RenderTarget

sfml.graphics.RenderTarget
See theRenderTarget companion object
abstract trait RenderTarget

Base class for all render targets (window, texture, ...)

RenderTarget defines the common behavior of all the 2D render targets usable in the graphics module.

It makes it possible to draw 2D entities like sprites, shapes, text without using any OpenGL command directly.

A RenderTarget is also able to use views (View), which are a kind of 2D cameras. With views you can globally scroll, rotate or zoom everything that is drawn, without having to transform every single entity. See the documentation of View for more details and sample pieces of code about this class.

On top of that, render targets are still able to render direct OpenGL stuff. It is even possible to mix together OpenGL calls and regular SFML drawing commands. When doing so, make sure that OpenGL states are not messed up by calling the pushGLStates/popGLStates functions.

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Companion
object
Graph
Supertypes
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
Known subtypes

Members list

Value members

Abstract methods

def size: Vector2[Int]

Return the size of the rendering region of the target.

Return the size of the rendering region of the target.

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Returns

Size in pixels

Concrete methods

def clear(color: Color): Unit

Clear the entire target with a single color.

Clear the entire target with a single color.

This function is usually called once every frame, to clear the previous contents of the target.

Value parameters

color

Fill color to use to clear the render target

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Get the default view of the render target.

Get the default view of the render target.

The default view has the initial size of the render target, and never changes after the target has been created.

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Returns

The default view of the render target

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def draw(drawable: Immutable[Drawable], states: Immutable[RenderStates]): Unit

Draw a drawable object to the render target.

Draw a drawable object to the render target.

Value parameters

drawable

Object to draw states Render states to use for drawing

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def mapPixelToCoords(point: Immutable[Vector2[Int]]): Vector2[Float]

Convert a point from target coordinates to world coordinates, using the current view.

Convert a point from target coordinates to world coordinates, using the current view.

This function is an overload of the mapPixelToCoords function that implicitly uses the current view. It is equivalent to:

import sfml.system.Vector2

val target: RenderTarget = ???
val point: Vector2[Int] = ???

target.mapPixelToCoords(point, target.view)

Value parameters

point

Pixel to convert

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Returns

The converted point, in "world" coordinates

def mapPixelToCoords(point: Immutable[Vector2[Int]], view: Immutable[View]): Vector2[Float]

Convert a point from target coordinates to world coordinates.

Convert a point from target coordinates to world coordinates.

This function finds the 2D position that matches the given pixel of the render target. In other words, it does the inverse of what the graphics card does, to find the initial position of a rendered pixel.

Initially, both coordinate systems (world units and target pixels) match perfectly. But if you define a custom view or resize your render target, this assertion is not true anymore, i.e. a point located at (10, 50) in your render target may map to the point (150, 75) in your 2D world – if the view is translated by (140, 25).

For render-windows, this function is typically used to find which point (or object) is located below the mouse cursor.

This version uses a custom view for calculations, see the other overload of the function if you want to use the current view of the render target.

Value parameters

point

Pixel to convert

view

The view to use for converting the point

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Returns

The converted point, in "world" units

Get the view currently in use in the render target.

Get the view currently in use in the render target.

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Returns

The view object that is currently used

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def view_=(view: Immutable[View]): Unit

Change the current active view.

Change the current active view.

The view is like a 2D camera, it controls which part of the 2D scene is visible, and how it is viewed in the render target. The new view will affect everything that is drawn, until another view is set. The render target keeps its own copy of the view object, so it is not necessary to keep the original one alive after calling this function. To restore the original view of the target, you can pass the result of defaultView to this function.

Value parameters

view

New view to use

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def viewport(view: Immutable[View]): Rect[Int]

Get the viewport of a view, applied to this render target.

Get the viewport of a view, applied to this render target.

The viewport is defined in the view as a ratio, this function simply applies this ratio to the current dimensions of the render target to calculate the pixels rectangle that the viewport actually covers in the target.

Value parameters

view

The view for which we want to compute the viewport

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Returns

Viewport rectangle, expressed in pixels