Rect

The Rect object represents a rectangle (or, in some cases, something relating to a rectangle's four sides).

 

The descriptions below give the properties' typical meanings. Where a method returns a Rect with different meanings, it will be noted in the documentation for that method.

 

Property Name

Return Type

Description

left

int

Returns the left edge of the rectangle.

top

int

Returns the top edge of the rectangle.

right

int

Returns the right edge of the rectangle.

Note that this value is actually 1 outside the right edge. A rectangle includes everything from and including the left edge up to but excluding the right edge.

A rectangle at position 0,7 with 0 width will have left=0 and right=0. The same but with a width of 1 will have left=0 and right=1, and so on.

bottom 

int

Returns the bottom edge of the rectangle.

Note that this value is actually 1 outside the right edge. A rectangle includes everything from and including the top edge up to but excluding the bottom edge.

A rectangle at position 0,7 with 0 height will have top=7 and bottom=7. The same but with a height of 10 will have top=7 and bottom=17, and so on.

width

int

Returns the width of the rectangle. Equal to right-left.

height

int

Returns the height of the rectangle. Equal to bottom-top.

 

Method Name

Arguments

Return Type

Description

ToString

none

<string>

Returns a string describing the rectangle's position and size, as a convenience when debugging scripts. The format is "(L,T - R,B; WxH)" i.e. Left, Top, Right, Bottom, Width, and Height.