Re: NSBezierPath clipRect confusion

FROM : Moray Taylor
DATE : Wed Nov 03 23:20:52 2004

Hi,

You are of course correct, when I look at it again, my save/restores
were not being called in the correct order, so was my own dumb fault.

Thanks for the help

Moray

>> I'm trying to use NSBezierPath's clipRect method to help me draw
>> within a rectangle, it works OK, but I can't seem to turn off the
>> clipping path so I can continue drawing as normal.
>>
>> I've used
>> [NSBezierPath clipRect:ClipRect];
>>  to create the path, I do my drawing, this works nicely, but then I
>> want to continue drawing outside the clipping path, which I can't
>> figure out how to do.
>>
>> I've tried wrapping the clipped drawing bit in save/restore graphics
>> state, but no joy.
>>
>> Can anyone point out a good example of how to turn the clipping path
>> off?

>
> The right way to do it is with the save and restore:
>
> [NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
> [NSBezierPath clipRect: clipRect];
>
> ... additional drawing here ...
> [NSGraphicsContext restoreGraphicsState];
>
> ... non-clipped drawing here ...
>
> If the save and restore are not working for you then perhaps we should
> see a larger snippet of your code.
>
> Scott
>