Class: Graphics

PIXI.Graphics

new PIXI.Graphics ()

Mixins for the PIXI.Graphics class.

Members

PIXI.Graphics.CURVES object staticconstant

Graphics curves resolution settings. If adaptive flag is set to true, the resolution is calculated based on the curve's length to ensure better visual quality. Adaptive draw works with bezierCurveTo and quadraticCurveTo.

Properties:
Name Type Default Description
adaptive boolean false

flag indicating if the resolution should be adaptive

maxLength number 10

maximal length of a single segment of the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

minSegments number 8

minimal number of segments in the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

maxSegments number 2048

maximal number of segments in the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

alpha number inherited

The opacity of the object.

blendMode number

The blend mode to be applied to the graphic shape. Apply a value of PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL to reset the blend mode.

Default Value:
  • PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL;
See:

boundsPadding number

The bounds' padding used for bounds calculation.

buttonMode boolean inherited

If enabled, the mouse cursor use the pointer behavior when hovered over the displayObject if it is interactive Setting this changes the 'cursor' property to 'pointer'.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.buttonMode = true;

cacheAsBitmap boolean overrides

When cacheAsBitmap is set to true the graphics object will be rendered as if it was a sprite. This is useful if your graphics element does not change often, as it will speed up the rendering of the object in exchange for taking up texture memory. It is also useful if you need the graphics object to be anti-aliased, because it will be rendered using canvas. This is not recommended if you are constantly redrawing the graphics element.

Default Value:
  • false

children readonly inherited

The array of children of this container.

cursor string inherited

This defines what cursor mode is used when the mouse cursor is hovered over the displayObject.

See:
Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.cursor = 'wait';

fillAlpha number

The alpha value used when filling the Graphics object.

Default Value:
  • 1

The area the filter is applied to. This is used as more of an optimisation rather than figuring out the dimensions of the displayObject each frame you can set this rectangle

Also works as an interaction mask

filters inherited

Sets the filters for the displayObject.

  • IMPORTANT: This is a webGL only feature and will be ignored by the canvas renderer. To remove filters simply set this property to 'null'

height number inherited

The height of the Container, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

Interaction shape. Children will be hit first, then this shape will be checked. Setting this will cause this shape to be checked in hit tests rather than the displayObject's bounds.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.hitArea = new PIXI.Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);

interactive boolean inherited

Enable interaction events for the DisplayObject. Touch, pointer and mouse events will not be emitted unless interactive is set to true.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.on('tap', (event) => {
   //handle event
});

interactiveChildren boolean inherited

Determines if the children to the displayObject can be clicked/touched Setting this to false allows PixiJS to bypass a recursive hitTest function

isMask boolean

Whether this shape is being used as a mask.

lineAlignment number

The alignment of any lines drawn (0.5 = middle, 1 = outter, 0 = inner).

Default Value:
  • 0.5

lineColor string

The color of any lines drawn.

Default Value:
  • 0

lineWidth number

The width (thickness) of any lines drawn.

Default Value:
  • 0

localTransform PIXI.Matrix readonly inherited

Current transform of the object based on local factors: position, scale, other stuff

Sets a mask for the displayObject. A mask is an object that limits the visibility of an object to the shape of the mask applied to it. In PIXI a regular mask must be a PIXI.Graphics or a PIXI.Sprite object. This allows for much faster masking in canvas as it utilises shape clipping. To remove a mask, set this property to null.

TODO
  • For the moment, PIXI.CanvasRenderer doesn't support PIXI.Sprite as mask.

name string inherited

The instance name of the object.

nativeLines boolean

If true the lines will be draw using LINES instead of TRIANGLE_STRIP

parent PIXI.Container readonly inherited

The display object container that contains this display object.

The pivot point of the displayObject that it rotates around. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

The coordinate of the object relative to the local coordinates of the parent. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

renderable boolean inherited

Can this object be rendered, if false the object will not be drawn but the updateTransform methods will still be called.

Only affects recursive calls from parent. You can ask for bounds manually

rotation number inherited

The rotation of the object in radians.

The scale factor of the object. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

The skew factor for the object in radians. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

tint number

The tint applied to the graphic shape. This is a hex value. Apply a value of 0xFFFFFF to reset the tint.

Default Value:
  • 0xFFFFFF

World transform and local transform of this object. This will become read-only later, please do not assign anything there unless you know what are you doing

visible boolean inherited

The visibility of the object. If false the object will not be drawn, and the updateTransform function will not be called.

Only affects recursive calls from parent. You can ask for bounds or call updateTransform manually

width number inherited

The width of the Container, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

worldAlpha number readonly inherited

The multiplied alpha of the displayObject

worldTransform PIXI.Matrix readonly inherited

Current transform of the object based on world (parent) factors

worldVisible boolean readonly inherited

Indicates if the object is globally visible.

x number inherited

The position of the displayObject on the x axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent. An alias to position.x

y number inherited

The position of the displayObject on the y axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent. An alias to position.y

Methods

_recursivePostUpdateTransform () inherited

recursively updates transform of all objects from the root to this one internal function for toLocal()

Shortcut for setAlpha.

Name Type Description
alpha Number

The alpha amount to use, from 0 to 1

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

ac (x, y, radius, startAngle, endAngle, anticlockwise)PIXI.Graphics overrides

Shortcut to arc.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
radius Number
startAngle Number

Measured in radians.

endAngle Number

Measured in radians.

anticlockwise Boolean
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Adds one or more children to the container.

Multiple items can be added like so: myContainer.addChild(thingOne, thingTwo, thingThree)

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to add to the container

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was added.

addChildAt (child, index)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Adds a child to the container at a specified index. If the index is out of bounds an error will be thrown

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child to add

index number

The index to place the child in

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was added.

Adds a hole in the current path.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics Returns itself.

arc (cx, cy, radius, startAngle, endAngle, anticlockwise)PIXI.Graphics

The arc method creates an arc/curve (used to create circles, or parts of circles).

Name Type Default Description
cx number

The x-coordinate of the center of the circle

cy number

The y-coordinate of the center of the circle

radius number

The radius of the circle

startAngle number

The starting angle, in radians (0 is at the 3 o'clock position of the arc's circle)

endAngle number

The ending angle, in radians

anticlockwise boolean false optional

Specifies whether the drawing should be counter-clockwise or clockwise. False is default, and indicates clockwise, while true indicates counter-clockwise.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

arcTo (x1, y1, x2, y2, radius)PIXI.Graphics

The arcTo() method creates an arc/curve between two tangents on the canvas.

"borrowed" from https://code.google.com/p/fxcanvas/ - thanks google!

Name Type Description
x1 number

The x-coordinate of the beginning of the arc

y1 number

The y-coordinate of the beginning of the arc

x2 number

The x-coordinate of the end of the arc

y2 number

The y-coordinate of the end of the arc

radius number

The radius of the arc

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

at (x1, y1, x2, y2, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to arcTo.

Name Type Description
x1 Number
y1 Number
x2 Number
y2 Number
radius Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

b (cp1x, cp1y, cp2x, cp2y, x, y)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to bezierCurveTo.

Name Type Description
cp1x Number
cp1y Number
cp2x Number
cp2y Number
x Number
y Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

beginFill (color, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Specifies a simple one-color fill that subsequent calls to other Graphics methods (such as lineTo() or drawCircle()) use when drawing.

Name Type Default Description
color number 0 optional

the color of the fill

alpha number 1 optional

the alpha of the fill

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

bezierCurveTo (cpX, cpY, cpX2, cpY2, toX, toY)PIXI.Graphics

Calculate the points for a bezier curve and then draws it.

Name Type Description
cpX number

Control point x

cpY number

Control point y

cpX2 number

Second Control point x

cpY2 number

Second Control point y

toX number

Destination point x

toY number

Destination point y

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Placeholder method for a beginBitmapFill. Pixi does not support bitmap fills.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a beginBitmapStroke. Pixi does not support bitmap strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Closes the current path, effectively drawing a line from the current drawing point to the first drawing point specified since the fill or stroke was last set.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

calculateBounds () inherited

Recalculates the bounds of the container.

Clears the graphics that were drawn to this Graphics object, and resets fill and line style settings.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Creates a new Graphics object with the same values as this one. Note that the only the properties of the object are cloned, not its transform (position,scale,etc)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics A clone of the graphics object

Closes the current path.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics Returns itself.

containsPoint (point)boolean

Tests if a point is inside this graphics object

Name Type Description
point PIXI.Point

the point to test

Returns:
Type Description
boolean the result of the test

Shortcut for drawCommands.

Name Type Description
commands Array

The commands and parameters to draw

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics

dc (x, y, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawCircle.

Name Type Description
x Number

x coordinate center point of circle.

y Number

y coordinate center point of circle.

radius Number

Radius of circle.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

de (x, y, width, height)

Shortcut to drawEllipse.

Name Type Description
x Number

[description]

y Number

[description]

width Number

[description]

height Number

[description]

destroy (options) overrides

Destroys the Graphics object.

Name Type Description
options object | boolean optional

Options parameter. A boolean will act as if all options have been set to that value

Name Type Default Description
children boolean false optional

if set to true, all the children will have their destroy method called as well. 'options' will be passed on to those calls.

texture boolean false optional

Only used for child Sprites if options.children is set to true Should it destroy the texture of the child sprite

baseTexture boolean false optional

Only used for child Sprites if options.children is set to true Should it destroy the base texture of the child sprite

Shortcut to drawRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

drawCircle (x, y, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a circle.

Name Type Description
x number

The X coordinate of the center of the circle

y number

The Y coordinate of the center of the circle

radius number

The radius of the circle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawCommands (commands)PIXI.Graphics

Execute a series of commands, this is the name of the short function followed by the parameters, e.g., ["f", "#ff0000", "r", 0, 0, 100, 200]

Name Type Description
commands Array

The commands and parameters to draw

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics

drawEllipse (x, y, width, height)PIXI.Graphics

Draws an ellipse.

Name Type Description
x number

The X coordinate of the center of the ellipse

y number

The Y coordinate of the center of the ellipse

width number

The half width of the ellipse

height number

The half height of the ellipse

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawPolygon (path)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a polygon using the given path.

Name Type Description
path Array.<number> | Array.<PIXI.Point> | PIXI.Polygon

The path data used to construct the polygon.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawRect (x, y, width, height)PIXI.Graphics

Name Type Description
x number

The X coord of the top-left of the rectangle

y number

The Y coord of the top-left of the rectangle

width number

The width of the rectangle

height number

The height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawRoundedRect (x, y, width, height, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Name Type Description
x number

The X coord of the top-left of the rectangle

y number

The Y coord of the top-left of the rectangle

width number

The width of the rectangle

height number

The height of the rectangle

radius number

Radius of the rectangle corners

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Draws the given shape to this Graphics object. Can be any of Circle, Rectangle, Ellipse, Line or Polygon.

Name Type Description
shape PIXI.Circle | PIXI.Ellipse | PIXI.Polygon | PIXI.Rectangle | PIXI.RoundedRectangle

The shape object to draw.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.GraphicsData The generated GraphicsData object.

drawStar (x, y, points, radius, innerRadius, rotation)PIXI.Graphics

Draw a star shape with an abitrary number of points.

Name Type Default Description
x number

Center X position of the star

y number

Center Y position of the star

points number

The number of points of the star, must be > 1

radius number

The outer radius of the star

innerRadius number optional

The inner radius between points, default half radius

rotation number 0 optional

The rotation of the star in radians, where 0 is vertical

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Applies a fill to the lines and shapes that were added since the last call to the beginFill() method.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

f (color, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to beginFill.

Name Type Default Description
color Uint

The hex color value (e.g. 0xFFFFFF) null will result in no fill.

alpha Number 1 optional

The alpha value of fill

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

generateCanvasTexture (scaleMode, resolution)PIXI.Texture

Generates a canvas texture.

Name Type Default Description
scaleMode number

The scale mode of the texture.

resolution number 1

The resolution of the texture.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Texture The new texture.

getBounds (skipUpdate, rect)PIXI.Rectangle inherited

Retrieves the bounds of the displayObject as a rectangle object.

Name Type Description
skipUpdate boolean

setting to true will stop the transforms of the scene graph from being updated. This means the calculation returned MAY be out of date BUT will give you a nice performance boost

rect PIXI.Rectangle

Optional rectangle to store the result of the bounds calculation

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Rectangle the rectangular bounding area

Returns the child at the specified index

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child at

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child at the given index, if any.

Returns the display object in the container

Name Type Description
name string

instance name

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child with the specified name.

getChildIndex (child)number inherited

Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The DisplayObject instance to identify

Returns:
Type Description
number The index position of the child display object to identify

getGlobalPosition (point, skipUpdate)Point inherited

Returns the global position of the displayObject. Does not depend on object scale, rotation and pivot.

Name Type Description
point Point

the point to write the global value to. If null a new point will be returned

skipUpdate boolean

setting to true will stop the transforms of the scene graph from being updated. This means the calculation returned MAY be out of date BUT will give you a nice performance boost

Returns:
Type Description
Point The updated point

Retrieves the local bounds of the displayObject as a rectangle object

Name Type Description
rect PIXI.Rectangle optional

Optional rectangle to store the result of the bounds calculation

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Rectangle the rectangular bounding area

Alias for addHole

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

isFastRect ()boolean

True if graphics consists of one rectangle, and thus, can be drawn like a Sprite and masked with gl.scissor.

Returns:
Type Description
boolean True if only 1 rect.

Shortcut to lineTo.

Name Type Description
x Number

The x coordinate the drawing point should draw to.

y Number

The y coordinate the drawing point should draw to.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a linear fill. Pixi does not support linear fills, so we just pick the first color in colorArray

Name Type Description
colorArray Array

An array of CSS compatible color values @see f

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

lineStyle (lineWidth, color, alpha, alignment)PIXI.Graphics

Specifies the line style used for subsequent calls to Graphics methods such as the lineTo() method or the drawCircle() method.

Name Type Default Description
lineWidth number 0 optional

width of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

color number 0 optional

color of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

alpha number 1 optional

alpha of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

alignment number 0.5 optional

alignment of the line to draw, (0 = inner, 0.5 = middle, 1 = outter)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Draws a line using the current line style from the current drawing position to (x, y); The current drawing position is then set to (x, y).

Name Type Description
x number

the X coordinate to draw to

y number

the Y coordinate to draw to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Placeholder method for a beginLinearGradientStroke. Pixi does not support gradient strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Shortcut to moveTo.

Name Type Description
x Number

The x coordinate the drawing point should move to.

y Number

The y coordinate the drawing point should move to.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls).

Shortcut for setMask.

Name Type Description
mask PIXI.Sprite | PIXI.Graphics

The mask shape to use

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

Moves the current drawing position to x, y.

Name Type Description
x number

the X coordinate to move to

y number

the Y coordinate to move to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

q (cpx, cpy, x, y)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a quadratic curve from the current drawing point to (x, y) using the control point (cpx, cpy). For detailed information, read the whatwg spec. A tiny API method "qt" also exists.

Name Type Description
cpx Number
cpy Number
x Number
y Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

quadraticCurveTo (cpX, cpY, toX, toY)PIXI.Graphics

Calculate the points for a quadratic bezier curve and then draws it. Based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/785097/how-do-i-implement-a-bezier-curve-in-c

Name Type Description
cpX number

Control point x

cpY number

Control point y

toX number

Destination point x

toY number

Destination point y

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Shortcut to drawRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

rc (x, y, w, h, radiusTL, radiusTR, radiusBR, radiusBL)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawRoundedRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

radiusTL Number

The top left corner radius

radiusTR Number

The top right corner radius

radiusBR Number

The bottom right corner radius

radiusBL Number

The bottom left corner radius

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Shortcut to setRenderable.

Name Type Default Description
renderable Boolean false optional

Make renderable

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject

Removes one or more children from the container.

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to remove

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was removed.

Removes a child from the specified index position.

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child from

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was removed.

removeChildren (beginIndex, endIndex) inherited

Removes all children from this container that are within the begin and end indexes.

Name Type Default Description
beginIndex number 0 optional

The beginning position.

endIndex number this.children.length optional

The ending position. Default value is size of the container.

Returns:
Type Description
List of removed children

renderCanvas (renderer) inherited

Renders the object using the Canvas renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.CanvasRenderer

The renderer

renderWebGL (renderer) inherited

Renders the object using the WebGL renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.WebGLRenderer

The renderer

Placeholder method for a radial fill. Pixi does not support radial fills, so we just pick the first color in colorArray

Name Type Description
colorArray Array

An array of CSS compatible color values @see f

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

rr (x, y, w, h, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawRoundedRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

radius Number

The corner radius

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a beginRadialGradientStroke. Pixi does not support gradient strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

s (color, thickness, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to lineStyle.

Name Type Default Description
color String

A CSS compatible color value (ex. "#FF0000", "red", or "rgba(255,0,0,0.5)"). Setting to null will result in no stroke.

thickness Number 1 optional

The thickness of the stroke

alpha Number 1 optional

The alpha value from 0 (invisibile) to 1 (visible)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a setStrokeDash. Pixi does not support dashed strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Setter for the alpha

Name Type Description
alpha Number

The alpha amount to use, from 0 to 1

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

setChildIndex (child, index) inherited

Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child DisplayObject instance for which you want to change the index number

index number

The resulting index number for the child display object

setColorTransform (r, rA, g, gA, b, bA)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Set additive and multiply color, tinting

Name Type Description
r Number

The multiply red value

rA Number

The additive red value

g Number

The multiply green value

gA Number

The additive green value

b Number

The multiply blue value

bA Number

The additive blue value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

Setter for mask to be able to chain.

Name Type Description
mask PIXI.Graphics

The mask shape to use

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

Set the parent Container of this DisplayObject

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The Container to add this DisplayObject to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Container The Container that this DisplayObject was added to

Function to see if this is renderable or not. Useful for setting masks.

Name Type Default Description
renderable Boolean false optional

Make renderable

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject

Set the tint values by color.

Name Type Description
tint int

The color value to tint

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

setTransform (x, y, scaleX, scaleY, rotation, skewX, skewY, pivotX, pivotY)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Convenience function to set the position, scale, skew and pivot at once.

Name Type Default Description
x number 0 optional

The X position

y number 0 optional

The Y position

scaleX number 1 optional

The X scale value

scaleY number 1 optional

The Y scale value

rotation number 0 optional

The rotation

skewX number 0 optional

The X skew value

skewY number 0 optional

The Y skew value

pivotX number 0 optional

The X pivot value

pivotY number 0 optional

The Y pivot value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject instance

swapChildren (child, child2) inherited

Swaps the position of 2 Display Objects within this container.

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

First display object to swap

child2 PIXI.DisplayObject

Second display object to swap

Shortcut to setTint.

Name Type Description
tint Number | String

The red percentage value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

toGlobal (position, point, skipUpdate)PIXI.Point inherited

Calculates the global position of the display object

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from

point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional (otherwise will create a new Point)

skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object

toLocal (position, from, point, skipUpdate)PIXI.Point inherited

Calculates the local position of the display object relative to another point

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from

from PIXI.DisplayObject optional

The DisplayObject to calculate the global position from

point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional (otherwise will create a new Point)

skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object

tr (x, y, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY, pivotX, pivotY)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Shortcut for setTransform.

Name Type Description
x Number

The X position

y Number

The Y position

scaleX Number

The X Scale value

scaleY Number

The Y Scale value

skewX Number

The X skew value

skewY Number

The Y skew value

pivotX Number

The X pivot value

pivotY Number

The Y pivot value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

updateLocalBounds ()

Update the bounds of the object

updateTransform () inherited

Updates the transform on all children of this container for rendering

Events

Fired when this DisplayObject is added to a Container.

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The container added to.

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is pressed on the display. object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved while over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved off the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved onto the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is released outside the display object that initially registered a mousedown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when the operating system cancels a pointer event. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is pressed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved while over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved off the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved onto the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is released outside the display object that initially registered a pointerdown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when this DisplayObject is removed from a Container.

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The container removed from.

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is pressed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is released outside the display object that initially registered a rightdown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is placed and removed from the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when the operating system cancels a touch. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is removed from the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is removed outside of the display object that initially registered a touchstart. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is moved along the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is placed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

PIXI.Graphics

The Graphics class contains methods used to draw primitive shapes such as lines, circles and rectangles to the display, and to color and fill them.

new PIXI.Graphics (nativeLines)

Name Type Default Description
nativeLines boolean false optional

If true the lines will be draw using LINES instead of TRIANGLE_STRIP

Extends

Members

PIXI.Graphics.CURVES object staticconstant

Graphics curves resolution settings. If adaptive flag is set to true, the resolution is calculated based on the curve's length to ensure better visual quality. Adaptive draw works with bezierCurveTo and quadraticCurveTo.

Properties:
Name Type Default Description
adaptive boolean false

flag indicating if the resolution should be adaptive

maxLength number 10

maximal length of a single segment of the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

minSegments number 8

minimal number of segments in the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

maxSegments number 2048

maximal number of segments in the curve (if adaptive = false, ignored)

alpha number inherited

The opacity of the object.

blendMode number

The blend mode to be applied to the graphic shape. Apply a value of PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL to reset the blend mode.

Default Value:
  • PIXI.BLEND_MODES.NORMAL;
See:

boundsPadding number

The bounds' padding used for bounds calculation.

buttonMode boolean inherited

If enabled, the mouse cursor use the pointer behavior when hovered over the displayObject if it is interactive Setting this changes the 'cursor' property to 'pointer'.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.buttonMode = true;

cacheAsBitmap boolean overrides

When cacheAsBitmap is set to true the graphics object will be rendered as if it was a sprite. This is useful if your graphics element does not change often, as it will speed up the rendering of the object in exchange for taking up texture memory. It is also useful if you need the graphics object to be anti-aliased, because it will be rendered using canvas. This is not recommended if you are constantly redrawing the graphics element.

Default Value:
  • false

children readonly inherited

The array of children of this container.

cursor string inherited

This defines what cursor mode is used when the mouse cursor is hovered over the displayObject.

See:
Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.cursor = 'wait';

fillAlpha number

The alpha value used when filling the Graphics object.

Default Value:
  • 1

The area the filter is applied to. This is used as more of an optimisation rather than figuring out the dimensions of the displayObject each frame you can set this rectangle

Also works as an interaction mask

filters inherited

Sets the filters for the displayObject.

  • IMPORTANT: This is a webGL only feature and will be ignored by the canvas renderer. To remove filters simply set this property to 'null'

height number inherited

The height of the Container, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

Interaction shape. Children will be hit first, then this shape will be checked. Setting this will cause this shape to be checked in hit tests rather than the displayObject's bounds.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.hitArea = new PIXI.Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);

interactive boolean inherited

Enable interaction events for the DisplayObject. Touch, pointer and mouse events will not be emitted unless interactive is set to true.

Example
const sprite = new PIXI.Sprite(texture);
sprite.interactive = true;
sprite.on('tap', (event) => {
   //handle event
});

interactiveChildren boolean inherited

Determines if the children to the displayObject can be clicked/touched Setting this to false allows PixiJS to bypass a recursive hitTest function

isMask boolean

Whether this shape is being used as a mask.

lineAlignment number

The alignment of any lines drawn (0.5 = middle, 1 = outter, 0 = inner).

Default Value:
  • 0.5

lineColor string

The color of any lines drawn.

Default Value:
  • 0

lineWidth number

The width (thickness) of any lines drawn.

Default Value:
  • 0

localTransform PIXI.Matrix readonly inherited

Current transform of the object based on local factors: position, scale, other stuff

Sets a mask for the displayObject. A mask is an object that limits the visibility of an object to the shape of the mask applied to it. In PIXI a regular mask must be a PIXI.Graphics or a PIXI.Sprite object. This allows for much faster masking in canvas as it utilises shape clipping. To remove a mask, set this property to null.

TODO
  • For the moment, PIXI.CanvasRenderer doesn't support PIXI.Sprite as mask.

name string inherited

The instance name of the object.

nativeLines boolean

If true the lines will be draw using LINES instead of TRIANGLE_STRIP

parent PIXI.Container readonly inherited

The display object container that contains this display object.

The pivot point of the displayObject that it rotates around. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

The coordinate of the object relative to the local coordinates of the parent. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

renderable boolean inherited

Can this object be rendered, if false the object will not be drawn but the updateTransform methods will still be called.

Only affects recursive calls from parent. You can ask for bounds manually

rotation number inherited

The rotation of the object in radians.

The scale factor of the object. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

The skew factor for the object in radians. Assignment by value since pixi-v4.

tint number

The tint applied to the graphic shape. This is a hex value. Apply a value of 0xFFFFFF to reset the tint.

Default Value:
  • 0xFFFFFF

World transform and local transform of this object. This will become read-only later, please do not assign anything there unless you know what are you doing

visible boolean inherited

The visibility of the object. If false the object will not be drawn, and the updateTransform function will not be called.

Only affects recursive calls from parent. You can ask for bounds or call updateTransform manually

width number inherited

The width of the Container, setting this will actually modify the scale to achieve the value set

worldAlpha number readonly inherited

The multiplied alpha of the displayObject

worldTransform PIXI.Matrix readonly inherited

Current transform of the object based on world (parent) factors

worldVisible boolean readonly inherited

Indicates if the object is globally visible.

x number inherited

The position of the displayObject on the x axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent. An alias to position.x

y number inherited

The position of the displayObject on the y axis relative to the local coordinates of the parent. An alias to position.y

Methods

_recursivePostUpdateTransform () inherited

recursively updates transform of all objects from the root to this one internal function for toLocal()

Shortcut for setAlpha.

Name Type Description
alpha Number

The alpha amount to use, from 0 to 1

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

ac (x, y, radius, startAngle, endAngle, anticlockwise)PIXI.Graphics overrides

Shortcut to arc.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
radius Number
startAngle Number

Measured in radians.

endAngle Number

Measured in radians.

anticlockwise Boolean
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Adds one or more children to the container.

Multiple items can be added like so: myContainer.addChild(thingOne, thingTwo, thingThree)

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to add to the container

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was added.

addChildAt (child, index)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Adds a child to the container at a specified index. If the index is out of bounds an error will be thrown

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child to add

index number

The index to place the child in

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was added.

Adds a hole in the current path.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics Returns itself.

arc (cx, cy, radius, startAngle, endAngle, anticlockwise)PIXI.Graphics

The arc method creates an arc/curve (used to create circles, or parts of circles).

Name Type Default Description
cx number

The x-coordinate of the center of the circle

cy number

The y-coordinate of the center of the circle

radius number

The radius of the circle

startAngle number

The starting angle, in radians (0 is at the 3 o'clock position of the arc's circle)

endAngle number

The ending angle, in radians

anticlockwise boolean false optional

Specifies whether the drawing should be counter-clockwise or clockwise. False is default, and indicates clockwise, while true indicates counter-clockwise.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

arcTo (x1, y1, x2, y2, radius)PIXI.Graphics

The arcTo() method creates an arc/curve between two tangents on the canvas.

"borrowed" from https://code.google.com/p/fxcanvas/ - thanks google!

Name Type Description
x1 number

The x-coordinate of the beginning of the arc

y1 number

The y-coordinate of the beginning of the arc

x2 number

The x-coordinate of the end of the arc

y2 number

The y-coordinate of the end of the arc

radius number

The radius of the arc

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

at (x1, y1, x2, y2, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to arcTo.

Name Type Description
x1 Number
y1 Number
x2 Number
y2 Number
radius Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

b (cp1x, cp1y, cp2x, cp2y, x, y)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to bezierCurveTo.

Name Type Description
cp1x Number
cp1y Number
cp2x Number
cp2y Number
x Number
y Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

beginFill (color, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Specifies a simple one-color fill that subsequent calls to other Graphics methods (such as lineTo() or drawCircle()) use when drawing.

Name Type Default Description
color number 0 optional

the color of the fill

alpha number 1 optional

the alpha of the fill

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

bezierCurveTo (cpX, cpY, cpX2, cpY2, toX, toY)PIXI.Graphics

Calculate the points for a bezier curve and then draws it.

Name Type Description
cpX number

Control point x

cpY number

Control point y

cpX2 number

Second Control point x

cpY2 number

Second Control point y

toX number

Destination point x

toY number

Destination point y

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Placeholder method for a beginBitmapFill. Pixi does not support bitmap fills.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a beginBitmapStroke. Pixi does not support bitmap strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Closes the current path, effectively drawing a line from the current drawing point to the first drawing point specified since the fill or stroke was last set.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

calculateBounds () inherited

Recalculates the bounds of the container.

Clears the graphics that were drawn to this Graphics object, and resets fill and line style settings.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Creates a new Graphics object with the same values as this one. Note that the only the properties of the object are cloned, not its transform (position,scale,etc)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics A clone of the graphics object

Closes the current path.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics Returns itself.

containsPoint (point)boolean

Tests if a point is inside this graphics object

Name Type Description
point PIXI.Point

the point to test

Returns:
Type Description
boolean the result of the test

Shortcut for drawCommands.

Name Type Description
commands Array

The commands and parameters to draw

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics

dc (x, y, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawCircle.

Name Type Description
x Number

x coordinate center point of circle.

y Number

y coordinate center point of circle.

radius Number

Radius of circle.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

de (x, y, width, height)

Shortcut to drawEllipse.

Name Type Description
x Number

[description]

y Number

[description]

width Number

[description]

height Number

[description]

destroy (options) overrides

Destroys the Graphics object.

Name Type Description
options object | boolean optional

Options parameter. A boolean will act as if all options have been set to that value

Name Type Default Description
children boolean false optional

if set to true, all the children will have their destroy method called as well. 'options' will be passed on to those calls.

texture boolean false optional

Only used for child Sprites if options.children is set to true Should it destroy the texture of the child sprite

baseTexture boolean false optional

Only used for child Sprites if options.children is set to true Should it destroy the base texture of the child sprite

Shortcut to drawRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

drawCircle (x, y, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a circle.

Name Type Description
x number

The X coordinate of the center of the circle

y number

The Y coordinate of the center of the circle

radius number

The radius of the circle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawCommands (commands)PIXI.Graphics

Execute a series of commands, this is the name of the short function followed by the parameters, e.g., ["f", "#ff0000", "r", 0, 0, 100, 200]

Name Type Description
commands Array

The commands and parameters to draw

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics

drawEllipse (x, y, width, height)PIXI.Graphics

Draws an ellipse.

Name Type Description
x number

The X coordinate of the center of the ellipse

y number

The Y coordinate of the center of the ellipse

width number

The half width of the ellipse

height number

The half height of the ellipse

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawPolygon (path)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a polygon using the given path.

Name Type Description
path Array.<number> | Array.<PIXI.Point> | PIXI.Polygon

The path data used to construct the polygon.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawRect (x, y, width, height)PIXI.Graphics

Name Type Description
x number

The X coord of the top-left of the rectangle

y number

The Y coord of the top-left of the rectangle

width number

The width of the rectangle

height number

The height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

drawRoundedRect (x, y, width, height, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Name Type Description
x number

The X coord of the top-left of the rectangle

y number

The Y coord of the top-left of the rectangle

width number

The width of the rectangle

height number

The height of the rectangle

radius number

Radius of the rectangle corners

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Draws the given shape to this Graphics object. Can be any of Circle, Rectangle, Ellipse, Line or Polygon.

Name Type Description
shape PIXI.Circle | PIXI.Ellipse | PIXI.Polygon | PIXI.Rectangle | PIXI.RoundedRectangle

The shape object to draw.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.GraphicsData The generated GraphicsData object.

drawStar (x, y, points, radius, innerRadius, rotation)PIXI.Graphics

Draw a star shape with an abitrary number of points.

Name Type Default Description
x number

Center X position of the star

y number

Center Y position of the star

points number

The number of points of the star, must be > 1

radius number

The outer radius of the star

innerRadius number optional

The inner radius between points, default half radius

rotation number 0 optional

The rotation of the star in radians, where 0 is vertical

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Applies a fill to the lines and shapes that were added since the last call to the beginFill() method.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

f (color, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to beginFill.

Name Type Default Description
color Uint

The hex color value (e.g. 0xFFFFFF) null will result in no fill.

alpha Number 1 optional

The alpha value of fill

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

generateCanvasTexture (scaleMode, resolution)PIXI.Texture

Generates a canvas texture.

Name Type Default Description
scaleMode number

The scale mode of the texture.

resolution number 1

The resolution of the texture.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Texture The new texture.

getBounds (skipUpdate, rect)PIXI.Rectangle inherited

Retrieves the bounds of the displayObject as a rectangle object.

Name Type Description
skipUpdate boolean

setting to true will stop the transforms of the scene graph from being updated. This means the calculation returned MAY be out of date BUT will give you a nice performance boost

rect PIXI.Rectangle

Optional rectangle to store the result of the bounds calculation

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Rectangle the rectangular bounding area

Returns the child at the specified index

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child at

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child at the given index, if any.

Returns the display object in the container

Name Type Description
name string

instance name

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child with the specified name.

getChildIndex (child)number inherited

Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The DisplayObject instance to identify

Returns:
Type Description
number The index position of the child display object to identify

getGlobalPosition (point, skipUpdate)Point inherited

Returns the global position of the displayObject. Does not depend on object scale, rotation and pivot.

Name Type Description
point Point

the point to write the global value to. If null a new point will be returned

skipUpdate boolean

setting to true will stop the transforms of the scene graph from being updated. This means the calculation returned MAY be out of date BUT will give you a nice performance boost

Returns:
Type Description
Point The updated point

Retrieves the local bounds of the displayObject as a rectangle object

Name Type Description
rect PIXI.Rectangle optional

Optional rectangle to store the result of the bounds calculation

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Rectangle the rectangular bounding area

Alias for addHole

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

isFastRect ()boolean

True if graphics consists of one rectangle, and thus, can be drawn like a Sprite and masked with gl.scissor.

Returns:
Type Description
boolean True if only 1 rect.

Shortcut to lineTo.

Name Type Description
x Number

The x coordinate the drawing point should draw to.

y Number

The y coordinate the drawing point should draw to.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a linear fill. Pixi does not support linear fills, so we just pick the first color in colorArray

Name Type Description
colorArray Array

An array of CSS compatible color values @see f

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

lineStyle (lineWidth, color, alpha, alignment)PIXI.Graphics

Specifies the line style used for subsequent calls to Graphics methods such as the lineTo() method or the drawCircle() method.

Name Type Default Description
lineWidth number 0 optional

width of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

color number 0 optional

color of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

alpha number 1 optional

alpha of the line to draw, will update the objects stored style

alignment number 0.5 optional

alignment of the line to draw, (0 = inner, 0.5 = middle, 1 = outter)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Draws a line using the current line style from the current drawing position to (x, y); The current drawing position is then set to (x, y).

Name Type Description
x number

the X coordinate to draw to

y number

the Y coordinate to draw to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Placeholder method for a beginLinearGradientStroke. Pixi does not support gradient strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Shortcut to moveTo.

Name Type Description
x Number

The x coordinate the drawing point should move to.

y Number

The y coordinate the drawing point should move to.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls).

Shortcut for setMask.

Name Type Description
mask PIXI.Sprite | PIXI.Graphics

The mask shape to use

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

Moves the current drawing position to x, y.

Name Type Description
x number

the X coordinate to move to

y number

the Y coordinate to move to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

q (cpx, cpy, x, y)PIXI.Graphics

Draws a quadratic curve from the current drawing point to (x, y) using the control point (cpx, cpy). For detailed information, read the whatwg spec. A tiny API method "qt" also exists.

Name Type Description
cpx Number
cpy Number
x Number
y Number
Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

quadraticCurveTo (cpX, cpY, toX, toY)PIXI.Graphics

Calculate the points for a quadratic bezier curve and then draws it. Based on: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/785097/how-do-i-implement-a-bezier-curve-in-c

Name Type Description
cpX number

Control point x

cpY number

Control point y

toX number

Destination point x

toY number

Destination point y

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics This Graphics object. Good for chaining method calls

Shortcut to drawRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

rc (x, y, w, h, radiusTL, radiusTR, radiusBR, radiusBL)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawRoundedRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

radiusTL Number

The top left corner radius

radiusTR Number

The top right corner radius

radiusBR Number

The bottom right corner radius

radiusBL Number

The bottom left corner radius

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Shortcut to setRenderable.

Name Type Default Description
renderable Boolean false optional

Make renderable

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject

Removes one or more children from the container.

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject repeatable

The DisplayObject(s) to remove

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The first child that was removed.

Removes a child from the specified index position.

Name Type Description
index number

The index to get the child from

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The child that was removed.

removeChildren (beginIndex, endIndex) inherited

Removes all children from this container that are within the begin and end indexes.

Name Type Default Description
beginIndex number 0 optional

The beginning position.

endIndex number this.children.length optional

The ending position. Default value is size of the container.

Returns:
Type Description
List of removed children

renderCanvas (renderer) inherited

Renders the object using the Canvas renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.CanvasRenderer

The renderer

renderWebGL (renderer) inherited

Renders the object using the WebGL renderer

Name Type Description
renderer PIXI.WebGLRenderer

The renderer

Placeholder method for a radial fill. Pixi does not support radial fills, so we just pick the first color in colorArray

Name Type Description
colorArray Array

An array of CSS compatible color values @see f

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

rr (x, y, w, h, radius)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to drawRoundedRect.

Name Type Description
x Number
y Number
w Number

Width of the rectangle

h Number

Height of the rectangle

radius Number

The corner radius

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a beginRadialGradientStroke. Pixi does not support gradient strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

s (color, thickness, alpha)PIXI.Graphics

Shortcut to lineStyle.

Name Type Default Description
color String

A CSS compatible color value (ex. "#FF0000", "red", or "rgba(255,0,0,0.5)"). Setting to null will result in no stroke.

thickness Number 1 optional

The thickness of the stroke

alpha Number 1 optional

The alpha value from 0 (invisibile) to 1 (visible)

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Placeholder method for a setStrokeDash. Pixi does not support dashed strokes.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Graphics The Graphics instance the method is called on (useful for chaining calls.)

Setter for the alpha

Name Type Description
alpha Number

The alpha amount to use, from 0 to 1

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

setChildIndex (child, index) inherited

Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

The child DisplayObject instance for which you want to change the index number

index number

The resulting index number for the child display object

setColorTransform (r, rA, g, gA, b, bA)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Set additive and multiply color, tinting

Name Type Description
r Number

The multiply red value

rA Number

The additive red value

g Number

The multiply green value

gA Number

The additive green value

b Number

The multiply blue value

bA Number

The additive blue value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

Setter for mask to be able to chain.

Name Type Description
mask PIXI.Graphics

The mask shape to use

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

Set the parent Container of this DisplayObject

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The Container to add this DisplayObject to

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Container The Container that this DisplayObject was added to

Function to see if this is renderable or not. Useful for setting masks.

Name Type Default Description
renderable Boolean false optional

Make renderable

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject

Set the tint values by color.

Name Type Description
tint int

The color value to tint

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

setTransform (x, y, scaleX, scaleY, rotation, skewX, skewY, pivotX, pivotY)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Convenience function to set the position, scale, skew and pivot at once.

Name Type Default Description
x number 0 optional

The X position

y number 0 optional

The Y position

scaleX number 1 optional

The X scale value

scaleY number 1 optional

The Y scale value

rotation number 0 optional

The rotation

skewX number 0 optional

The X skew value

skewY number 0 optional

The Y skew value

pivotX number 0 optional

The X pivot value

pivotY number 0 optional

The Y pivot value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject The DisplayObject instance

swapChildren (child, child2) inherited

Swaps the position of 2 Display Objects within this container.

Name Type Description
child PIXI.DisplayObject

First display object to swap

child2 PIXI.DisplayObject

Second display object to swap

Shortcut to setTint.

Name Type Description
tint Number | String

The red percentage value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Object for chaining

toGlobal (position, point, skipUpdate)PIXI.Point inherited

Calculates the global position of the display object

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from

point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional (otherwise will create a new Point)

skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform.

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object

toLocal (position, from, point, skipUpdate)PIXI.Point inherited

Calculates the local position of the display object relative to another point

Name Type Default Description
position PIXI.Point

The world origin to calculate from

from PIXI.DisplayObject optional

The DisplayObject to calculate the global position from

point PIXI.Point optional

A Point object in which to store the value, optional (otherwise will create a new Point)

skipUpdate boolean false optional

Should we skip the update transform

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.Point A point object representing the position of this object

tr (x, y, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY, pivotX, pivotY)PIXI.DisplayObject inherited

Shortcut for setTransform.

Name Type Description
x Number

The X position

y Number

The Y position

scaleX Number

The X Scale value

scaleY Number

The Y Scale value

skewX Number

The X skew value

skewY Number

The Y skew value

pivotX Number

The X pivot value

pivotY Number

The Y pivot value

Returns:
Type Description
PIXI.DisplayObject Instance for chaining

updateLocalBounds ()

Update the bounds of the object

updateTransform () inherited

Updates the transform on all children of this container for rendering

Events

Fired when this DisplayObject is added to a Container.

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The container added to.

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is pressed on the display. object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved while over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved off the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device (usually a mouse) is moved onto the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button (usually a mouse left-button) is released outside the display object that initially registered a mousedown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when the operating system cancels a pointer event. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is pressed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved while over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved off the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device is moved onto the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device button is released outside the display object that initially registered a pointerdown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when this DisplayObject is removed from a Container.

Name Type Description
container PIXI.Container

The container removed from.

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is pressed and released on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is pressed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is released over the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a pointer device secondary button (usually a mouse right-button) is released outside the display object that initially registered a rightdown. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is placed and removed from the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when the operating system cancels a touch. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is removed from the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is removed outside of the display object that initially registered a touchstart. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is moved along the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event

Fired when a touch point is placed on the display object. DisplayObject's interactive property must be set to true to fire event.

Name Type Description
event PIXI.interaction.InteractionEvent

Interaction event