.. module:: pygame.draw :synopsis: pygame module for drawing shapes
Draw several simple shapes to a surface. These functions will work for rendering to any format of surface. Rendering to hardware surfaces will be slower than regular software surfaces.
Most of the functions take a width argument to represent the size of stroke (thickness) around the edge of the shape. If a width of 0 is passed the shape will be filled (solid).
All the drawing functions respect the clip area for the surface and will be constrained to that area. The functions return a rectangle representing the bounding area of changed pixels. This bounding rectangle is the 'minimum' bounding box that encloses the affected area.
All the drawing functions accept a color argument that can be one of the following formats:
- a :mod:`pygame.Color` object
- an
(RGB)triplet (tuple/list)- an
(RGBA)quadruplet (tuple/list)- an integer value that has been mapped to the surface's pixel format (see :func:`pygame.Surface.map_rgb` and :func:`pygame.Surface.unmap_rgb`)
A color's alpha value will be written directly into the surface (if the surface contains pixel alphas), but the draw function will not draw transparently.
These functions temporarily lock the surface they are operating on. Many sequential drawing calls can be sped up by locking and unlocking the surface object around the draw calls (see :func:`pygame.Surface.lock` and :func:`pygame.Surface.unlock`).
Note
See the :mod:`pygame.gfxdraw` module for alternative draw methods.
.. function:: rect
| :sl:`draw a rectangle`
| :sg:`rect(surface, color, rect) -> Rect`
| :sg:`rect(surface, color, rect, width=0, border_radius=0, border_top_left_radius=-1, border_top_right_radius=-1, border_bottom_left_radius=-1, border_bottom_right_radius=-1) -> Rect`
Draws a rectangle on the given surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param Rect rect: rectangle to draw, position and dimensions
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness or to indicate that
the rectangle is to be filled (not to be confused with the width value
of the ``rect`` parameter)
| if ``width == 0``, (default) fill the rectangle
| if ``width > 0``, used for line thickness
| if ``width < 0``, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, the edge lines will grow
outside the original boundary of the rect. For more details on
how the thickness for edge lines grow, refer to the ``width`` notes
of the :func:`pygame.draw.line` function.
:param int border_radius: (optional) used for drawing rectangle with rounded corners.
The supported range is [0, min(height, width) / 2], with 0 representing a rectangle
without rounded corners.
:param int border_top_left_radius: (optional) used for setting the value of top left
border. If you don't set this value, it will use the border_radius value.
:param int border_top_right_radius: (optional) used for setting the value of top right
border. If you don't set this value, it will use the border_radius value.
:param int border_bottom_left_radius: (optional) used for setting the value of bottom left
border. If you don't set this value, it will use the border_radius value.
:param int border_bottom_right_radius: (optional) used for setting the value of bottom right
border. If you don't set this value, it will use the border_radius value.
| if ``border_radius < 1`` it will draw rectangle without rounded corners
| if any of border radii has the value ``< 0`` it will use value of the border_radius
| If sum of radii on the same side of the rectangle is greater than the rect size the radii
| will get scaled
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the given ``rect``
parameter and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
.. note::
The :func:`pygame.Surface.fill()` method works just as well for drawing
filled rectangles and can be hardware accelerated on some platforms with
both software and hardware display modes.
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0.dev8 Added support for border radius.
.. ## pygame.draw.rect ##
.. function:: polygon
| :sl:`draw a polygon`
| :sg:`polygon(surface, color, points) -> Rect`
| :sg:`polygon(surface, color, points, width=0) -> Rect`
Draws a polygon on the given surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param points: a sequence of 3 or more (x, y) coordinates that make up the
vertices of the polygon, each *coordinate* in the sequence must be a
tuple/list/:class:`pygame.math.Vector2` of 2 ints/floats,
e.g. ``[(x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3)]``
:type points: tuple(coordinate) or list(coordinate)
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness or to indicate that
the polygon is to be filled
| if width == 0, (default) fill the polygon
| if width > 0, used for line thickness
| if width < 0, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, the edge lines will grow
outside the original boundary of the polygon. For more details on
how the thickness for edge lines grow, refer to the ``width`` notes
of the :func:`pygame.draw.line` function.
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the first point in the
``points`` parameter (float values will be truncated) and its width and
height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises ValueError: if ``len(points) < 3`` (must have at least 3 points)
:raises TypeError: if ``points`` is not a sequence or ``points`` does not
contain number pairs
.. note::
For an aapolygon, use :func:`aalines()` with ``closed=True``.
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.polygon ##
.. function:: circle
| :sl:`draw a circle`
| :sg:`circle(surface, color, center, radius) -> Rect`
| :sg:`circle(surface, color, center, radius, width=0, draw_top_right=None, draw_top_left=None, draw_bottom_left=None, draw_bottom_right=None) -> Rect`
Draws a circle on the given surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param center: center point of the circle as a sequence of 2 ints/floats,
e.g. ``(x, y)``
:type center: tuple(int or float, int or float) or
list(int or float, int or float) or Vector2(int or float, int or float)
:param radius: radius of the circle, measured from the ``center`` parameter,
nothing will be drawn if the ``radius`` is less than 1
:type radius: int or float
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness or to indicate that
the circle is to be filled
| if ``width == 0``, (default) fill the circle
| if ``width > 0``, used for line thickness
| if ``width < 0``, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, the edge lines will only grow
inward.
:param bool draw_top_right: (optional) if this is set to True than the top right corner
of the circle will be drawn
:param bool draw_top_left: (optional) if this is set to True than the top left corner
of the circle will be drawn
:param bool draw_bottom_left: (optional) if this is set to True than the bottom left corner
of the circle will be drawn
:param bool draw_bottom_right: (optional) if this is set to True than the bottom right corner
of the circle will be drawn
| if any of the draw_circle_part is True than it will draw all circle parts that have the True
| value, otherwise it will draw the entire circle.
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the ``center`` parameter value (float
values will be truncated) and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises TypeError: if ``center`` is not a sequence of two numbers
:raises TypeError: if ``radius`` is not a number
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
Nothing is drawn when the radius is 0 (a pixel at the ``center`` coordinates
used to be drawn when the radius equaled 0).
Floats, and Vector2 are accepted for the ``center`` param.
The drawing algorithm was improved to look more like a circle.
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0.dev8 Added support for drawing circle quadrants.
.. ## pygame.draw.circle ##
.. function:: ellipse
| :sl:`draw an ellipse`
| :sg:`ellipse(surface, color, rect) -> Rect`
| :sg:`ellipse(surface, color, rect, width=0) -> Rect`
Draws an ellipse on the given surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param Rect rect: rectangle to indicate the position and dimensions of the
ellipse, the ellipse will be centered inside the rectangle and bounded
by it
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness or to indicate that
the ellipse is to be filled (not to be confused with the width value
of the ``rect`` parameter)
| if ``width == 0``, (default) fill the ellipse
| if ``width > 0``, used for line thickness
| if ``width < 0``, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, the edge lines will only grow
inward from the original boundary of the ``rect`` parameter.
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the given ``rect``
parameter and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.ellipse ##
.. function:: arc
| :sl:`draw an elliptical arc`
| :sg:`arc(surface, color, rect, start_angle, stop_angle) -> Rect`
| :sg:`arc(surface, color, rect, start_angle, stop_angle, width=1) -> Rect`
Draws an elliptical arc on the given surface.
The two angle arguments are given in radians and indicate the start and stop
positions of the arc. The arc is drawn in a counterclockwise direction from
the ``start_angle`` to the ``stop_angle``.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param Rect rect: rectangle to indicate the position and dimensions of the
ellipse which the arc will be based on, the ellipse will be centered
inside the rectangle
:param float start_angle: start angle of the arc in radians
:param float stop_angle: stop angle of the arc in
radians
| if ``start_angle < stop_angle``, the arc is drawn in a
counterclockwise direction from the ``start_angle`` to the
``stop_angle``
| if ``start_angle > stop_angle``, tau (tau == 2 * pi) will be added
to the ``stop_angle``, if the resulting stop angle value is greater
than the ``start_angle`` the above ``start_angle < stop_angle`` case
applies, otherwise nothing will be drawn
| if ``start_angle == stop_angle``, nothing will be drawn
|
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness (not to be confused
with the width value of the ``rect`` parameter)
| if ``width == 0``, nothing will be drawn
| if ``width > 0``, (default is 1) used for line thickness
| if ``width < 0``, same as ``width == 0``
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, the edge lines will only grow
inward from the original boundary of the ``rect`` parameter.
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the given ``rect``
parameter and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.arc ##
.. function:: line
| :sl:`draw a straight line`
| :sg:`line(surface, color, start_pos, end_pos, width) -> Rect`
| :sg:`line(surface, color, start_pos, end_pos, width=1) -> Rect`
Draws a straight line on the given surface. There are no endcaps. For thick
lines the ends are squared off.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param start_pos: start position of the line, (x, y)
:type start_pos: tuple(int or float, int or float) or
list(int or float, int or float) or Vector2(int or float, int or float)
:param end_pos: end position of the line, (x, y)
:type end_pos: tuple(int or float, int or float) or
list(int or float, int or float) or Vector2(int or float, int or float)
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness
| if width >= 1, used for line thickness (default is 1)
| if width < 1, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1``, lines will grow as follows.
For odd ``width`` values, the thickness of each line grows with the
original line being in the center.
For even ``width`` values, the thickness of each line grows with the
original line being offset from the center (as there is no exact
center line drawn). As a result, lines with a slope < 1
(horizontal-ish) will have 1 more pixel of thickness below the
original line (in the y direction). Lines with a slope >= 1
(vertical-ish) will have 1 more pixel of thickness to the right of
the original line (in the x direction).
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the ``start_pos`` parameter value (float
values will be truncated) and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises TypeError: if ``start_pos`` or ``end_pos`` is not a sequence of
two numbers
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.line ##
.. function:: lines
| :sl:`draw multiple contiguous straight line segments`
| :sg:`lines(surface, color, closed, points) -> Rect`
| :sg:`lines(surface, color, closed, points, width=1) -> Rect`
Draws a sequence of contiguous straight lines on the given surface. There are
no endcaps or miter joints. For thick lines the ends are squared off.
Drawing thick lines with sharp corners can have undesired looking results.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param bool closed: if ``True`` an additional line segment is drawn between
the first and last points in the ``points`` sequence
:param points: a sequence of 2 or more (x, y) coordinates, where each
*coordinate* in the sequence must be a
tuple/list/:class:`pygame.math.Vector2` of 2 ints/floats and adjacent
coordinates will be connected by a line segment, e.g. for the
points ``[(x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3)]`` a line segment will be drawn
from ``(x1, y1)`` to ``(x2, y2)`` and from ``(x2, y2)`` to ``(x3, y3)``,
additionally if the ``closed`` parameter is ``True`` another line segment
will be drawn from ``(x3, y3)`` to ``(x1, y1)``
:type points: tuple(coordinate) or list(coordinate)
:param int width: (optional) used for line thickness
| if width >= 1, used for line thickness (default is 1)
| if width < 1, nothing will be drawn
|
.. note::
When using ``width`` values ``> 1`` refer to the ``width`` notes
of :func:`line` for details on how thick lines grow.
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the first point in the
``points`` parameter (float values will be truncated) and its width and
height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises ValueError: if ``len(points) < 2`` (must have at least 2 points)
:raises TypeError: if ``points`` is not a sequence or ``points`` does not
contain number pairs
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.lines ##
.. function:: aaline
| :sl:`draw a straight antialiased line`
| :sg:`aaline(surface, color, start_pos, end_pos) -> Rect`
| :sg:`aaline(surface, color, start_pos, end_pos, blend=1) -> Rect`
Draws a straight antialiased line on the given surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param start_pos: start position of the line, (x, y)
:type start_pos: tuple(int or float, int or float) or
list(int or float, int or float) or Vector2(int or float, int or float)
:param end_pos: end position of the line, (x, y)
:type end_pos: tuple(int or float, int or float) or
list(int or float, int or float) or Vector2(int or float, int or float)
:param int blend: (optional) if non-zero (default) the line will be blended
with the surface's existing pixel shades, otherwise it will overwrite them
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the ``start_pos`` parameter value (float
values will be truncated) and its width and height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises TypeError: if ``start_pos`` or ``end_pos`` is not a sequence of
two numbers
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.aaline ##
.. function:: aalines
| :sl:`draw multiple contiguous straight antialiased line segments`
| :sg:`aalines(surface, color, closed, points) -> Rect`
| :sg:`aalines(surface, color, closed, points, blend=1) -> Rect`
Draws a sequence of contiguous straight antialiased lines on the given
surface.
:param Surface surface: surface to draw on
:param color: color to draw with, the alpha value is optional if using a
tuple ``(RGB[A])``
:type color: Color or int or tuple(int, int, int, [int])
:param bool closed: if ``True`` an additional line segment is drawn between
the first and last points in the ``points`` sequence
:param points: a sequence of 2 or more (x, y) coordinates, where each
*coordinate* in the sequence must be a
tuple/list/:class:`pygame.math.Vector2` of 2 ints/floats and adjacent
coordinates will be connected by a line segment, e.g. for the
points ``[(x1, y1), (x2, y2), (x3, y3)]`` a line segment will be drawn
from ``(x1, y1)`` to ``(x2, y2)`` and from ``(x2, y2)`` to ``(x3, y3)``,
additionally if the ``closed`` parameter is ``True`` another line segment
will be drawn from ``(x3, y3)`` to ``(x1, y1)``
:type points: tuple(coordinate) or list(coordinate)
:param int blend: (optional) if non-zero (default) each line will be blended
with the surface's existing pixel shades, otherwise the pixels will be
overwritten
:returns: a rect bounding the changed pixels, if nothing is drawn the
bounding rect's position will be the position of the first point in the
``points`` parameter (float values will be truncated) and its width and
height will be 0
:rtype: Rect
:raises ValueError: if ``len(points) < 2`` (must have at least 2 points)
:raises TypeError: if ``points`` is not a sequence or ``points`` does not
contain number pairs
.. versionchanged:: 2.0.0 Added support for keyword arguments.
.. ## pygame.draw.aalines ##
Example code for draw module.
.. literalinclude:: code_examples/draw_module_example.py