child {node {$q$}}}
    child {node {$r$}}
    ;
  \end{tikzpicture}
  $\rightarrow$ % the arrow between the pictures
  \begin{tikzpicture}[
    tlabel/.style={pos=0.4,right=-1pt},
    baseline=(current bounding box.center)
    ]
    \node{$\Rightarrow$}
    child {node {$\wedge$}
      child {node {$p$}}
      child {node {$q$}}}
    child {node {$r$}}
    ;
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

If you are drawing trees, you should consider one of the specialised libraries or packages as they offer greater power and flexibility and, in many cases, a syntax which allows you to specify a tree much more concisely.

Packages include forest (based on TikZ), tikz-qtree (obviously TikZ-based), qtree (non-TikZ) and the TikZ library trees (much less powerful and does not support specialised syntax).

That's exactly what I want, thanks! I tried some tree packages but they didn't display the trees how I want. I only need to draw a few simple trees and tikz seems fine for that. — mmgro27, Aug 09 '15 at 22:03
@notnek Certainly if it works for you, there is no need to fix it ;). — cfr, Aug 09 '15 at 22:39

An arrow between two tikzpictures

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