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roundrect {grid}R Documentation

Draw a rectangle with rounded corners

Description

Draw a single rectangle with rounded corners.

Usage

roundrectGrob(x=0.5, y=0.5, width=1, height=1,
              default.units="npc",
              r=unit(0.1, "snpc"),
              just="centre",
              name=NULL, gp=NULL, vp=NULL) 
grid.roundrect(...) 

Arguments

x, y, width, height

The location and size of the rectangle.

default.units

A string indicating the default units to use if x, y, width, or height are only given as numeric vectors.

r

The radius of the rounded corners.

just

The justification of the rectangle relative to its location.

name

A name to identify the grob.

gp

Graphical parameters to apply to the grob.

vp

A viewport object or NULL.

...

Arguments to be passed to roundrectGrob().

Details

At present, this function can only be used to draw one rounded rectangle.

Examples

grid.roundrect(width=.5, height=.5, name="rr")
theta <- seq(0, 360, length=50)
for (i in 1:50) 
    grid.circle(x=grobX("rr", theta[i]),
                y=grobY("rr", theta[i]),
                r=unit(1, "mm"),
                gp=gpar(fill="black"))

[Package grid version 2.9.0 ]