tikz: Draw horizontal line of some specified width

Question

I wonder how to draw a horizontal line of some specified length. MWE is given below. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks

\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}

\node (a) at (0, 0) {Test \hrulefill{}};

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

@GuilhermeZanotelli - Shouldn't that be +(x length, y length) or ++? Also, its \rule{width}{thickness}. — John Kormylo, Dec 16 '16 at 01:32
Do you want the \hrulefill (which doesn't take an argument, by the way) to do something here, is that your question? — Torbjørn T., Dec 17 '16 at 18:20
Since you've accepted my answer. I do believe that you're looking for width not length, if so, please modify your question to reflect this issue. — CroCo, Dec 18 '16 at 09:39

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '16 at 01:34

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You can use line width to get a satisfactory line width. This is an example for this purpose,

\documentclass[border={5pt}]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\foreach \x in {1,...,5}
\draw[line width=\x mm] (0,\x) -- (2,\x);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

and the result is

answered Dec 16 '16 at 01:34

CroCo

5,902

Length, not width, I believe. – Torbjørn T. Dec 17 '16 at 18:19
@TorbjørnT., length is determined based on the coordinates. There is nothing mysterious in the length. I do believe the OP wanted the width. – CroCo Dec 18 '16 at 09:36
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Appears, based on the acceptance, that you were right (so +1). I know there's nothing mysterious about the length of course, it's just entirely unclear to me that the OP could in any way mean the line width, but I suppose that could be a linguistic misunderstanding. – Torbjørn T. Dec 18 '16 at 09:41

tikz: Draw horizontal line of some specified width

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