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NSGraphicsMBS.addClip(path as NSBezierPathMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.5 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Intersects the area enclosed by the receiver's path with the clipping path of the current graphics context and makes the resulting shape the current clipping path.

This method uses the current winding rule to determine the clipping shape of the receiver. This method does not affect the receiver's path.

NSGraphicsMBS.boundingRectWithSize(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, size as NSSizeMBS, options as Integer = 0) as NSRectMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.4 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Calculates and returns bounding rectangle for the receiver drawn using the options specified, within the given rectangle in the current graphics context.
Example
// create Hello World in red
dim a as NSAttributedStringMBS = NSAttributedStringMBS.attributedStringWithString("Hello World")
dim m as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS = a.mutableCopy

m.addAttribute(a.NSForegroundColorAttributeName, NSColorMBS.redColor, new NSRangeMBS(0, m.length))

// query size
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(Canvas1.NSViewMBS)
dim r as NSRectMBS = g.boundingRectWithSize(m, new NSSizeMBS(canvas1.Width, canvas1.Height), g.NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin)

MsgBox r.String

size: The size of the rectangle to draw in.
options: The string drawing options.

Returns the bounding rectangle in the current graphics context.
The origin of the rectangle returned from this method is the first glyph origin.

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Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.boundingRectWithSize(text as string, size as NSSizeMBS, options as Integer = 0, DicAttributes as dictionary = nil) as NSRectMBS

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Calculates and returns the bounding rect for the text drawn using the given options and display characteristics, within the specified rectangle in the current graphics context.
Example
Dim NSGraphics as New NSGraphicsMBS()
dim size as NSSizeMBS = new NSSizeMBS(100,100)
dim text as string = "Hello World. How are you? I'm fine. This is just a test string."
dim options as Integer = NSGraphics.NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin
Dim rect as NSRectMBS = NSGraphics.boundingRectWithSize(text, size, options)

MsgBox str(Rect.Width)+" "+str(Rect.Height)

text: the text to use for calculation.
size: The size of the rectangle to draw in.
options: String drawing options.
attributes: A dictionary of text attributes to be applied to the string. These are the same attributes that can be applied to an NSAttributedString object, but in the case of Strings, the attributes apply to the entire string, rather than ranges within the string.

Returns the bounding rect for the receiver drawn using the given options and display characteristics. The rect origin returned from this method is the first glyph origin.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

See NSStringDrawing* constants. Use NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin to switch to multiline mode.

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NSGraphicsMBS.clipRect(r as NSRectMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.5 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Intersects the specified rectangle with the clipping path of the current graphics context and makes the resulting shape the current clipping path

r: The rectangle to intersect with the current clipping path.

NSGraphicsMBS.concat(transform as NSAffineTransformMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 15.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Concats this transform to the current transform of the graphics environment.

NSGraphicsMBS.ConcatTransform(NSAffineTransform as Variant)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Appends the receiver's matrix to the current transformation matrix stored in the current graphics context, replacing the current transformation matrix with the result.

Please use saveGraphicsState so you can restore the state before applying matrix for other drawings.

Concatenation is performed by matrix multiplication.

If this method is invoked from within an NSView drawRect method, then the current transformation matrix is an accumulation of the screen, window, and any superview's transformation matrices. Invoking this method defines a new user coordinate system whose coordinates are mapped into the former coordinate system according to the receiver's transformation matrix. To undo the concatenation, you must invert the receiver's matrix and invoke this method again.

NSAffineTransform must be a NSAffineTransformMBS object.

NSGraphicsMBS.Constructor(targetImage as NSBitmapImageRepMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
Creates a new graphics context for drawing into a bitmap image representation.
Example
dim n as new NSImageMBS(300,300)
dim r as new NSBitmapImageRepMBS(300, 300, 8, 4, true, NSColorSpaceMBS.NSCalibratedRGBColorSpace, 4*300, 32)

dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(r)
g.SetColorRGB 1.0,0,0,0.5
g.fillRect 0, 0, 100, 100
g = nil // flush
n.addRepresentation r

Backdrop = n.CopyPictureWithMask

Please make sure the graphics object is destroyed (Set to nil) so the drawings flush to the image.
Returns nil on any error.

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NSGraphicsMBS.Constructor(targetImage as NSImageMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Creates a new graphics context for drawing into an image.
Example
// make new image
dim myImage as new NSImageMBS(500,500)
dim myGraphics as new NSGraphicsMBS(myImage)

// make logo image
dim myPicture as Picture = LogoMBS(500)
dim anotherImage as new NSImageMBS(myPicture)

// draw logo image to new image
myGraphics.drawInRect(anotherImage, 0, 0, myImage.width, myImage.height, 0, 0, anotherImage.width, anotherImage.height, myGraphics.NSCompositeSourceOver, 1.0)
myGraphics = nil // flush drawing

// save to file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.jpg")
dim b as BinaryStream = BinaryStream.Create(f, True)
if b<>nil then
b.Write myImage.JPEGRepresentation
b.Close
end if

Please make sure the graphics object is destroyed (Set to nil) so the drawings flush to the image.

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NSGraphicsMBS.Constructor(targetView as NSViewMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop only
Creates a new graphics context for drawing into a Cocoa view.

Please make sure the graphics object is destroyed (Set to nil) so the drawings flush to the window.

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NSGraphicsMBS.drawAtPoint(image as NSImageMBS, x as Double, y as Double, sx as Double, sy as Double, sw as Double, sh as Double, Operation as Integer, fraction as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws all or part of the image at the specified point in the current coordinate system.

x/y: The location in the current coordinate system at which to draw the image.
sx/sy/sw/sh: The source rectangle specifying the portion of the image you want to draw. The coordinates of this rectangle are specified in the image's own coordinate system. If you pass in zeros, the entire image is drawn.
operation: The compositing operation to use when drawing the image. See the NSCompositingOperation constants.
fraction: The opacity of the image, specified as a value from 0.0 to 1.0. Specifying a value of 0.0 draws the image as fully transparent while a value of 1.0 draws the image as fully opaque. Values greater than 1.0 are interpreted as 1.0.

The image content is drawn at its current resolution and is not scaled unless the CTM of the current coordinate system itself contains a scaling factor. The image is otherwise positioned and oriented using the current coordinate system.

For Operation you use the Composite constants in this class.
In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

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Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.drawAtPoint(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, point as NSPointMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.4 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the receiver with its font and other display attributes at the given point in the currently focused view.
Example
// create Hello World in red
dim a as NSAttributedStringMBS = NSAttributedStringMBS.attributedStringWithString("Hello World")
dim m as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS = a.mutableCopy

m.addAttribute(a.NSForegroundColorAttributeName, NSColorMBS.redColor, new NSRangeMBS(0, m.length))

// put it in a textarea
TextArea1.NSTextViewMBS.textStorage.setAttributedString m

// draw in Canvas
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(Canvas1.NSViewMBS)

g.drawAtPoint m, new NSPointMBS(20,20)

point: The point in the current view to draw the text.

The width (height for vertical layout) of the rendering area is unlimited, unlike drawInRect, which uses a bounding rectangle. As a result, this method renders the text in a single line.

Don't invoke this method when no NSView is focused.

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NSGraphicsMBS.drawAtPoint(text as string, point as NSPointMBS, DicAttributes as dictionary = nil)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the text with the font and other display characteristics of the given attributes, at the specified point in the currently focused view.

Point: The origin for the bounding box for drawing the string. If the focused view is flipped, the origin is the upper-left corner of the drawing bounding box; otherwise, the origin is the lower-left corner.
attributes: A dictionary of text attributes to be applied to the string. These are the same attributes that can be applied to an NSAttributedString object, but in the case of strings, the attributes apply to the entire string, rather than ranges within the string.

The width (height for vertical layout) of the rendering area is unlimited, unlike drawInRect, which uses a bounding rectangle. As a result, this method renders the text in a single line.

You should only invoke this method when an NSView object has focus.

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NSGraphicsMBS.drawInRect(image as NSImageMBS, x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double, sx as Double, sy as Double, sw as Double, sh as Double, Operation as Integer, fraction as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
draws the image into the given rectangle with the given source rectangle and the given mode.
Example
// make new image
dim myImage as new NSImageMBS(500,500)
dim myGraphics as new NSGraphicsMBS(myImage)

// make logo image
dim myPicture as Picture = LogoMBS(500)
dim anotherImage as new NSImageMBS(myPicture)

// draw logo image to new image
myGraphics.drawInRect(anotherImage, 0, 0, myImage.width, myImage.height, 0, 0, anotherImage.width, anotherImage.height, myGraphics.NSCompositeSourceOver, 1.0)
myGraphics = nil // flush

// save to file
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.Child("test.jpg")
dim b as BinaryStream = BinaryStream.Create(f, True)
if b<>nil then
b.Write myImage.JPEGRepresentation
b.Close
end if

For Operation you use the Composite constants in this class.
In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

See also:

Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.drawInRect(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, rect as NSRectMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.4 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the attributed string within the given rectangle in the currently view, clipping the text layout to this rectangle.
Example
// create Hello World in red
dim a as NSAttributedStringMBS = NSAttributedStringMBS.attributedStringWithString("Hello World")
dim m as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS = a.mutableCopy

m.addAttribute(a.NSForegroundColorAttributeName, NSColorMBS.redColor, new NSRangeMBS(0, m.length))

// put it in a textarea
TextArea1.NSTextViewMBS.textStorage.setAttributedString m

// draw in Canvas
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(Canvas1.NSViewMBS)

g.drawInRect m, new NSRectMBS(20,20, 100, 100)

rect: The rectangle in which to draw.

Text is drawn within rect according to its line sweep direction; for example, Arabic text will begin at the right edge and potentially be clipped on the left.

The rect parameter determines how many glyphs are typeset within the width of a line, but it's possible for a portion of a glyph to appear outside the area of rect if the image bounding box of the particular glyph exceeds its typographic bounding box.

If the focus view is flipped, the text origin is set at the upper-left corner of the drawing bounding box; otherwise the origin is set at the lower-left corner. For text rendering, whether the view coordinates are flipped or not doesn't affect the flow of line layout, which goes from top to bottom. However, it affects the interpretation of the text origin. So, for example, if the rect argument is {0.0, 0.0, 100.0, 100.0}, the text origin is {0.0, 0.0} when the view coordinates are flipped and {0.0, 100.0} when not.

Don't invoke this method when no NSView is focused.

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NSGraphicsMBS.drawInRect(text as string, rect as NSRectMBS, DicAttributes as dictionary = nil)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the text with the font and other display characteristics of the given attributes, within the specified rectangle in the currently focused NSView.

text: The text to draw.
Rect: The rectangle in which to draw the string.
attributes: A dictionary of text attributes to be applied to the string. These are the same attributes that can be applied to an NSAttributedString object, but in the case of strings, the attributes apply to the entire string, rather than ranges within the string.

The rendering area is bounded by rect, unlike drawAtPoint, which has an unlimited width. As a result, this method renders the text in multiple lines.

You should only invoke this method when an NSView has focus.

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NSGraphicsMBS.drawPicture(image as Picture, x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double, sx as Double, sy as Double, sw as Double, sh as Double, Operation as Integer, fraction as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop only
Draws a picture.

Same as drawInRect with NSImageMBS, but using picture.

NSGraphicsMBS.drawRect(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws a rectangle with the current color.

In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

NSGraphicsMBS.DrawWindowBackground(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the window's default background pattern into the specified rectangle of the currently focused view.

Pass the rectangle (in the current coordinate system) in which to draw the window's background pattern.

NSGraphicsMBS.drawWithRect(text as NSAttributedStringMBS, rect as NSRectMBS, options as Integer)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.4 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Draws the receiver with the specified options, within the given rectangle in the current graphics context.
Example
// create Hello World in red
dim a as NSAttributedStringMBS = NSAttributedStringMBS.attributedStringWithString("Hello World")
dim m as NSMutableAttributedStringMBS = a.mutableCopy

m.addAttribute(a.NSForegroundColorAttributeName, NSColorMBS.redColor, new NSRangeMBS(0, m.length))

// put it in a textarea
TextArea1.NSTextViewMBS.textStorage.setAttributedString m

// draw in Canvas
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(Canvas1.NSViewMBS)

g.drawWithRect m, new NSRectMBS(20,20, 100, 100), g.NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin

rect: The rectangle specifies the rendering origin in the current graphics context.
options: The string drawing options. See NSStringDrawingOptions for the available options..

The rect argument's origin field specifies the rendering origin. The point is interpreted as the baseline origin by default. With NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin, it is interpreted as the upper left corner of the line fragment rect. The size field specifies the text container size. The width part of the size field specifies the maximum line fragment width if larger than 0.0. The height defines the maximum size that can be occupied with text if larger than 0.0 and NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin is specified. If NSStringDrawingUsesLineFragmentOrigin is not specified, height is ignored and considered to be single-line rendering (NSLineBreakByWordWrapping and NSLineBreakByCharWrapping are treated as NSLineBreakByClipping).

You should only invoke this method when there is a current graphics context.
Available in OS X v10.4 and later.

NSGraphicsMBS.eraseRect(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Erases a rectangle with the current color.

In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

NSGraphicsMBS.fill(path as NSBezierPathMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.5 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Paints the region enclosed by the receiver's path.
Example
dim n as new NSImageMBS(300, 300)
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(n)

g.setFillColor NSColorMBS.redColor

dim r as NSRectMBS = NSMakeRectMBS(50, 50, 100, 100)
dim b as NSBezierPathMBS = NSBezierPathMBS.bezierPathWithRect(r)
g.fill(b)

g = nil

window1.Backdrop = n.CopyPicture // black image with red color rect

This method fills the path using the current fill color and the receiver's current winding rule. If the path contains any open subpaths, this method implicitly closes them before painting the fill region.

The painted region includes the pixels right up to, but not including, the path line itself. For paths with large line widths, this can result in overlap between the fill region and the stroked path (which is itself centered on the path line).

NSGraphicsMBS.fillRect(r as NSRectMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.5 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Fills the specified rectangular path with the current fill color.
Example
dim n as new NSImageMBS(300, 300)
dim g as new NSGraphicsMBS(n)

g.setFillColor NSColorMBS.redColor

dim r as new NSRectMBS(10,10,200,200)
g.fillRect(r)

g = nil

window1.Backdrop = n.CopyPicture // black image with red color rectangle

r: A rectangle in the current coordinate system.

This method fills the specified region immediately. This method uses the compositing operation returned by the compositingOperation method of NSGraphicsContext.

See also:

NSGraphicsMBS.fillRect(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Fills a rectangle with the current color.

In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

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NSGraphicsMBS.fillRect(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double, operation as Integer)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 11.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Fills a rectangle using the current fill color and the specified compositing operation.

See NSComposite* constants.

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NSGraphicsMBS.flushGraphics

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Forces any buffered operations or data to be sent to the receiver's destination.

Graphics contexts use buffers to queue pending operations but for efficiency reasons may not always empty those buffers immediately. This method forces the buffers to be emptied.

Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.graphicsPort as Variant

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns the low-level, platform-specific graphics context represented by the receiver.

In Mac OS X, this is the Core Graphics context, a CGContextMBS object.

NSGraphicsMBS.highlightRect(x as Double, y as Double, w as Double, h as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 7.7 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Highlights the rectangle.

In the Cocoa world the y axis is reversed. y=0 is on the bottom.

NSGraphicsMBS.imageInterpolation as Integer

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
property Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
The interpolation behavior.

Note that this value is not part of the graphics state, so it cannot be reset using restoreGraphicsState.
(Read and Write computed property)

NSGraphicsMBS.invalidate

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Invalides the graphics object.

NSGraphicsMBS.isDrawingToScreen as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the drawing destination is the screen.

True if the drawing destination is the screen, otherwise false.

A return value of false may mean that the drawing destination is a printer, but the destination may also be a PDF or EPS file. If this method returns false, you can call attributes to see if additional information is available about the drawing destination.

NSGraphicsMBS.isFlipped as boolean

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns a Boolean value that indicates the receiver's flipped state.

True if the receiver is flipped, otherwise false.

The state is determined by sending isFlipped to the receiver's view that has focus. If no view has focus, returns false unless the receiver is instantiated using graphicsContextWithGraphicsPort:flipped: specifying true as the flipped parameter.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

NSGraphicsMBS.restoreGraphicsState

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Removes the receiver's graphics state from the top of the graphics state stack and makes the next graphics state the current graphics state.

This method must have been preceded with a saveGraphicsState message to add the graphics state to the stack. Invocations of saveGraphicsState and restoreGraphicsState methods may be nested.

Restoring the graphics state restores such attributes as the current drawing style, transformation matrix, color, and font of the original graphics state.

Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.saveGraphicsState

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Saves the graphics state of the current graphics context.

This method pushes the context onto the per-thread stack.

Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.ScaleCoordinates(x as Double, y as Double)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 12.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Scales coordinate system so the next drawing commands will use different scaling.

Use saveGraphicsState and restoreGraphicsState so you can restore the old state.

Some examples using this method:

NSGraphicsMBS.set(transform as NSAffineTransformMBS)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Cocoa Drawing MBS MacCocoa Plugin 15.1 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Sets the current transform of the graphics environment.

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