QRectF Class

A rectangle is normally expressed as a top-left corner and a size. The size (width and height) of a QRectF is always equivalent to the mathematical rectangle that forms the basis for its rendering.

A QRectF can be constructed with a set of left, top, width and height coordinates, or from a QPointF and a QSizeF. The following code creates two identical rectangles.

QRectF r1(100.0, 200.1, 11.2, 16.3);
QRectF r2(QPointF(100.0, 200.1), QSizeF(11.2, 16.3));

There is also a third constructor creating a QRectF from a QRect, and a corresponding toRect() function that returns a QRect object based on the values of this rectangle (note that the coordinates in the returned rectangle are rounded to the nearest integer).

The QRectF class provides a collection of functions that return the various rectangle coordinates, and enable manipulation of these. QRectF also provides functions to move the rectangle relative to the various coordinates. In addition there is a moveTo() function that moves the rectangle, leaving its top left corner at the given coordinates. Alternatively, the translate() function moves the rectangle the given offset relative to the current position, and the translated() function returns a translated copy of this rectangle.

The size() function returns the rectange's dimensions as a QSizeF. The dimensions can also be retrieved separately using the width() and height() functions. To manipulate the dimensions use the setSize(), setWidth() or setHeight() functions. Alternatively, the size can be changed by applying either of the functions setting the rectangle coordinates, for example, se