Rectangle

A Rectangle specifies an area that is enclosed by it’s top-left point (x, y), its width, and its height. It should not be confused with a rectangular path, it is not an item.

Constructors

Rectangle(point, size)
Creates a Rectangle object.
- Parameters:
- point: Point — the top-left point of the rectangle
- size: Size — the size of the rectangle
- Returns:
- Rectangle
Rectangle(object)
Creates a Rectangle object.
- Parameters:
- object: Object — an object containing properties to be set on the rectangle
- Returns:
- Rectangle
Example:Create a rectangle between {x: 20, y: 20} and {x: 80, y:80}
```
var rectangle = new Rectangle({
    point: [20, 20],
    size: [60, 60]
});
```
Example:Create a rectangle between {x: 20, y: 20} and {x: 80, y:80}
```
var rectangle = new Rectangle({
    from: [20, 20],
    to: [80, 80]
});
```
Rectangle(x, y, width, height)
Creates a rectangle object.
- Parameters:
- x: Number — the left coordinate
- y: Number — the top coordinate
- width: Number
- height: Number
- Returns:
- Rectangle
Rectangle(from, to)
Creates a rectangle object from the passed points. These do not necessarily need to be the top left and bottom right corners, the constructor figures out how to fit a rectangle between them.
- Parameters:
- from: Point — the first point defining the rectangle
- to: Point — the second point defining the rectangle
- Returns:
- Rectangle
Rectangle(rectangle)
Creates a new rectangle object from the passed rectangle object.
- Parameters:
- rectangle: Rectangle
- Returns:
- Rectangle

Properties

x
The x position of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Number
y
The y position of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Number
width
The width of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Number
height
The height of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Number
point
The top-left point of the rectangle
- Type:
- Point
size
The size of the rectangle
- Type:
- Size

Side Positions

left
The position of the left hand side of the rectangle. Note that this doesn’t move the whole rectangle; the right hand side stays where it was.
- Type:
- Number
top
The top coordinate of the rectangle. Note that this doesn’t move the whole rectangle: the bottom won’t move.
- Type:
- Number
right
The position of the right hand side of the rectangle. Note that this doesn’t move the whole rectangle; the left hand side stays where it was.
- Type:
- Number
bottom
The bottom coordinate of the rectangle. Note that this doesn’t move the whole rectangle: the top won’t move.
- Type:
- Number

Corner and Center Point Positions

center
The center point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
topLeft
The top-left point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
topRight
The top-right point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
bottomLeft
The bottom-left point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
bottomRight
The bottom-right point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
leftCenter
The left-center point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
topCenter
The top-center point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
rightCenter
The right-center point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
bottomCenter
The bottom-center point of the rectangle.
- Type:
- Point
area
The area of the rectangle.
Read only.
- Type:
- Number

Item Bounds

selected
Specifies whether an item’s bounds are to appear as selected.
Paper.js draws the bounds of items with selected bounds on top of your project. This is very useful when debugging.
- Default:
- false
- Type:
- Boolean
Example:
Run
```
var path = new Path.Circle({
    center: [80, 50],
    radius: 40,
    selected: true
});

path.bounds.selected = true;
```

Methods

set(...values)
Sets the rectangle to the passed values. Note that any sequence of parameters that is supported by the various Rectangle() constructors also work for calls of set().
- Parameters:
- values: any value
- Returns:
- Rectangle
clone()
Returns a copy of the rectangle.
- Returns:
- Rectangle
equals(rect)
Checks whether the coordinates and size of the rectangle are equal to that of the supplied rectangle.
- Parameters:
- rect: Rectangle
- Returns:
- Boolean — true if the rectangles are equal, false otherwise
toString()
- Returns:
- String — a string representation of this rectangle
isEmpty()
- Returns:
- Boolean — true if the rectangle is empty, false otherwise

Geometric Tests

contains(point)

Tests if the specified point is inside the boundary of the rectangle.

Parameters:
point: Point — the specified point
Returns:
Boolean — true if the point is inside the rectangle’s boundary, false otherwise

Example:Checking whether the mouse position falls within the bounding rectangle of an item:

Run

// Create a circle shaped path at {x: 80, y: 50}
// with a radius of 30.
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 30);
circle.fillColor = 'red';

function onMouseMove(event) {
    // Check whether the mouse position intersects with the
    // bounding box of the item:
    if (circle.bounds.contains(event.point)) {
        // If it intersects, fill it with green:
        circle.fillColor = 'green';
    } else {
        // If it doesn't intersect, fill it with red:
        circle.fillColor = 'red';
    }
}

contains(rect)

Tests if the interior of the rectangle entirely contains the specified rectangle.

Parameters:
rect: Rectangle — the specified rectangle
Returns:
Boolean — true if the rectangle entirely contains the specified rectangle, false otherwise

Example:Checking whether the bounding box of one item is contained within that of another item:

Run

// All newly created paths will inherit these styles:
project.currentStyle = {
    fillColor: 'green',
    strokeColor: 'black'
};

// Create a circle shaped path at {x: 80, y: 50}
// with a radius of 45.
var largeCircle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 45);

// Create a smaller circle shaped path in the same position
// with a radius of 30.
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 30);

function onMouseMove(event) {
    // Move the circle to the position of the mouse:
    circle.position = event.point;

    // Check whether the bounding box of the smaller circle
    // is contained within the bounding box of the larger item:
    if (largeCircle.bounds.contains(circle.bounds)) {
        // If it does, fill it with green:
        circle.fillColor = 'green';
        largeCircle.fillColor = 'green';
    } else {
        // If doesn't, fill it with red:
        circle.fillColor = 'red';
        largeCircle.fillColor = 'red';
    }
}

intersects(rect[, epsilon])

Tests if the interior of this rectangle intersects the interior of another rectangle. Rectangles just touching each other are considered as non-intersecting, except if a epsilon value is specified by which this rectangle’s dimensions are increased before comparing.

Parameters:
rect: Rectangle — the specified rectangle
epsilon: Number — the epsilon against which to compare the rectangle’s dimensions — optional, default: 0
Returns:
Boolean — true if the rectangle and the specified rectangle intersect each other, false otherwise

Example:Checking whether the bounding box of one item intersects with that of another item:

Run

// All newly created paths will inherit these styles:
project.currentStyle = {
    fillColor: 'green',
    strokeColor: 'black'
};

// Create a circle shaped path at {x: 80, y: 50}
// with a radius of 45.
var largeCircle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 45);

// Create a smaller circle shaped path in the same position
// with a radius of 30.
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 30);

function onMouseMove(event) {
    // Move the circle to the position of the mouse:
    circle.position = event.point;

    // Check whether the bounding box of the two circle
    // shaped paths intersect:
    if (largeCircle.bounds.intersects(circle.bounds)) {
        // If it does, fill it with green:
        circle.fillColor = 'green';
        largeCircle.fillColor = 'green';
    } else {
        // If doesn't, fill it with red:
        circle.fillColor = 'red';
        largeCircle.fillColor = 'red';
    }
}

Boolean Operations

intersect(rect)

Returns a new rectangle representing the intersection of this rectangle with the specified rectangle.

Parameters:
rect: Rectangle — the rectangle to be intersected with this rectangle
Returns:
Rectangle — the largest rectangle contained in both the specified rectangle and in this rectangle

Example:Intersecting two rectangles and visualizing the result using rectangle shaped paths:

Run

// Create two rectangles that overlap each other
var size = new Size(50, 50);
var rectangle1 = new Rectangle(new Point(25, 15), size);
var rectangle2 = new Rectangle(new Point(50, 40), size);

// The rectangle that represents the intersection of the
// two rectangles:
var intersected = rectangle1.intersect(rectangle2);

// To visualize the intersecting of the rectangles, we will
// create rectangle shaped paths using the Path.Rectangle
// constructor.

// Have all newly created paths inherit a black stroke:
project.currentStyle.strokeColor = 'black';

// Create two rectangle shaped paths using the abstract rectangles
// we created before:
new Path.Rectangle(rectangle1);
new Path.Rectangle(rectangle2);

// Create a path that represents the intersected rectangle,
// and fill it with red:
var intersectionPath = new Path.Rectangle(intersected);
intersectionPath.fillColor = 'red';

unite(rect)
Returns a new rectangle representing the union of this rectangle with the specified rectangle.
- Parameters:
- rect: Rectangle — the rectangle to be combined with this rectangle
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the smallest rectangle containing both the specified rectangle and this rectangle
include(point)
Adds a point to this rectangle. The resulting rectangle is the smallest rectangle that contains both the original rectangle and the specified point.
After adding a point, a call to contains(point) with the added point as an argument does not necessarily return true. The rectangle.contains(point) method does not return true for points on the right or bottom edges of a rectangle. Therefore, if the added point falls on the left or bottom edge of the enlarged rectangle, rectangle.contains(point) returns false for that point.
- Parameters:
- point: Point
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the smallest rectangle that contains both the original rectangle and the specified point
expand(amount)
Returns a new rectangle expanded by the specified amount in horizontal and vertical directions.
- Parameters:
- amount: Number⟋Size⟋Point — the amount to expand the rectangle in both directions
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the expanded rectangle
expand(hor, ver)
Returns a new rectangle expanded by the specified amounts in horizontal and vertical directions.
- Parameters:
- hor: Number — the amount to expand the rectangle in horizontal direction
- ver: Number — the amount to expand the rectangle in vertical direction
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the expanded rectangle
scale(amount)
Returns a new rectangle scaled by the specified amount from its center.
- Parameters:
- amount: Number
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the scaled rectangle
scale(hor, ver)
Returns a new rectangle scaled in horizontal direction by the specified hor amount and in vertical direction by the specified ver amount from its center.
- Parameters:
- hor: Number
- ver: Number
- Returns:
- Rectangle — the scaled rectangle

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