layerClipRect

Type

property

Summary

Specifies the visible area of a control

Syntax

set the layerClipRect of <control> to <rectangle>

Description

Use the layerClipRect property to clip an object's display to a rectangle. The clipping rectangle only changes what part of the object is rendered, it has no effect on interaction; in particular, mouse events will still occur as they would without it being set.

Examples

// restrict visible region of image to a square in the top-left of the card
set the layerClipRect of image "myImage" to 0,0,50,50

// Hide 10 pixels from the border of image "myImage"
local tRect
put the rect of image "myImage" into tRect
add 10 to item 1 of tRect
add 10 to item 2 of tRect
subtract 10 from item 3 of tRect
subtract 10 from item 4 of tRect
set the layerClipRect of image "myImage" to tRect

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 9.5

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile

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