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wxPython - Drawing API
GDI+ (Graphics Drawing Interface), CoreGraphics and Cairo pbraries form the framework of drawing API in wxPython. wx.GraphicsContext is the primary drawable object, using which various Device Context objects are created.
wx.DC is an abstract class. Its derived classes are used to render graphics and text on different devices. The Device Context classes are −
wx.ScreenDC − Use this to paint on the screen, as opposed to an inspanidual window.
wx.CpentDC − Use this to paint on the cpent area of the window (the part without borders and other decorations), but do not use it from within an wxPaintEvent.
wx.PaintDC − Use this to paint on the cpent area of the window, but only from within a wxPaintEvent.
wx.WindowDC − Use this to paint on the whole area of the window, including decorations. This may not be available on non-Windows platforms.
Drawing API of wxPython offers different functions for drawing shape, text and image. Objects required for drawing purpose, pke Colour, Pen, Brush and Font can also be constructed using GDI classes.
wx.Colour Class
Colour object represents combination of RGB (RED, Green and Blue) intensity values, each on the scale of 0-255. There are a few predefined colour objects pke −
wxBLACK
wxBLUE
wxCYAN
wxGREEN
wxYELLOW
wxLIGHT_GREY
wxRED
wxWHITE
Color with custom combination of RGB values is formed as wx.Colour object.
wx.Colour(r,g,b)
wx.Pen Class
Pen object determines the colour, width and style of the shape of graphics pke pne, rectangle, circle etc.
Predefined Pen objects are −
wxBLACK_DASHED_PEN |
wxBLACK_PEN |
wxBLUE_PEN |
wxCYAN_PEN |
wxGREEN_PEN |
wxYELLOW_PEN |
wxGREY_PEN |
wxLIGHT_GREY_PEN |
wxMEDIUM_GREY_PEN |
wxRED_PEN |
wxTRANSPARENT_PEN |
wxWHITE_PEN |
Predefined Pen styles are −
wx.SOLID |
wx.DOT |
wx.LONG_DASH |
wx.SHORT_DASH |
wx.DOT_DASH |
wx.TRANSPARENT |
wx.Brush Class
Brush is another elementary graphics object required to fill the backgrounds of shapes such as rectangle, elppse, circle etc.
A custom Brush object requires wx.Colour and Brush style parameters. The following is a pst of predefined brush styles −
wx.SOLID |
wx.STIPPLE |
wx.BDIAGONAL_HATCH |
wx.CROSSDIAG_HATCH |
wx.FDIAGONAL_HATCH |
wx.CROSS_HATCH |
wx.HORIZONTAL_HATCH |
wx.VERTICAL_HATCH |
wx.TRANSPARENT |
wxPython has a number of functions that faciptate drawing different shapes, text and image.
S.N. | Functions & Description |
---|---|
1 | DrawRectangle() Draws a rectangle of given dimensions |
2 | DrawCircle() Draws a circle at the given point as center and radius |
3 | DrawElppse() Draws an elppse with the given x and y radius |
4 | DrawLine() Draws a pne beween two wx.Point objects |
5 | DrawBitmap() Draw an image at the given position |
6 | DrawText() Displays the given text at the specified position |
Example
The above functions are implemented in the following example, making use of Pen, Brush, Colour and Font objects.
The complete code is as follows −
import wx class Mywin(wx.Frame): def __init__(self, parent, title): super(Mywin, self).__init__(parent, title = title,size = (500,300)) self.InitUI() def InitUI(self): self.Bind(wx.EVT_PAINT, self.OnPaint) self.Centre() self.Show(True) def OnPaint(self, e): dc = wx.PaintDC(self) brush = wx.Brush("white") dc.SetBackground(brush) dc.Clear() dc.DrawBitmap(wx.Bitmap("python.jpg"),10,10,True) color = wx.Colour(255,0,0) b = wx.Brush(color) dc.SetBrush(b) dc.DrawCircle(300,125,50) dc.SetBrush(wx.Brush(wx.Colour(255,255,255))) dc.DrawCircle(300,125,30) font = wx.Font(18, wx.ROMAN, wx.ITALIC, wx.NORMAL) dc.SetFont(font) dc.DrawText("Hello wxPython",200,10) pen = wx.Pen(wx.Colour(0,0,255)) dc.SetPen(pen) dc.DrawLine(200,50,350,50) dc.SetBrush(wx.Brush(wx.Colour(0,255,0), wx.CROSS_HATCH)) dc.DrawRectangle(380, 15, 90, 60) ex = wx.App() Mywin(None, Drawing demo ) ex.MainLoop()
The above code produces the following output −
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