ellipse_mode()

ellipse_mode()#

Modifies the location from which ellipses are drawn by changing the way in which parameters given to ellipse() are intepreted.

Examples#

example picture for ellipse_mode()

def setup():
    py5.ellipse_mode(py5.RADIUS)  # set ellipse_mode to RADIUS
    py5.fill(255)  # set fill to white
    py5.ellipse(50, 50, 30, 30)  # draw white ellipse using RADIUS mode
    
    py5.ellipse_mode(py5.CENTER)  # set ellipse_mode to CENTER
    py5.fill(100)  # set fill to gray
    py5.ellipse(50, 50, 30, 30)  # draw gray ellipse using CENTER mode

example picture for ellipse_mode()

def setup():
    py5.ellipse_mode(py5.CORNER)  # set ellipse_mode is CORNER
    py5.fill(255)  # set fill to white
    py5.ellipse(25, 25, 50, 50)  # draw white ellipse using CORNER mode
    
    py5.ellipse_mode(py5.CORNERS)  # set ellipse_mode to CORNERS
    py5.fill(100)  # set fill to gray
    py5.ellipse(25, 25, 50, 50)  # draw gray ellipse using CORNERS mode

Description#

Modifies the location from which ellipses are drawn by changing the way in which parameters given to ellipse() are intepreted.

The default mode is ellipse_mode(CENTER), which interprets the first two parameters of ellipse() as the shape’s center point, while the third and fourth parameters are its width and height.

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

ellipse_mode(CORNER) interprets the first two parameters of ellipse() as the upper-left corner of the shape, while the third and fourth parameters are its width and height.

ellipse_mode(CORNERS) interprets the first two parameters of ellipse() as the location of one corner of the ellipse’s bounding box, and the third and fourth parameters as the location of the opposite corner.

The parameter must be written in ALL CAPS because Python is a case-sensitive language.

Underlying Processing method: ellipseMode

Signatures#

ellipse_mode(
    mode: int,  # either CENTER, RADIUS, CORNER, or CORNERS
    /,
) -> None

Updated on March 06, 2023 02:49:26am UTC

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