rect_mode

rect_mode()

Description

Modifies the location from which rectangles are drawn by changing the way in which parameters given to rect() are interpreted.

The default mode is CORNER, which interprets the first two parameters as the upper-left corner of the shape, while the third and fourth parameters are its width and height.

rect_mode(CORNERS) interprets the first two parameters as the location of one of the corners, and the third and fourth parameters as the location of the diagonally opposite corner. Note, the rectangle is drawn between the coordinates, so it is not necessary that the first corner be the upper left corner.

rect_mode(CENTER) interprets the first two parameters as the shape’s center point, while the third and fourth parameters are its width and height.

rect_mode(RADIUS) also uses the first two parameters as the shape’s center point, but uses the third and fourth parameters to specify half of the shape’s width and height respectively.

The parameter to this function must be written in ALL CAPS because they are predefined as constants in ALL CAPS and Python is a case-sensitive language.

Examples

from proceso import Sketch


p5 = Sketch()
p5.describe(
    "A dark gray square drawn at the top-left corner of a white square"
)

p5.rect_mode(p5.CORNER)
p5.fill(255)
p5.rect(25, 25, 50, 50) # Draw white rectangle using CORNER mode

p5.rect_mode(p5.CORNERS)
p5.fill(100)
p5.rect(25, 25, 50, 50) # Draw gray rectangle using CORNERS mode

from proceso import Sketch


p5 = Sketch()
p5.describe("A dark gray square drawn at the center of a white square")

p5.rect_mode(p5.RADIUS)
p5.fill(255)
p5.rect(50, 50, 30, 30) # Draw white rectangle using RADIUS mode

p5.rect_mode(p5.CENTER)
p5.fill(100)
p5.rect(50, 50, 30, 30) # Draw gray rectangle using CENTER mode

Syntax

rect_mode(mode)

Parameters

mode: str Either CORNER, CORNERS, CENTER, or RADIUS.