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polygon

Type

keyword

Summary

Designates the paint tool used to draw irregular polygon shapes. It also specifies, through the style property, that a graphic is an irregular polygon shape.

Syntax

polygon

Description

Use the polygon keyword to paint an irregular polygon with the penColor or to change a graphic to an irregular polygon shape.

When using the Polygon tool, the cursor is a crosshairs shape (over stack windows) or an arrow (anywhere else). This tool is used to draw an irregular polygon in the penColor, filled with the brushColor (or brushPattern).

If you try to paint with the Polygon tool on a card that has no images, an image the size of the card is created to hold the painting. If the current card already has one or more images, painting outside the image has no effect.

Setting the style of a graphic to "polygon" makes the graphic into an irregular polygon. Irregular polygon graphics, unlike painted polygons, can be changed and reshaped: use the points properties to change the shape.

Examples

choose polygon tool
set the style of the templateGraphic to polygon

command: choose

glossary: property, keyword, paint tool, polygon

keyword: polygon, graphic

object: graphic

property: style, brushColor, points, properties, penColor, brushPattern

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile

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