Function Context.closePath

Adds a line segment to the path from the current point to the beginning of the current sub-path, (the most recent point passed to moveTo()), and closes this sub-path. After this call the current point will be at the joined endpoint of the sub-path.

The behavior of closePath() is distinct from simply calling lineTo() with the equivalent coordinate in the case of stroking. When a closed sub-path is stroked, there are no caps on the ends of the sub-path. Instead, there is a line join connecting the final and initial segments of the sub-path.

If there is no current point before the call to closePath(), this function will have no effect.

Prototype

void closePath();

Note

As of cairo version 1.2.4 any call to closePath() will place an explicit MOVE_TO element into the path immediately after the CLOSE_PATH element, (which can be seen in copyPath() for example). This can simplify path processing in some cases as it may not be necessary to save the "last move_to point" during processing as the MOVE_TO immediately after the CLOSE_PATH will provide that point.

Authors

Johannes Pfau cairoD
Andrej Mitrovic cairoD
cairo team cairo

Copyright

License

cairoD wrapper/bindings Boost License 1.0
cairo LGPL 2.1 / MPL 1.1