gtk/docs/reference/gdk-pixbuf/tmpl/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.sgml
Federico Mena Quintero e11f22b55e Finished detailed explanation of the width, height, x, and y setting and
1999-11-07  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>

	* doc/tmpl/gnome-canvas-pixbuf.sgml: Finished detailed explanation
	of the width, height, x, and y setting and pixels arguments.
1999-11-08 04:19:34 +00:00

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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
GnomeCanvasPixbuf
<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
Canvas item to display #GdkPixbuf images.
<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
<para>
This canvas item displays #GdkPixbuf images. It handles full
affine transformations in both GDK and antialiased modes, and also
supports the <ulink url="http://www.w3.org">W3C</ulink>'s <ulink
url="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/">SVG</ulink>-like scaling and
translation semantics for absolute pixel values.
</para>
<para>
#GdkPixbuf structures may be shared among different pixbuf canvas
items; the pixbuf item uses #GdkPixbuf's reference counting
functions for this.
</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Custom Scaling and Translation</title>
<para>
In addition to the normal affine transformations supported by
canvas items, the #GnomeCanvasPixbuf item supports independent
object arguments for scaling and translation. This is useful
for explicitly setting a size to which the pixbuf's image will
be scaled, and for specifying translation offsets that take
place in the item's local coordinate system.
</para>
<para>
By default, the pixbuf canvas item will attain the size in units
of the #GdkPixbuf it contains. If a #GnomeCanvasPixbuf is
configured to use a #GdkPixbuf that has a size of 300 by 200
pixels, then the pixbuf item will automatically obtain a size of
300 by 200 units in the item's local coordinate system. If the
item is transformed with a scaling transformation of (0.5, 2.0),
then the final image size will be of 150 by 400 pixels.
</para>
<para>
To set custom width and height values, you must set the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-set">width_set</link> or <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--height-set">height_set</link>
arguments to %TRUE, and then set the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width">width</link> or <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--height">height</link> arguments to
the desired values. The former two arguments control whether
the latter two are used when computing the final image's size;
they are both %FALSE by default so that the pixbuf item will
attain a size in units equal to the size in pixels of the
#GdkPixbuf that the item contains.
</para>
<para>
The custom translation values are analogously controlled by the
<link linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-set">x_set</link>, <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y-set">y_set</link>, <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x">x</link>, and <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y">y</link> arguments. The former
two control whether the custom translation offsets are used and
they are %FALSE by default, and the latter two control the
offsets themselves. If a custom translation offset is not used,
it is taken to be 0.0 by default. Otherwise, the logical
upper-left vertex of the image will be translated by the
specified distance, aligned with the item's local coordinate
system.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Absolute Pixel Scaling and Translation</title>
<para>
The <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/">Scalable Vector
Graphics</ulink> specification (SVG) of the <ulink
url="http://www.w3.org">World Wide Web Consortium</ulink> also
allows images to be translated and scaled by absolute pixel
values that are independent of an item's normal affine
transformation.
</para>
<para>
Normally, the pixbuf item's translation and scaling arguments
are interpreted in units, so they will be modified by the item's
affine transformation. The <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-pixels">width_pixels</link>,
<link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--height-pixels">height_pixels</link>,
<link linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-pixels">x_pixels</link>, and
<link linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y-pixels">y_pixels</link>
object arguments can be used to modify this behavior. If one of
these arguments is %TRUE, then the corresponding scaling or
translation value will not be affected lengthwise by the pixbuf
item's affine transformation.
</para>
<para>
For example, consider a pixbuf item whose size is (300, 200).
If the item is modified with a scaling transformation of (0.5,
2.0) but the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-pixels">width_pixels</link> is
set to %TRUE, then the item will appear to be (300, 400) pixels
in size. This means that in this case the item's affine
transformation only applies to the height value, while the
width value is kept in absolute pixels.
</para>
<para>
Likewise, consider a pixbuf item whose (<link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x">x</link>, <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y">y</link>) arguments are set to
(30, 40)<footnote>
<para>
This of course assumes that the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-set">x_set</link> and <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y-set">y_set</link> arguments
are set to %TRUE for the translation offsets to take effect.
</para>
</footnote>. If the item is then modified by the same scaling
transformation of (0.5, 2.0) but the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y-pixels">y_pixels</link> argument
is set to %TRUE, then the image's upper-left corner will appear
to be at position (15, 40). In this case, the affine
transformation is applied only to the x offset, while the y
offset is kept in absolute pixels.
</para>
<para>
In short, these arguments control whether a particular dimension
of a pixbuf item is scaled or not in the normal way by the
item's affine transformation.
</para>
</refsect2>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
<para>
#GnomeCanvas, #GdkPixbuf
</para>
<!-- ##### MACRO GNOME_CANVAS_PIXBUF ##### -->
<para>
Casts a #GtkOjbect to a #GnomeCanvasPixbuf.
</para>
@obj: A GTK+ object.
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:pixbuf ##### -->
<para>
Contains a pointer to a #GdkPixbuf structure that will be used by
the pixbuf canvas item as an image source. When a pixbuf is set
its reference count is incremented; if the pixbuf item kept a
pointer to another #GdkPixbuf structure, the reference count of
this structure will be decremented. When a pixbuf is queried, a
reference count will not be added to the return value; you must do
this yourself if you intend to keep the pixbuf structure around.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:width_set ##### -->
<para>
Determines whether the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width">width</link> argument is taken
into account when scaling the pixbuf item. If this argument is
%FALSE, then the width value of the pixbuf's #ArtPixBuf will be
used instead. This argument is %FALSE by default.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:width_pixels ##### -->
<para>
If this argument is %TRUE, then the width of the pixbuf will be
considered to be in pixels, that is, it will not be visually
scaled even if the item's affine transformation changes. If this
is %FALSE, then the width of the pixbuf will be considered to be
in canvas units, and so will be scaled normally by affine
transformations. The default is %FALSE.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:width ##### -->
<para>
Indicates the width the pixbuf will be scaled to. This argument
will only be used if the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-set">width_set</link> argument
is %TRUE. If the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-pixels">width_pixels</link>
argument is %FALSE, the width will be taken to be in canvas units,
and thus will be scaled along with the canvas item's affine
transformation. If width_pixels is %TRUE, the width will be taken
to be in pixels, and will visually remain a constant size even if
the item's affine transformation changes.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:height_set ##### -->
<para>
Determines whether the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--height">height</link> argument is
taken into account when scaling the pixbuf item. Works in the
same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-set">width_set</link> argument.
The default is %FALSE.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:height_pixels ##### -->
<para>
Works in the same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width-pixels">width_pixels</link>
argument. The default is %FALSE.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:height ##### -->
<para>
Indicates the height the pixbuf will be scaled to. This argument
will only be used if the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--height-set">height_set</link> argument
is %TRUE. Works in the same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--width">width</link> argument.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:x_set ##### -->
<para>
Determines whether the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x">x</link> argument is used to
translate the pixbuf from its logical origin in item-relative
coordinates.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:x_pixels ##### -->
<para>
If this argument is %TRUE, the pixbuf's translation with respect
to its logical origin in item-relative coordinates will be in
pixels, that is, the visible offset will not change even if the
item's affine transformation changes. If it is %FALSE, the
pixbuf's translation will be taken to be in canvas units, and thus
will change along with the item's affine transformation.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:x ##### -->
<para>
Indicates the horizontal translation offset of the pixbuf item's
image. This argument will only be used if the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-set">x_set</link> argument is %TRUE.
This offset may not actually appear horizontal, since it will be
affected by the item's affine transformation.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:y_set ##### -->
<para>
Determines whether the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--y">y</link> argument is used to
translate the pixbuf from its logical origin in item-relative
coordinates. Works in the same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-set">x_set</link> argument. The
default is %FALSE.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:y_pixels ##### -->
<para>
Works in the same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x-pixels">x_pixels</link> argument.
The default is %FALSE.
</para>
<!-- ##### ARG GnomeCanvasPixbuf:y ##### -->
<para>
Indicates the vertical translation offset of the pixbuf item's
image. Works in the same way as the <link
linkend="GnomeCanvasPixbuf--x">x</link> argument.
</para>
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