void hist007_TH1_liveupdate() { TCanvas *c1 = new TCanvas("c1", "Live update of histograms", 200, 10, 600, 400); c1->SetGrid(); // Create some histograms. auto *total = new TH1D("total", "This is the total distribution", 100, -4, 4); auto *main = new TH1D("main", "Main contributor", 100, -4, 4); auto *s1 = new TH1D("s1", "This is the first signal", 100, -4, 4); auto *s2 = new TH1D("s2", "This is the second signal", 100, -4, 4); total->Sumw2(); // store the sum of squares of weights // set some style properties total->SetMarkerStyle(21); // shape of the markers (\see EMarkerStyle) total->SetMarkerSize(0.7); main->SetFillColor(16); s1->SetFillColor(42); s2->SetFillColor(46); TSlider *slider = nullptr; // Fill histograms randomly TRandom3 rng; const int kUPDATE = 500; for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) { float xmain = rng.Gaus(-1, 1.5); float xs1 = rng.Gaus(-0.5, 0.5); float xs2 = rng.Landau(1, 0.15); main->Fill(xmain); s1->Fill(xs1, 0.3); s2->Fill(xs2, 0.2); total->Fill(xmain); total->Fill(xs1, 0.3); total->Fill(xs2, 0.2); if (i && (i % kUPDATE) == 0) { if (i == kUPDATE) { total->Draw("e1p"); main->Draw("same"); s1->Draw("same"); s2->Draw("same"); c1->Update(); slider = new TSlider("slider", "test", 4.2, 0, 4.6, total->GetMaximum(), 38); slider->SetFillColor(46); } if (slider) slider->SetRange(0., 1. * i / 10000.); c1->Modified(); c1->Update(); } } slider->SetRange(0., 1.); c1->Modified(); }