rect()

Description

Draws a rectangle to the TFT screen. rect() takes 4 arguments, the first two are the top left corner of the shape, the last two are the width and height of the shape.

Syntax


screen.rect(xStart, yStart, width, height);


Parameters

xStart: int, the horizontal position where the line starts
yStart: int, the vertical position where the line starts
width: int, the width of the rectangle
height: int, the height of the rectangle

Returns

none

Example

#include <SPI.h>
#include <TFT.h>

#define cs   10
#define dc   9
#define rst  8

TFT screen = TFT(cs, dc, rst);

void setup() {
  // initialize the screen
  screen.begin();

  // make the background black
  screen.background(0,0,0);

  // set the stroke color to white
  screen.stroke(255,255,255);

  // set the fill color to grey
  screen.fill(127,127,127);

  // draw a rectangle in the center of screen
  screen.line(screen.width()/2-5, screen.height()/2-5, 10, 10);
}

void loop() {

}

See also

－ TFT
－ circle()
－ line()
－ point()

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