PixelDisplay
The PixelDisplay class in Mini Micro is a display type that represents a rectangular pixel buffer, with methods to efficiently draw lines, shapes, images, and text.
By default, display 5 is configured as a pixel display, and is in fact the pixel display to which the gfx global refers (unless you change it). But you can make any display layer a pixel display by setting its mode to displayMode.pixel.
A PixelDisplay is 960 x 640 pixels by default (see screen coordinates), though this may be changed via the clear method.
Methods and Properties
| Method or Property | Purpose |
|---|---|
| PixelDisplay.color | get or set the default drawing color, used when color is not otherwise specified |
| PixelDisplay.width | number of columns in the the pixel buffer |
| PixelDisplay.height | number of rows in the the pixel buffer |
| PixelDisplay.scale | scaling factor used to magnify (or shrink) the pixel display on screen |
| PixelDisplay.clear [color], [width], [height] | clear/reset the pixel buffer |
| PixelDisplay.pixel x , y | get the color of a particular pixel |
| PixelDisplay.setPixel x, y, [color] | set the color of a particular pixel |
| PixelDisplay.scrollX | get or set a horizontal shift applied to the entire display |
| PixelDisplay.scrollY | get or set a vertical shift applied to the entire display |
| PixelDisplay.line x1, y1, x2, y2, [color], [penSize] | draw a line |
| PixelDisplay.drawRect left, bottom, width, height, [color], [penSize] | draw a rectangle outline |
| PixelDisplay.fillRect left, bottom, width, height, [color] | draw a filled rectangle |
| PixelDisplay.drawEllipse left, bottom, width, height, [color], [penSize] | draw an ellipse outline |
| PixelDisplay.fillEllipse left, bottom, width, height, [color] | draw a filled ellipse |
| PixelDisplay.drawPoly points, [color], [penSize] | draw a polygon outline |
| PixelDisplay.fillPoly points, [color] | draw a filled polygon |
| PixelDisplay.drawImage img, left, bottom, [width], [height], [srcLeft], [srcBottom], [srcWidth], [srcHeight] | draw an Image (or portion thereof) |
| PixelDisplay.getImage(left, bottom, width, height) | get a portion of the pixel buffer as an Image |
| PixelDisplay.print str, x, y, [color], [font] | draw a string |
Implementation Note
For performance reasons, a PixelDisplay under the hood is made up of 256x256 pixel tiles. These are initialized to the color passed to PixelDisplay.clear. As a result, if your width or height is not an even multiple of 256, then this initial clear color will extend beyond the usable area. As an example, try:
gfx.clear color.red, 200,200
gfx.fillRect 0,0,gfx.width,gfx.height, color.blue
This displays a 200x200 blue square (the official size of the pixel display) with an additional red area extending 256x256 (one full tile) in size.
