I want to draw an arrow tip to every node/coordinate in a path. But tikz draws them only to the first and last point. Is there an option for that purpose? Or have I to splitt the path into its single parts?
Here is an example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
% What should I add to this:
\draw [|<->|] (0.4,2.4) to node[right] {$L$} ++(0,-1.5)
to node[right] {$d$} ++(0,-1)
to node[right] {$h$} ++(0,-1);
% To get:
\draw [|<->|] (0.8,2.4) to node[right] {$L$} (0.8,0.9);
\draw [|<->|] (0.8,0.9) to node[right] {$d$} (0.8,-0.1);
\draw [|<->|] (0.8,-0.1) to node[right] {$h$} (0.8,-1.1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Your first command only creates one path and TikZ will apply the arrowheads to the end of that path. So you need to create separate paths for the individual bits. One relatively quick way to insert subpaths into a statement is the
edge
command:The only drawback is that
edge
doesn't advance the current position, so that you have to repeat the coordinates. Also you need to use\path
instead of\draw
to avoid the drawing of an empty path with arrowheads.