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# QRegion Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QRegion class specifies a clip region for a painter. More...

### Types

- enum RegionType { Rectangle, Ellipse }

### Methods

- __init__ (self)
- __init__ (self, int x, int y, int w, int h, RegionType t = QRegion.Rectangle)
- __init__ (self, QRect r, RegionType t = QRegion.Rectangle)
- __init__ (self, QPolygon pa, Qt.FillRule fillRule = Qt.OddEvenFill)
- __init__ (self, QBitmap bitmap)
- __init__ (self, QRegion region)
- __init__ (self, QVariant variant)
- QRect boundingRect (self)
- bool contains (self, QPoint p)
- bool contains (self, QRect r)
- QRegion eor (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion intersect (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion intersected (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion intersected (self, QRect r)
- bool intersects (self, QRegion r)
- bool intersects (self, QRect r)
- bool isEmpty (self)
- int numRects (self)
- QRect-list rects (self)
- QRegion subtract (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion subtracted (self, QRegion r)
- translate (self, int dx, int dy)
- translate (self, QPoint p)
- QRegion translated (self, int dx, int dy)
- QRegion translated (self, QPoint p)
- QRegion unite (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion united (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion united (self, QRect r)
- QRegion xored (self, QRegion r)

### Special Methods

- QRegion __add__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __add__ (self, QRect r)
- QRegion __and__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __and__ (self, QRect r)
- int __contains__ (self, QPoint p)
- int __contains__ (self, QRect r)
- bool __eq__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __iadd__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __iadd__ (self, QRect r)
- QRegion __iand__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __iand__ (self, QRect r)
- QRegion __ior__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __isub__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __ixor__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __mul__ (self, QTransform m)
- QRegion __mul__ (self, QMatrix m)
- bool __ne__ (self, QRegion r)
- int __nonzero__ (self)
- QRegion __or__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __sub__ (self, QRegion r)
- QRegion __xor__ (self, QRegion r)

## Detailed Description

The QRegion class specifies a clip region for a painter.

QRegion is used with QPainter.setClipRegion() to limit the paint area to what needs to be painted. There is also a QWidget.repaint() function that takes a QRegion parameter. QRegion is the best tool for reducing flicker.

A region can be created from a rectangle, an ellipse, a polygon or a bitmap. Complex regions may be created by combining simple regions using united(), intersected(), subtracted(), or xored() (exclusive or). You can move a region using translate().

You can test whether a region isEmpty() or if it contains() a QPoint or QRect. The bounding rectangle can be found with boundingRect().

The function rects() gives a decomposition of the region into rectangles.

Example of using complex regions:

             void MyWidget.paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
             {
                 QRegion r1(QRect(100, 100, 200, 80),    // r1: elliptic region
                            QRegion.Ellipse);
                 QRegion r2(QRect(100, 120, 90, 30));    // r2: rectangular region
                 QRegion r3 = r1.intersected(r2);        // r3: intersection

                 QPainter painter(this);
                 painter.setClipRegion(r3);
                 ...                                     // paint clipped graphics
             }

QRegion is an implicitly shared class.

Warning: Due to window system limitations, the whole coordinate space for a region is limited to the points between -32767 and 32767 on Windows 95/98/ME. You can circumvent this limitation by using a QPainterPath.

### Additional License Information

For Qt/X11, Qt for Embedded Linux and Windows CE, parts of this class rely on code obtained under the following license:

Copyright (c) 1987 X Consortium

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.

## Type Documentation

### QRegion.RegionType

Specifies the shape of the region to be created.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QRegion.Rectangle` | `0` | the region covers the entire rectangle.
`QRegion.Ellipse` | `1` | the region is an ellipse inside the rectangle.

## Method Documentation

### QRegion.__init__ (self)

Constructs an empty region.

See also isEmpty().

### QRegion.__init__ (self, int x, int y, int w, int h, RegionType t = QRegion.Rectangle)

Constructs a rectangular or elliptic region.

If t is `Rectangle`, the region is the filled rectangle (x, y, w, h). If t is `Ellipse`, the region is the filled ellipse with center at (x + w / 2, y + h / 2) and size (w ,h).

### QRegion.__init__ (self, QRect r, RegionType t = QRegion.Rectangle)

Constructs a polygon region from the point array a with the fill rule specified by fillRule.

If fillRule is Qt.WindingFill, the polygon region is defined using the winding algorithm; if it is Qt.OddEvenFill, the odd-even fill algorithm is used.

Warning: This constructor can be used to create complex regions that will slow down painting when used.

### QRegion.__init__ (self, QPolygon pa, Qt.FillRule fillRule = Qt.OddEvenFill)

### QRegion.__init__ (self, QBitmap bitmap)

Constructs a new region which is equal to region r.

### QRegion.__init__ (self, QRegion region)

Constructs a region from the bitmap bm.

The resulting region consists of the pixels in bitmap bm that are Qt.color1, as if each pixel was a 1 by 1 rectangle.

This constructor may create complex regions that will slow down painting when used. Note that drawing masked pixmaps can be done much faster using QPixmap.setMask().

### QRegion.__init__ (self, QVariant variant)

Create a region based on the rectange r with region type t.

If the rectangle is invalid a null region will be created.

See also QRegion.RegionType.

### QRect QRegion.boundingRect (self)

Returns the bounding rectangle of this region. An empty region gives a rectangle that is QRect.isNull().

### bool QRegion.contains (self, QPoint p)

Returns true if the region contains the point p; otherwise returns false.

### bool QRegion.contains (self, QRect r)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns true if the region overlaps the rectangle r; otherwise returns false.

### QRegion QRegion.eor (self, QRegion r)

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

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

Returns a region which is the intersection of this region and r.

The figure shows the intersection of two elliptical regions.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also subtracted(), united(), and xored().

### QRegion QRegion.intersected (self, QRect r)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns a region which is the intersection of this region and the given rect.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.

See also subtracted(), united(), and xored().

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

Returns true if this region intersects with region, otherwise returns false.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

### bool QRegion.intersects (self, QRect r)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns true if this region intersects with rect, otherwise returns false.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

### bool QRegion.isEmpty (self)

Returns true if the region is empty; otherwise returns false. An empty region is a region that contains no points.

Example:

             QRegion r1(10, 10, 20, 20);
             r1.isNull();                // false
             r1.isEmpty();               // false

             QRegion r2(40, 40, 20, 20);
             QRegion r3;
             r3.isNull();                // true
             r3.isEmpty();               // true

             r3 = r1.intersected(r2);    // r3: intersection of r1 and r2
             r3.isNull();                // false
             r3.isEmpty();               // true

             r3 = r1.united(r2);         // r3: union of r1 and r2
             r3.isNull();                // false
             r3.isEmpty();               // false

### int QRegion.numRects (self)

Returns the number of rectangles that will be returned in rects().

This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.

### QRect-list QRegion.rects (self)

Returns an array of non-overlapping rectangles that make up the region.

The union of all the rectangles is equal to the original region.

See also setRects().

### QRegion QRegion.subtract (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.subtracted (self, QRegion r)

Returns a region which is r subtracted from this region.

The figure shows the result when the ellipse on the right is subtracted from the ellipse on the left (`left - right`).

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also intersected(), united(), and xored().

### QRegion.translate (self, int dx, int dy)

Translates (moves) the region dx along the X axis and dy along the Y axis.

### QRegion.translate (self, QPoint p)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Translates the region point.x() along the x axis and point.y() along the y axis, relative to the current position. Positive values move the region to the right and down.

Translates to the given point.

### QRegion QRegion.translated (self, int dx, int dy)

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

This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.

See also translate().

### QRegion QRegion.translated (self, QPoint p)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

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

This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.

See also translate().

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

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

Returns a region which is the union of this region and r.

The figure shows the union of two elliptical regions.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also intersected(), subtracted(), and xored().

### QRegion QRegion.united (self, QRect r)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.

Returns a region which is the union of this region and the given rect.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.

See also intersected(), subtracted(), and xored().

### QRegion QRegion.xored (self, QRegion r)

Returns a region which is the exclusive or (XOR) of this region and r.

The figure shows the exclusive or of two elliptical regions.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.2.

See also intersected(), united(), and subtracted().

### QRegion QRegion.__add__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__add__ (self, QRect r)

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

### QRegion QRegion.__and__ (self, QRect r)

### int QRegion.__contains__ (self, QPoint p)

### int QRegion.__contains__ (self, QRect r)

### bool QRegion.__eq__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__iadd__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__iadd__ (self, QRect r)

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

### QRegion QRegion.__iand__ (self, QRect r)

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

### QRegion QRegion.__isub__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__ixor__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__mul__ (self, QTransform m)

### QRegion QRegion.__mul__ (self, QMatrix m)

### bool QRegion.__ne__ (self, QRegion r)

### int QRegion.__nonzero__ (self)

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

### QRegion QRegion.__sub__ (self, QRegion r)

### QRegion QRegion.__xor__ (self, QRegion r)