QPen Class Reference

The QPen class defines how a QPainter should draw lines and outlines of shapes. More...

#include <qpen.h>

Inherits Qt.

List of all member functions.

Public Members

QPen ()
QPen ( PenStyle )
QPen ( const QColor & color, uint width=0, PenStyle style=SolidLine )
QPen ( const QPen & )
~QPen ()
QPen& operator= ( const QPen & )
PenStyle style () const
void setStyle ( PenStyle )
uint width () const
void setWidth ( uint )
const QColor& color () const
void setColor ( const QColor & )
bool operator== ( const QPen & p ) const
bool operator!= ( const QPen & p ) const

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)

QDataStream & operator<< (QDataStream & s, const QPen & p)
QDataStream & operator>> (QDataStream & s, QPen & p)

Detailed Description

The QPen class defines how a QPainter should draw lines and outlines of shapes.

A pen has a style, a width and a color.

The pen style defines the line type. The default pen style is Qt::SolidLine. Setting the style to NoPen tells the painter to not draw lines or outlines.

The pen width defines the line width. The default line width is 0, which draws a 1-pixel line very fast, but with lower precision than with a line width of 1. Setting the line width to 1 or more draws lines that are precise, but drawing is slower.

The pen color defines the color of lines and text. The default line color is black. The QColor documentation lists predefined colors.

Use the QBrush class for specifying fill styles.

Example:

    QPainter painter;
    QPen     pen( red, 2 );             // red solid line, 2 pixel width
    painter.begin( &anyPaintDevice );   // paint something
    painter.setPen( pen );              // set the red, fat pen
    painter.drawRect( 40,30, 200,100 ); // draw rectangle
    painter.setPen( blue );             // set blue pen, 0 pixel width
    painter.drawLine( 40,30, 240,130 ); // draw diagonal in rectangle
    painter.end();                      // painting done

See the setStyle() function for a complete list of pen styles.

See also: QPainter and QPainter::setPen().

Examples: progress/progress.cpp desktop/desktop.cpp

Member Function Documentation

QPen::QPen ()

Constructs a default black solid line pen with 0 width.

QPen::QPen ( PenStyle style )

Constructs a pen black with 0 width and a specified style.

QPen::QPen ( const QColor & color, uint width=0, PenStyle style=SolidLine )

Constructs a pen with a specified color, width and style.

See also: setWidth(), setStyle() and setColor().

QPen::QPen ( const QPen & p )

Constructs a pen which is a copy of p.

QPen::~QPen ()

Destroys the pen.

const QColor & QPen::color () const

Returns the pen color.

bool QPen::operator!= ( const QPen & p ) const

Returns TRUE if the pen is different from p, or FALSE if the pens are equal.

Two pens are different if they have different styles, widths or colors.

QPen & QPen::operator= ( const QPen & p )

Assigns c to this pen and returns a reference to this pen.

bool QPen::operator== ( const QPen & p ) const

Returns TRUE if the pen is equal to p, or FALSE if the pens are different.

Two pens are equal if they have equal styles, widths and colors.

void QPen::setColor ( const QColor & c )

Sets the pen color to c.

void QPen::setWidth ( uint w )

Sets the pen width to w.

PenStyle QPen::style () const

Returns the pen style.

uint QPen::width () const

Returns the pen width.

Related Functions

QDataStream & operator<< (QDataStream & s, const QPen & p)

Writes a pen to the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

The serialization format is:

The pen style (UINT8)
The pen width (UINT8)
The pen color (QColor)

QDataStream & operator>> (QDataStream & s, QPen & p)

Reads a pen from the stream and returns a reference to the stream.

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