## wxDC

A wxDC is a device context onto which graphics and text can be drawn. It is intended to represent a number of output devices in a generic way, so a window can have a device context associated with it, and a printer also has a device context. In this way, the same piece of code may write to a number of different devices, if the device context is used as a parameter.

Notice that wxDC is an abstract base class and can't be created directly, please use wxPaintDC, wxClientDC, wxWindowDC, wxScreenDC, wxMemoryDC or wxPrinterDC.

Please note that in addition to the versions of the methods documented here, there are also versions which accept single `wxPoint` parameter instead of two `wxCoord` ones or `wxPoint` and `wxSize` instead of four of them.

Support for Transparency / Alpha Channel

On Mac OS X when using Core Graphics (wx_MAC_USE_CORE_GRAPHICS set to 1) colors with alpha are supported, so instances `wxPen` or `wxBrush` that are built from `wxColour` use the color's alpha values when stroking or filling.

Derived from

wxObject

Include files

<wx/dc.h>

See also

Overview

Members

wxDC::Blit
wxDC::CalcBoundingBox
wxDC::Clear
wxDC::ComputeScaleAndOrigin
wxDC::CrossHair
wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion
wxDC::DeviceToLogicalX
wxDC::DeviceToLogicalXRel
wxDC::DeviceToLogicalY
wxDC::DeviceToLogicalYRel
wxDC::DrawArc
wxDC::DrawBitmap
wxDC::DrawCheckMark
wxDC::DrawCircle
wxDC::DrawEllipse
wxDC::DrawEllipticArc
wxDC::DrawIcon
wxDC::DrawLabel
wxDC::DrawLine
wxDC::DrawLines
wxDC::DrawPolygon
wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon
wxDC::DrawPoint
wxDC::DrawRectangle
wxDC::DrawRotatedText
wxDC::DrawRoundedRectangle
wxDC::DrawSpline
wxDC::DrawText
wxDC::EndDoc
wxDC::EndPage
wxDC::FloodFill
wxDC::GetBackground
wxDC::GetBackgroundMode
wxDC::GetBrush
wxDC::GetCharHeight
wxDC::GetCharWidth
wxDC::GetClippingBox
wxDC::GetFont
wxDC::GetLayoutDirection
wxDC::GetLogicalFunction
wxDC::GetMapMode
wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent
wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents
wxDC::GetPen
wxDC::GetPixel
wxDC::GetPPI
wxDC::GetSize
wxDC::GetSizeMM
wxDC::GetTextBackground
wxDC::GetTextExtent
wxDC::GetTextForeground
wxDC::GetUserScale
wxDC::GradientFillConcentric
wxDC::GradientFillLinear
wxDC::LogicalToDeviceX
wxDC::LogicalToDeviceXRel
wxDC::LogicalToDeviceY
wxDC::LogicalToDeviceYRel
wxDC::MaxX
wxDC::MaxY
wxDC::MinX
wxDC::MinY
wxDC::IsOk
wxDC::ResetBoundingBox
wxDC::SetAxisOrientation
wxDC::SetBackground
wxDC::SetBackgroundMode
wxDC::SetBrush
wxDC::SetClippingRegion
wxDC::SetDeviceOrigin
wxDC::SetFont
wxDC::SetLayoutDirection
wxDC::SetLogicalFunction
wxDC::SetMapMode
wxDC::SetPalette
wxDC::SetPen
wxDC::SetTextBackground
wxDC::SetTextForeground
wxDC::SetUserScale
wxDC::StartDoc
wxDC::StartPage

### wxDC::Blit

bool Blit(wxCoord xdest, wxCoord ydest, wxCoord width, wxCoord height, wxDC* source, wxCoord xsrc, wxCoord ysrc, int logicalFunc = wxCOPY, bool useMask = false, wxCoord xsrcMask = -1, wxCoord ysrcMask = -1)

Copy from a source DC to this DC, specifying the destination coordinates, size of area to copy, source DC, source coordinates, logical function, whether to use a bitmap mask, and mask source position.

Parameters

xdest

Destination device context x position.

ydest

Destination device context y position.

width

Width of source area to be copied.

height

Height of source area to be copied.

source

Source device context.

xsrc

Source device context x position.

ysrc

Source device context y position.

logicalFunc

Logical function to use: see wxDC::SetLogicalFunction.

useMask

If true, Blit does a transparent blit using the mask that is associated with the bitmap selected into the source device context. The Windows implementation does the following if MaskBlt cannot be used:

1. Creates a temporary bitmap and copies the destination area into it.
2. Copies the source area into the temporary bitmap using the specified logical function.
3. Sets the masked area in the temporary bitmap to BLACK by ANDing the mask bitmap with the temp bitmap with the foreground colour set to WHITE and the bg colour set to BLACK.
4. Sets the unmasked area in the destination area to BLACK by ANDing the mask bitmap with the destination area with the foreground colour set to BLACK and the background colour set to WHITE.
5. ORs the temporary bitmap with the destination area.
6. Deletes the temporary bitmap.

This sequence of operations ensures that the source's transparent area need not be black, and logical functions are supported.

Note: on Windows, blitting with masks can be speeded up considerably by compiling wxWidgets with the wxUSE_DC_CACHE option enabled. You can also influence whether MaskBlt or the explicit mask blitting code above is used, by using wxSystemOptions and setting the no-maskblt option to 1.

xsrcMask

Source x position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are -1, xsrc and ysrc will be assumed for the mask source position. Currently only implemented on Windows.

ysrcMask

Source y position on the mask. If both xsrcMask and ysrcMask are -1, xsrc and ysrc will be assumed for the mask source position. Currently only implemented on Windows.

Remarks

There is partial support for Blit in wxPostScriptDC, under X.

See wxMemoryDC for typical usage.

See also

wxMemoryDC, wxBitmap, wxMask

### wxDC::CalcBoundingBox

void CalcBoundingBox(wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Adds the specified point to the bounding box which can be retrieved with MinX, MaxX and MinY, MaxY functions.

See also

ResetBoundingBox

### wxDC::Clear

void Clear()

Clears the device context using the current background brush.

### wxDC::ComputeScaleAndOrigin

virtual void ComputeScaleAndOrigin()

Performs all necessary computations for given platform and context type after each change of scale and origin parameters. Usually called automatically internally after such changes.

### wxDC::CrossHair

void CrossHair(wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Displays a cross hair using the current pen. This is a vertical and horizontal line the height and width of the window, centred on the given point.

### wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion

void DestroyClippingRegion()

Destroys the current clipping region so that none of the DC is clipped. See also wxDC::SetClippingRegion.

### wxDC::DeviceToLogicalX

wxCoord DeviceToLogicalX(wxCoord x)

Convert device X coordinate to logical coordinate, using the current mapping mode.

### wxDC::DeviceToLogicalXRel

wxCoord DeviceToLogicalXRel(wxCoord x)

Convert device X coordinate to relative logical coordinate, using the current mapping mode but ignoring the x axis orientation. Use this function for converting a width, for example.

### wxDC::DeviceToLogicalY

wxCoord DeviceToLogicalY(wxCoord y)

Converts device Y coordinate to logical coordinate, using the current mapping mode.

### wxDC::DeviceToLogicalYRel

wxCoord DeviceToLogicalYRel(wxCoord y)

Convert device Y coordinate to relative logical coordinate, using the current mapping mode but ignoring the y axis orientation. Use this function for converting a height, for example.

### wxDC::DrawArc

void DrawArc(wxCoord x1, wxCoord y1, wxCoord x2, wxCoord y2, wxCoord xc, wxCoord yc)

Draws an arc of a circle, centred on (xc, yc), with starting point (x1, y1) and ending at (x2, y2). The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for filling the shape.

The arc is drawn in an anticlockwise direction from the start point to the end point.

### wxDC::DrawBitmap

void DrawBitmap(const wxBitmap& bitmap, wxCoord x, wxCoord y, bool transparent)

Draw a bitmap on the device context at the specified point. If transparent is true and the bitmap has a transparency mask, the bitmap will be drawn transparently.

When drawing a mono-bitmap, the current text foreground colour will be used to draw the foreground of the bitmap (all bits set to 1), and the current text background colour to draw the background (all bits set to 0). See also SetTextForeground, SetTextBackground and wxMemoryDC.

### wxDC::DrawCheckMark

void DrawCheckMark(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height)

void DrawCheckMark(const wxRect &rect)

Draws a check mark inside the given rectangle.

### wxDC::DrawCircle

void DrawCircle(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord radius)

void DrawCircle(const wxPoint& pt, wxCoord radius)

Draws a circle with the given centre and radius.

See also

DrawEllipse

### wxDC::DrawEllipse

void DrawEllipse(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height)

void DrawEllipse(const wxPoint& pt, const wxSize& size)

void DrawEllipse(const wxRect& rect)

Draws an ellipse contained in the rectangle specified either with the given top left corner and the given size or directly. The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for filling the shape.

See also

DrawCircle

### wxDC::DrawEllipticArc

void DrawEllipticArc(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height, double start, double end)

Draws an arc of an ellipse. The current pen is used for drawing the arc and the current brush is used for drawing the pie.

x and y specify the x and y coordinates of the upper-left corner of the rectangle that contains the ellipse.

width and height specify the width and height of the rectangle that contains the ellipse.

start and end specify the start and end of the arc relative to the three-o'clock position from the center of the rectangle. Angles are specified in degrees (360 is a complete circle). Positive values mean counter-clockwise motion. If start is equal to end, a complete ellipse will be drawn.

### wxDC::DrawIcon

void DrawIcon(const wxIcon& icon, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Draw an icon on the display (does nothing if the device context is PostScript). This can be the simplest way of drawing bitmaps on a window.

### wxDC::DrawLabel

virtual void DrawLabel(const wxString& text, const wxBitmap& image, const wxRect& rect, int alignment = wxALIGN_LEFT | wxALIGN_TOP, int indexAccel = -1, wxRect *rectBounding = NULL)

void DrawLabel(const wxString& text, const wxRect& rect, int alignment = wxALIGN_LEFT | wxALIGN_TOP, int indexAccel = -1)

Draw optional bitmap and the text into the given rectangle and aligns it as specified by alignment parameter; it also will emphasize the character with the given index if it is != -1 and return the bounding rectangle if required.

### wxDC::DrawLine

void DrawLine(wxCoord x1, wxCoord y1, wxCoord x2, wxCoord y2)

Draws a line from the first point to the second. The current pen is used for drawing the line. Note that the point (x2, y2) is not part of the line and is not drawn by this function (this is consistent with the behaviour of many other toolkits).

### wxDC::DrawLines

void DrawLines(int n, wxPoint points[], wxCoord xoffset = 0, wxCoord yoffset = 0)

void DrawLines(wxList *points, wxCoord xoffset = 0, wxCoord yoffset = 0)

Draws lines using an array of points of size n, or list of pointers to points, adding the optional offset coordinate. The current pen is used for drawing the lines. The programmer is responsible for deleting the list of points.

wxPython note: The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint objects.

### wxDC::DrawPolygon

void DrawPolygon(int n, wxPoint points[], wxCoord xoffset = 0, wxCoord yoffset = 0,
int fill_style = wxODDEVEN_RULE)

void DrawPolygon(wxList *points, wxCoord xoffset = 0, wxCoord yoffset = 0,
int fill_style = wxODDEVEN_RULE)

Draws a filled polygon using an array of points of size n, or list of pointers to points, adding the optional offset coordinate.

The last argument specifies the fill rule: wxODDEVEN_RULE (the default) or wxWINDING_RULE.

The current pen is used for drawing the outline, and the current brush for filling the shape. Using a transparent brush suppresses filling. The programmer is responsible for deleting the list of points.

Note that wxWidgets automatically closes the first and last points.

wxPython note: The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint objects.

### wxDC::DrawPolyPolygon

void DrawPolyPolygon(int n, int count[], wxPoint points[], wxCoord xoffset = 0, wxCoord yoffset = 0,
int fill_style = wxODDEVEN_RULE)

Draws two or more filled polygons using an array of points, adding the optional offset coordinates.

Notice that for the platforms providing a native implementation of this function (Windows and PostScript-based wxDC currently), this is more efficient than using DrawPolygon in a loop.

n specifies the number of polygons to draw, the array count of size n specifies the number of points in each of the polygons in the points array.

The last argument specifies the fill rule: wxODDEVEN_RULE (the default) or wxWINDING_RULE.

The current pen is used for drawing the outline, and the current brush for filling the shape. Using a transparent brush suppresses filling.

The polygons maybe disjoint or overlapping. Each polygon specified in a call to DrawPolyPolygon must be closed. Unlike polygons created by the DrawPolygon member function, the polygons created by DrawPolyPolygon are not closed automatically.

wxPython note: Not implemented yet

### wxDC::DrawPoint

void DrawPoint(wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Draws a point using the color of the current pen. Note that the other properties of the pen are not used, such as width etc..

### wxDC::DrawRectangle

void DrawRectangle(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height)

Draws a rectangle with the given top left corner, and with the given size. The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for filling the shape.

### wxDC::DrawRotatedText

void DrawRotatedText(const wxString& text, wxCoord x, wxCoord y, double angle)

Draws the text rotated by angle degrees.

NB: Under Win9x only TrueType fonts can be drawn by this function. In particular, a font different from `wxNORMAL_FONT` should be used as the latter is not a TrueType font. `wxSWISS_FONT` is an example of a font which is.

See also

DrawText

### wxDC::DrawRoundedRectangle

void DrawRoundedRectangle(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height, double radius)

Draws a rectangle with the given top left corner, and with the given size. The corners are quarter-circles using the given radius. The current pen is used for the outline and the current brush for filling the shape.

If radius is positive, the value is assumed to be the radius of the rounded corner. If radius is negative, the absolute value is assumed to be the proportion of the smallest dimension of the rectangle. This means that the corner can be a sensible size relative to the size of the rectangle, and also avoids the strange effects X produces when the corners are too big for the rectangle.

### wxDC::DrawSpline

void DrawSpline(int n, wxPoint points[])

Draws a spline between all given control points, using the current pen.

void DrawSpline(wxList *points)

Draws a spline between all given control points, using the current pen. Doesn't delete the wxList and contents.

void DrawSpline(wxCoord x1, wxCoord y1, wxCoord x2, wxCoord y2, wxCoord x3, wxCoord y3)

Draws a three-point spline using the current pen.

wxPython note: The wxPython version of this method accepts a Python list of wxPoint objects.

### wxDC::DrawText

void DrawText(const wxString& text, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Draws a text string at the specified point, using the current text font, and the current text foreground and background colours.

The coordinates refer to the top-left corner of the rectangle bounding the string. See wxDC::GetTextExtent for how to get the dimensions of a text string, which can be used to position the text more precisely.

NB: under wxGTK the current logical function is used by this function but it is ignored by wxMSW. Thus, you should avoid using logical functions with this function in portable programs.

### wxDC::EndDoc

void EndDoc()

Ends a document (only relevant when outputting to a printer).

### wxDC::EndPage

void EndPage()

Ends a document page (only relevant when outputting to a printer).

### wxDC::FloodFill

bool FloodFill(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, const wxColour& colour, int style=wxFLOOD_SURFACE)

Flood fills the device context starting from the given point, using the current brush colour, and using a style:

- wxFLOOD_SURFACE: the flooding occurs until a colour other than the given colour is encountered.
- wxFLOOD_BORDER: the area to be flooded is bounded by the given colour.

Returns false if the operation failed.

Note: The present implementation for non-Windows platforms may fail to find colour borders if the pixels do not match the colour exactly. However the function will still return true.

### wxDC::GetBackground

const wxBrush& GetBackground() const

Gets the brush used for painting the background (see wxDC::SetBackground).

### wxDC::GetBackgroundMode

int GetBackgroundMode() const

Returns the current background mode: `wxSOLID` or `wxTRANSPARENT`.

See also

SetBackgroundMode

### wxDC::GetBrush

const wxBrush& GetBrush() const

Gets the current brush (see wxDC::SetBrush).

### wxDC::GetCharHeight

wxCoord GetCharHeight()

Gets the character height of the currently set font.

### wxDC::GetCharWidth

wxCoord GetCharWidth()

Gets the average character width of the currently set font.

### wxDC::GetClippingBox

void GetClippingBox(wxCoord *x, wxCoord *y, wxCoord *width, wxCoord *height)

Gets the rectangle surrounding the current clipping region.

wxPython note: No arguments are required and the four values defining the rectangle are returned as a tuple.

### wxDC::GetFont

const wxFont& GetFont() const

Gets the current font. Notice that even although each device context object has some default font after creation, this method would return a `wxNullFont` initially and only after calling wxDC::SetFont a valid font is returned.

### wxDC::GetLayoutDirection

wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection() const

Gets the current layout direction of the device context. On platforms where RTL layout is supported, the return value will either be `wxLayout_LeftToRight` or `wxLayout_RightToLeft`. If RTL layout is not supported, the return value will be `wxLayout_Default`.

See also

SetLayoutDirection

### wxDC::GetLogicalFunction

int GetLogicalFunction()

Gets the current logical function (see wxDC::SetLogicalFunction).

### wxDC::GetMapMode

int GetMapMode()

Gets the mapping mode for the device context (see wxDC::SetMapMode).

### wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent

void GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString& string, wxCoord *w,
wxCoord *h, wxCoord *heightLine = NULL, wxFont *font = NULL) const

wxSize GetMultiLineTextExtent(const wxString& string) const

Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font. string is the text string to measure, heightLine, if non NULL, is where to store the height of a single line.

The text extent is returned in w and h pointers (first form) or as a wxSize object (second form).

If the optional parameter font is specified and valid, then it is used for the text extent calculation. Otherwise the currently selected font is.

Note that this function works both with single-line and multi-line strings.

See also

wxFont, wxDC::SetFont, wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents, wxDC::GetTextExtent

### wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents

bool GetPartialTextExtents(const wxString& text, wxArrayInt& widths) const

Fills the widths array with the widths from the beginning of text to the corresponding character of text. The generic version simply builds a running total of the widths of each character using GetTextExtent, however if the various platforms have a native API function that is faster or more accurate than the generic implementation then it should be used instead.

See also

wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent, wxDC::GetTextExtent

wxPython note: This method only takes the text parameter and returns a Python list of integers.

### wxDC::GetPen

const wxPen& GetPen() const

Gets the current pen (see wxDC::SetPen).

### wxDC::GetPixel

bool GetPixel(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxColour *colour)

Gets in colour the colour at the specified location. Not available for wxPostScriptDC or wxMetafileDC.

Note that setting a pixel can be done using DrawPoint.

wxPython note: For wxPython the wxColour value is returned and is not required as a parameter.

### wxDC::GetPPI

wxSize GetPPI() const

Returns the resolution of the device in pixels per inch.

### wxDC::GetSize

void GetSize(wxCoord *width, wxCoord *height) const

wxSize GetSize() const

This gets the horizontal and vertical resolution in device units. It can be used to scale graphics to fit the page. For example, if maxX and maxY represent the maximum horizontal and vertical 'pixel' values used in your application, the following code will scale the graphic to fit on the printer page:

      wxCoord w, h;
      dc.GetSize(&w, &h);
      double scaleX=(double)(maxX/w);
      double scaleY=(double)(maxY/h);
      dc.SetUserScale(min(scaleX,scaleY),min(scaleX,scaleY));

wxPython note: In place of a single overloaded method name, wxPython implements the following methods:

GetSize() | Returns a wxSize
GetSizeTuple() | Returns a 2-tuple (width, height)

### wxDC::GetSizeMM

void GetSizeMM(wxCoord *width, wxCoord *height) const

wxSize GetSizeMM() const

Returns the horizontal and vertical resolution in millimetres.

### wxDC::GetTextBackground

const wxColour& GetTextBackground() const

Gets the current text background colour (see wxDC::SetTextBackground).

### wxDC::GetTextExtent

void GetTextExtent(const wxString& string, wxCoord *w, wxCoord *h,
wxCoord *descent = NULL, wxCoord *externalLeading = NULL, wxFont *font = NULL) const

wxSize GetTextExtent(const wxString& string) const

Gets the dimensions of the string using the currently selected font. string is the text string to measure, descent is the dimension from the baseline of the font to the bottom of the descender, and externalLeading is any extra vertical space added to the font by the font designer (usually is zero).

The text extent is returned in w and h pointers (first form) or as a wxSize object (second form).

If the optional parameter font is specified and valid, then it is used for the text extent calculation. Otherwise the currently selected font is.

Note that this function only works with single-line strings.

See also

wxFont, wxDC::SetFont, wxDC::GetPartialTextExtents, wxDC::GetMultiLineTextExtent

wxPython note: The following methods are implemented in wxPython:

GetTextExtent(string) | Returns a 2-tuple, (width, height)
GetFullTextExtent(string, font=NULL) | Returns a 4-tuple, (width, height, descent, externalLeading)

### wxDC::GetTextForeground

const wxColour& GetTextForeground() const

Gets the current text foreground colour (see wxDC::SetTextForeground).

### wxDC::GetUserScale

void GetUserScale(double *x, double *y)

Gets the current user scale factor (set by SetUserScale).

### wxDC::GradientFillConcentric

void GradientFillConcentric(const wxRect& rect, const wxColour& initialColour, const wxColour& destColour)

void GradientFillConcentric(const wxRect& rect, const wxColour& initialColour, const wxColour& destColour, const wxPoint& circleCenter)

Fill the area specified by rect with a radial gradient, starting from initialColour at the centre of the circle and fading to destColour on the circle outside.

circleCenter are the relative coordinates of centre of the circle in the specified rect. If not specified, the cercle is placed at the centre of rect.

Note: Currently this function is very slow, don't use it for real-time drawing.

### wxDC::GradientFillLinear

void GradientFillLinear(const wxRect& rect, const wxColour& initialColour, const wxColour& destColour, wxDirection nDirection = wxEAST)

Fill the area specified by rect with a linear gradient, starting from initialColour and eventually fading to destColour. The nDirection specifies the direction of the colour change, default is to use initialColour on the left part of the rectangle and destColour on the right one.

### wxDC::LogicalToDeviceX

wxCoord LogicalToDeviceX(wxCoord x)

Converts logical X coordinate to device coordinate, using the current mapping mode.

### wxDC::LogicalToDeviceXRel

wxCoord LogicalToDeviceXRel(wxCoord x)

Converts logical X coordinate to relative device coordinate, using the current mapping mode but ignoring the x axis orientation. Use this for converting a width, for example.

### wxDC::LogicalToDeviceY

wxCoord LogicalToDeviceY(wxCoord y)

Converts logical Y coordinate to device coordinate, using the current mapping mode.

### wxDC::LogicalToDeviceYRel

wxCoord LogicalToDeviceYRel(wxCoord y)

Converts logical Y coordinate to relative device coordinate, using the current mapping mode but ignoring the y axis orientation. Use this for converting a height, for example.

### wxDC::MaxX

wxCoord MaxX()

Gets the maximum horizontal extent used in drawing commands so far.

### wxDC::MaxY

wxCoord MaxY()

Gets the maximum vertical extent used in drawing commands so far.

### wxDC::MinX

wxCoord MinX()

Gets the minimum horizontal extent used in drawing commands so far.

### wxDC::MinY

wxCoord MinY()

Gets the minimum vertical extent used in drawing commands so far.

### wxDC::IsOk

bool Ok()

Returns true if the DC is ok to use.

### wxDC::ResetBoundingBox

void ResetBoundingBox()

Resets the bounding box: after a call to this function, the bounding box doesn't contain anything.

See also

CalcBoundingBox

### wxDC::SetAxisOrientation

void SetAxisOrientation(bool xLeftRight, bool yBottomUp)

Sets the x and y axis orientation (i.e., the direction from lowest to highest values on the axis). The default orientation is x axis from left to right and y axis from top down.

Parameters

xLeftRight

True to set the x axis orientation to the natural left to right orientation, false to invert it.

yBottomUp

True to set the y axis orientation to the natural bottom up orientation, false to invert it.

### wxDC::SetBackground

void SetBackground(const wxBrush& brush)

Sets the current background brush for the DC.

### wxDC::SetBackgroundMode

void SetBackgroundMode(int mode)

mode may be one of wxSOLID and wxTRANSPARENT. This setting determines whether text will be drawn with a background colour or not.

### wxDC::SetBrush

void SetBrush(const wxBrush& brush)

Sets the current brush for the DC.

If the argument is wxNullBrush, the current brush is selected out of the device context, and the original brush restored, allowing the current brush to be destroyed safely.

See also wxBrush.

See also wxMemoryDC for the interpretation of colours when drawing into a monochrome bitmap.

### wxDC::SetClippingRegion

void SetClippingRegion(wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord width, wxCoord height)

void SetClippingRegion(const wxPoint& pt, const wxSize& sz)

void SetClippingRegion(const wxRect& rect)

void SetClippingRegion(const wxRegion& region)

Sets the clipping region for this device context to the intersection of the given region described by the parameters of this method and the previously set clipping region. You should call DestroyClippingRegion if you want to set the clipping region exactly to the region specified.

The clipping region is an area to which drawing is restricted. Possible uses for the clipping region are for clipping text or for speeding up window redraws when only a known area of the screen is damaged.

See also

wxDC::DestroyClippingRegion, wxRegion

### wxDC::SetDeviceOrigin

void SetDeviceOrigin(wxCoord x, wxCoord y)

Sets the device origin (i.e., the origin in pixels after scaling has been applied).

This function may be useful in Windows printing operations for placing a graphic on a page.

### wxDC::SetFont

void SetFont(const wxFont& font)

Sets the current font for the DC. It must be a valid font, in particular you should not pass `wxNullFont` to this method.

See also wxFont.

### wxDC::SetLayoutDirection

void SetLayoutDirection(wxLayoutDirection dir)

Sets the current layout direction for the device context. dir may be either `wxLayout_Default`, `wxLayout_LeftToRight` or `wxLayout_RightToLeft`.

See also

GetLayoutDirection

### wxDC::SetLogicalFunction

void SetLogicalFunction(int function)

Sets the current logical function for the device context. This determines how a source pixel (from a pen or brush colour, or source device context if using wxDC::Blit) combines with a destination pixel in the current device context.

The possible values and their meaning in terms of source and destination pixel values are as follows:

    wxAND                 src AND dst
    wxAND_INVERT          (NOT src) AND dst
    wxAND_REVERSE         src AND (NOT dst)
    wxCLEAR               0
    wxCOPY                src
    wxEQUIV               (NOT src) XOR dst
    wxINVERT              NOT dst
    wxNAND                (NOT src) OR (NOT dst)
    wxNOR                 (NOT src) AND (NOT dst)
    wxNO_OP               dst
    wxOR                  src OR dst
    wxOR_INVERT           (NOT src) OR dst
    wxOR_REVERSE          src OR (NOT dst)
    wxSET                 1
    wxSRC_INVERT          NOT src
    wxXOR                 src XOR dst

The default is wxCOPY, which simply draws with the current colour. The others combine the current colour and the background using a logical operation. wxINVERT is commonly used for drawing rubber bands or moving outlines, since drawing twice reverts to the original colour.

### wxDC::SetMapMode

void SetMapMode(int int)

The mapping mode of the device context defines the unit of measurement used to convert logical units to device units. Note that in X, text drawing isn't handled consistently with the mapping mode; a font is always specified in point size. However, setting the user scale (see wxDC::SetUserScale) scales the text appropriately. In Windows, scalable TrueType fonts are always used; in X, results depend on availability of fonts, but usually a reasonable match is found.

The coordinate origin is always at the top left of the screen/printer.

Drawing to a Windows printer device context uses the current mapping mode, but mapping mode is currently ignored for PostScript output.

The mapping mode can be one of the following:

wxMM_TWIPS | Each logical unit is 1/20 of a point, or 1/1440 of an inch.
wxMM_POINTS | Each logical unit is a point, or 1/72 of an inch.
wxMM_METRIC | Each logical unit is 1 mm.
wxMM_LOMETRIC | Each logical unit is 1/10 of a mm.
wxMM_TEXT | Each logical unit is 1 pixel.

### wxDC::SetPalette

void SetPalette(const wxPalette& palette)

If this is a window DC or memory DC, assigns the given palette to the window or bitmap associated with the DC. If the argument is wxNullPalette, the current palette is selected out of the device context, and the original palette restored.

See wxPalette for further details.

### wxDC::SetPen

void SetPen(const wxPen& pen)

Sets the current pen for the DC.

If the argument is wxNullPen, the current pen is selected out of the device context, and the original pen restored.

See also wxMemoryDC for the interpretation of colours when drawing into a monochrome bitmap.

### wxDC::SetTextBackground

void SetTextBackground(const wxColour& colour)

Sets the current text background colour for the DC.

### wxDC::SetTextForeground

void SetTextForeground(const wxColour& colour)

Sets the current text foreground colour for the DC.

See also wxMemoryDC for the interpretation of colours when drawing into a monochrome bitmap.

### wxDC::SetUserScale

void SetUserScale(double xScale, double yScale)

Sets the user scaling factor, useful for applications which require 'zooming'.

### wxDC::StartDoc

bool StartDoc(const wxString& message)

Starts a document (only relevant when outputting to a printer). Message is a message to show while printing.

### wxDC::StartPage

bool StartPage()

Starts a document page (only relevant when outputting to a printer).