TCustomShape.Shape

Indicates the geometric shape drawn on the shaped control.

Declaration

Source position: extctrls.pp line 301

Description

Shape is a TShapeType property that specifies the geometric shape drawn on the control. Shape is used in the DrawToCanvas method. It and determines the number of vertices needed for the shape, and their locations on the control. It also determines the drawing operations performed to draw the Shape on the control Canvas. For example:

stRectangle, stSquare

Calls the Rectangle method for the canvas.

stRoundRect, stRoundSquare

Calls the RoundRect method for the canvas.

stCircle, stEllipse

Calls the Ellipse method for the canvas.

stSquaredDiamond, stDiamond

Allocates TPoint instances with the four (4) vertices needed for the shape and calls the Polygon method for the canvas.

stTriangle, stTriangleDown, stTriangleLeft, stTriangleRight

Allocates TPoint instances with the three (3) vertices needed for the shape and calls the Polygon method for the canvas.

stStar, stStarDown

Calculates the center point and radii needed to scale the width or height for the shape. Allocates the elevent (11) vertices needed for the shape and calls the Polyon method for the canvas.

stPolygon

Signals the OnShapePoints event handler (when assigned) to get the vertices and polygon winding for a user-specified or irregular polygonal shape. Line segments are drawn betwwen the vertices to render the shape for the control.

Use Brush and Pen to control the color and drawing style for the background and lines on the shaped control.

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