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TFTLibrary > TFT
rect
Description
Draws a rectangle to the TFT screen. rect() takes 4 arguments, the first two are the top left corner of the shape, the last two are the width and height of the shape.
Syntax
screen.rect(xStart, yStart, width, height);
Parameters
- xStart : int, the horizontal position where the line starts
- yStart : int, the vertical position where the line starts
- width : int, the width of the rectangle
- height : int, the height of the rectangle
Returns
none
Example
  #include <SPI.h>
#include <TFT.h>            // Arduino TFT library
#define cs   10
#define dc   9
#define rst  8
TFT screen = TFT(cs, dc, rst);
void setup() {
  // initialize the screen
  screen.begin();
  // make the background black
  screen.background(0,0,0);
  // set the stroke color to white
  screen.stroke(255,255,255);
  // set the fill color to grey
  screen.fill(127,127,127);
  // draw a rectangle in the center of screen
  screen.rect(screen.width()/2-5, screen.height()/2-5, 10, 10);
}
void loop() {
}
 
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