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# QRectF Class Reference
[QtCore module]

The QRectF class defines a rectangle in the plane using floating point precision. More...

### Methods

- __init__ (self)
- __init__ (self, QPointF atopLeft, QSizeF asize)
- __init__ (self, QPointF atopLeft, QPointF abottomRight)
- __init__ (self, float aleft, float atop, float awidth, float aheight)
- __init__ (self, QRect r)
- __init__ (self, QRectF other)
- adjust (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)
- QRectF adjusted (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)
- float bottom (self)
- QPointF bottomLeft (self)
- QPointF bottomRight (self)
- QPointF center (self)
- bool contains (self, QPointF p)
- bool contains (self, QRectF r)
- bool contains (self, float ax, float ay)
- (float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2) getCoords (self)
- (float ax, float ay, float aaw, float aah) getRect (self)
- float height (self)
- QRectF intersect (self, QRectF r)
- QRectF intersected (self, QRectF r)
- bool intersects (self, QRectF r)
- bool isEmpty (self)
- bool isNull (self)
- bool isValid (self)
- float left (self)
- moveBottom (self, float pos)
- moveBottomLeft (self, QPointF p)
- moveBottomRight (self, QPointF p)
- moveCenter (self, QPointF p)
- moveLeft (self, float pos)
- moveRight (self, float pos)
- moveTo (self, float ax, float ay)
- moveTo (self, QPointF p)
- moveTop (self, float pos)
- moveTopLeft (self, QPointF p)
- moveTopRight (self, QPointF p)
- QRectF normalized (self)
- float right (self)
- setBottom (self, float pos)
- setBottomLeft (self, QPointF p)
- setBottomRight (self, QPointF p)
- setCoords (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)
- setHeight (self, float ah)
- setLeft (self, float pos)
- setRect (self, float ax, float ay, float aaw, float aah)
- setRight (self, float pos)
- setSize (self, QSizeF s)
- setTop (self, float pos)
- setTopLeft (self, QPointF p)
- setTopRight (self, QPointF p)
- setWidth (self, float aw)
- setX (self, float pos)
- setY (self, float pos)
- QSizeF size (self)
- QRect toAlignedRect (self)
- float top (self)
- QPointF topLeft (self)
- QPointF topRight (self)
- QRect toRect (self)
- translate (self, float dx, float dy)
- translate (self, QPointF p)
- QRectF translated (self, float dx, float dy)
- QRectF translated (self, QPointF p)
- QRectF unite (self, QRectF r)
- QRectF united (self, QRectF r)
- float width (self)
- float x (self)
- float y (self)

### Special Methods

- QRectF __and__ (self, QRectF r)
- int __contains__ (self, QPointF p)
- int __contains__ (self, QRectF r)
- bool __eq__ (self, QRectF r2)
- QRectF __iand__ (self, QRectF r)
- QRectF __ior__ (self, QRectF r)
- bool __ne__ (self, QRectF r2)
- int __nonzero__ (self)
- QRectF __or__ (self, QRectF r)
- object __repr__ (self)

## Detailed Description

This class can be pickled.

The QRectF class defines a rectangle in the plane using floating point precision.

A rectangle is normally expressed as an upper-left corner and a size. The size (width and height) of a QRectF is always equivalent to the mathematical rectangle that forms the basis for its rendering.

A QRectF can be constructed with a set of left, top, width and height integers, or from a QPoint and a QSize. The following code creates two identical rectangles.

             QRectF r1(100, 200, 11, 16);
             QRectF r2(QPoint(100, 200), QSize(11, 16));

There is also a third constructor creating a QRectF from a QRect, and a corresponding toRect() function that returns a QRect object based on the values of this rectangle (note that the coordinates in the returned rectangle are rounded to the nearest integer).

The QRectF class provides a collection of functions that return the various rectangle coordinates, and enable manipulation of these. QRectF also provide functions to move the rectangle relative to the various coordinates. In addition there is a moveTo() function that moves the rectangle, leaving its top left corner at the given coordinates. Alternatively, the translate() function moves the rectangle the given offset relative to the current position, and the translated() function returns a translated copy of this rectangle.

The size() function returns the rectange's dimensions as a QSize. The dimensions can also be retrieved separately using the width() and height() functions. To manipulate the dimensions use the setSize(), setWidth() or setHeight() functions. Alternatively, the size can be changed by applying either of the functions setting the rectangle coordinates, for example, setBottom() or setRight().

The contains() function tells whether a given point is inside the rectangle or not, and the intersects() function returns true if this rectangle intersects with a given rectangle (otherwise false). The QRectF class also provides the intersected() function which returns the intersection rectangle, and the united() function which returns the rectangle that encloses the given rectangle and this:

intersected() | united()

The isEmpty() function returns true if the rectangle's width or height is less than, or equal to, 0. Note that an empty rectangle is not valid: The isValid() function returns true if both width and height is larger than 0. A null rectangle (isNull() == true) on the other hand, has both width and height set to 0.

Note that due to the way QRect and QRectF are defined, an empty QRectF is defined in essentially the same way as QRect.

Finally, QRectF objects can be streamed as well as compared.

- Rendering
- Coordinates

### Rendering

When using an anti-aliased painter, the boundary line of a QRectF will be rendered symmetrically on both sides of the mathematical rectangle's boundary line. But when using an aliased painter (the default) other rules apply.

Then, when rendering with a one pixel wide pen the QRectF's boundary line will be rendered to the right and below the mathematical rectangle's boundary line.

When rendering with a two pixels wide pen the boundary line will be split in the middle by the mathematical rectangle. This will be the case whenever the pen is set to an even number of pixels, while rendering with a pen with an odd number of pixels, the spare pixel will be rendered to the right and below the mathematical rectangle as in the one pixel case.

Logical representation | One pixel wide pen
Two pixel wide pen | Three pixel wide pen

### Coordinates

The QRectF class provides a collection of functions that return the various rectangle coordinates, and enable manipulation of these. QRectF also provide functions to move the rectangle relative to the various coordinates.

For example: the bottom(), setBottom() and moveBottom() functions: bottom() returns the y-coordinate of the rectangle's bottom edge, setBottom() sets the bottom edge of the rectangle to the given y coordinate (it may change the height, but will never change the rectangle's top edge) and moveBottom() moves the entire rectangle vertically, leaving the rectangle's bottom edge at the given y coordinate and its size unchanged.

It is also possible to add offsets to this rectangle's coordinates using the adjust() function, as well as retrieve a new rectangle based on adjustments of the original one using the adjusted() function. If either of the width and height is negative, use the normalized() function to retrieve a rectangle where the corners are swapped.

In addition, QRectF provides the getCoords() function which extracts the position of the rectangle's top-left and bottom-right corner, and the getRect() function which extracts the rectangle's top-left corner, width and height. Use the setCoords() and setRect() function to manipulate the rectangle's coordinates and dimensions in one go.

See also QRect and QRegion.

## Method Documentation

### QRectF.__init__ (self)

Constructs a null rectangle.

See also isNull().

### QRectF.__init__ (self, QPointF atopLeft, QSizeF asize)

Constructs a rectangle with the given topLeft corner and the given size.

See also setTopLeft() and setSize().

### QRectF.__init__ (self, QPointF atopLeft, QPointF abottomRight)

Constructs a rectangle with the given topLeft and bottomRight corners.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.3.

See also setTopLeft() and setBottomRight().

### QRectF.__init__ (self, float aleft, float atop, float awidth, float aheight)

Constructs a rectangle with (x, y) as its top-left corner and the given width and height.

See also setRect().

### QRectF.__init__ (self, QRect r)

Constructs a QRectF rectangle from the given QRect rectangle.

See also toRect().

### QRectF.__init__ (self, QRectF other)

### QRectF.adjust (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)

Adds dx1, dy1, dx2 and dy2 respectively to the existing coordinates of the rectangle.

See also adjusted() and setRect().

### QRectF QRectF.adjusted (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)

Returns a new rectangle with dx1, dy1, dx2 and dy2 added respectively to the existing coordinates of this rectangle.

See also adjust().

### float QRectF.bottom (self)

Returns the y-coordinate of the rectangle's bottom edge.

See also setBottom(), bottomLeft(), and bottomRight().

### QPointF QRectF.bottomLeft (self)

Returns the position of the rectangle's bottom-left corner.

See also setBottomLeft(), bottom(), and left().

### QPointF QRectF.bottomRight (self)

Returns the position of the rectangle's bottom-right corner.

See also setBottomRight(), bottom(), and right().

### QPointF QRectF.center (self)

Returns the center point of the rectangle.

See also moveCenter().

### bool QRectF.contains (self, QPointF p)

Returns true if the given point is inside or on the edge of the rectangle; otherwise returns false.

See also intersects().

### bool QRectF.contains (self, QRectF r)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns true if the point (x, y) is inside or on the edge of the rectangle; otherwise returns false.

### bool QRectF.contains (self, float ax, float ay)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns true if the given rectangle is inside this rectangle; otherwise returns false.

### (float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2) QRectF.getCoords (self)

Extracts the position of the rectangle's top-left corner to *x1 and *y1, and the position of the bottom-right corner to *x2 and *y2.

See also setCoords() and getRect().

### (float ax, float ay, float aaw, float aah) QRectF.getRect (self)

Extracts the position of the rectangle's top-left corner to *x and *y, and its dimensions to *width and *height.

See also setRect() and getCoords().

### float QRectF.height (self)

Returns the height of the rectangle.

See also setHeight(), width(), and size().

### QRectF QRectF.intersect (self, QRectF r)

### QRectF QRectF.intersected (self, QRectF r)

Returns the intersection of this rectangle and the given rectangle. Note that `r.intersected(s)` is equivalent to `r & s`.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also intersects(), united(), and operator&=().

### bool QRectF.intersects (self, QRectF r)

Returns true if this rectangle intersects with the given rectangle (i.e. there is a non-empty area of overlap between them), otherwise returns false.

The intersection rectangle can be retrieved using the intersected() function.

See also contains().

### bool QRectF.isEmpty (self)

Returns true if the rectangle is empty, otherwise returns false.

An empty rectangle has width() <= 0 or height() <= 0. An empty rectangle is not valid (i.e., isEmpty() == !isValid()).

Use the normalized() function to retrieve a rectangle where the corners are swapped.

See also isNull(), isValid(), and normalized().

### bool QRectF.isNull (self)

Returns true if the rectangle is a null rectangle, otherwise returns false.

A null rectangle has both the width and the height set to 0. A null rectangle is also empty, and hence not valid.

See also isEmpty() and isValid().

### bool QRectF.isValid (self)

Returns true if the rectangle is valid, otherwise returns false.

A valid rectangle has a width() > 0 and height() > 0. Note that non-trivial operations like intersections are not defined for invalid rectangles. A valid rectangle is not empty (i.e., isValid() == !isEmpty()).

See also isNull(), isEmpty(), and normalized().

### float QRectF.left (self)

Returns the x-coordinate of the rectangle's left edge. Equivalent to x().

See also setLeft(), topLeft(), and bottomLeft().

### QRectF.moveBottom (self, float pos)

Moves the rectangle vertically, leaving the rectangle's bottom edge at the given y coordinate. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also bottom(), setBottom(), and moveTop().

### QRectF.moveBottomLeft (self, QPointF p)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the bottom-left corner at the given position. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also setBottomLeft(), moveBottom(), and moveLeft().

### QRectF.moveBottomRight (self, QPointF p)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the bottom-right corner at the given position. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also setBottomRight(), moveBottom(), and moveRight().

### QRectF.moveCenter (self, QPointF p)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the center point at the given position. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also center().

### QRectF.moveLeft (self, float pos)

Moves the rectangle horizontally, leaving the rectangle's left edge at the given x coordinate. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also left(), setLeft(), and moveRight().

### QRectF.moveRight (self, float pos)

Moves the rectangle horizontally, leaving the rectangle's right edge at the given x coordinate. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also right(), setRight(), and moveLeft().

### QRectF.moveTo (self, float ax, float ay)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the top-left corner at the given position (x, y). The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also translate() and moveTopLeft().

### QRectF.moveTo (self, QPointF p)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Moves the rectangle, leaving the top-left corner at the given position.

### QRectF.moveTop (self, float pos)

Moves the rectangle vertically, leaving the rectangle's top line at the given y coordinate. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also top(), setTop(), and moveBottom().

### QRectF.moveTopLeft (self, QPointF p)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the top-left corner at the given position. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also setTopLeft(), moveTop(), and moveLeft().

### QRectF.moveTopRight (self, QPointF p)

Moves the rectangle, leaving the top-right corner at the given position. The rectangle's size is unchanged.

See also setTopRight(), moveTop(), and moveRight().

### QRectF QRectF.normalized (self)

Returns a normalized rectangle; i.e., a rectangle that has a non-negative width and height.

If width() < 0 the function swaps the left and right corners, and it swaps the top and bottom corners if height() < 0.

See also isValid() and isEmpty().

### float QRectF.right (self)

Returns the x-coordinate of the rectangle's right edge.

See also setRight(), topRight(), and bottomRight().

### QRectF.setBottom (self, float pos)

Sets the bottom edge of the rectangle to the given y coordinate. May change the height, but will never change the top edge of the rectangle.

See also bottom() and moveBottom().

### QRectF.setBottomLeft (self, QPointF p)

Set the bottom-left corner of the rectangle to the given position. May change the size, but will never change the top-right corner of the rectangle.

See also bottomLeft() and moveBottomLeft().

### QRectF.setBottomRight (self, QPointF p)

Set the bottom-right corner of the rectangle to the given position. May change the size, but will never change the top-left corner of the rectangle.

See also bottomRight() and moveBottomRight().

### QRectF.setCoords (self, float xp1, float yp1, float xp2, float yp2)

Sets the coordinates of the rectangle's top-left corner to (x1, y1), and the coordinates of its bottom-right corner to (x2, y2).

See also getCoords() and setRect().

### QRectF.setHeight (self, float ah)

Sets the height of the rectangle to the given height. The bottom edge is changed, but not the top one.

See also height() and setSize().

### QRectF.setLeft (self, float pos)

Sets the left edge of the rectangle to the given x coordinate. May change the width, but will never change the right edge of the rectangle.

Equivalent to setX().

See also left() and moveLeft().

### QRectF.setRect (self, float ax, float ay, float aaw, float aah)

Sets the coordinates of the rectangle's top-left corner to (x, y), and its size to the given width and height.

See also getRect() and setCoords().

### QRectF.setRight (self, float pos)

Sets the right edge of the rectangle to the given x coordinate. May change the width, but will never change the left edge of the rectangle.

See also right() and moveRight().

### QRectF.setSize (self, QSizeF s)

Sets the size of the rectangle to the given size. The top-left corner is not moved.

See also size(), setWidth(), and setHeight().

### QRectF.setTop (self, float pos)

Sets the top edge of the rectangle to the given y coordinate. May change the height, but will never change the bottom edge of the rectangle.

Equivalent to setY().

See also top() and moveTop().

### QRectF.setTopLeft (self, QPointF p)

Set the top-left corner of the rectangle to the given position. May change the size, but will never change the bottom-right corner of the rectangle.

See also topLeft() and moveTopLeft().

### QRectF.setTopRight (self, QPointF p)

Set the top-right corner of the rectangle to the given position. May change the size, but will never change the bottom-left corner of the rectangle.

See also topRight() and moveTopRight().

### QRectF.setWidth (self, float aw)

Sets the width of the rectangle to the given width. The right edge is changed, but not the left one.

See also width() and setSize().

### QRectF.setX (self, float pos)

Sets the left edge of the rectangle to the given x coordinate. May change the width, but will never change the right edge of the rectangle.

Equivalent to setLeft().

See also x(), setY(), and setTopLeft().

### QRectF.setY (self, float pos)

Sets the top edge of the rectangle to the given y coordinate. May change the height, but will never change the bottom edge of the rectangle.

Equivalent to setTop().

See also y(), setX(), and setTopLeft().

### QSizeF QRectF.size (self)

Returns the size of the rectangle.

See also setSize(), width(), and height().

### QRect QRectF.toAlignedRect (self)

Returns a QRect based on the values of this rectangle that is the smallest possible integer rectangle that completely contains this rectangle.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.3.

See also toRect().

### float QRectF.top (self)

Returns the y-coordinate of the rectangle's top edge. Equivalent to y().

See also setTop(), topLeft(), and topRight().

### QPointF QRectF.topLeft (self)

Returns the position of the rectangle's top-left corner.

See also setTopLeft(), top(), and left().

### QPointF QRectF.topRight (self)

Returns the position of the rectangle's top-right corner.

See also setTopRight(), top(), and right().

### QRect QRectF.toRect (self)

Returns a QRect based on the values of this rectangle. Note that the coordinates in the returned rectangle are rounded to the nearest integer.

See also QRectF() and toAlignedRect().

### QRectF.translate (self, float dx, float dy)

Moves the rectangle dx along the x-axis and dy along the y-axis, relative to the current position. Positive values move the rectangle to the right and downwards.

See also moveTopLeft(), moveTo(), and translated().

### QRectF.translate (self, QPointF p)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Moves the rectangle offset.x() along the x axis and offset.y() along the y axis, relative to the current position.

### QRectF QRectF.translated (self, float dx, float dy)

Returns a copy of the rectangle that is translated dx along the x axis and dy along the y axis, relative to the current position. Positive values move the rectangle to the right and down.

See also translate().

### QRectF QRectF.translated (self, QPointF p)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns a copy of the rectangle that is translated offset.x() along the x axis and offset.y() along the y axis, relative to the current position.

### QRectF QRectF.unite (self, QRectF r)

### QRectF QRectF.united (self, QRectF r)

Returns the bounding rectangle of this rectangle and the given rectangle.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also intersected().

### float QRectF.width (self)

Returns the width of the rectangle.

See also setWidth(), height(), and size().

### float QRectF.x (self)

Returns the x-coordinate of the rectangle's left edge. Equivalent to left().

See also setX(), y(), and topLeft().

### float QRectF.y (self)

Returns the y-coordinate of the rectangle's top edge. Equivalent to top().

See also setY(), x(), and topLeft().

### QRectF QRectF.__and__ (self, QRectF r)

### int QRectF.__contains__ (self, QPointF p)

### int QRectF.__contains__ (self, QRectF r)

### bool QRectF.__eq__ (self, QRectF r2)

### QRectF QRectF.__iand__ (self, QRectF r)

### QRectF QRectF.__ior__ (self, QRectF r)

### bool QRectF.__ne__ (self, QRectF r2)

### int QRectF.__nonzero__ (self)

### QRectF QRectF.__or__ (self, QRectF r)

### object QRectF.__repr__ (self)