proc rect


Version 2.41 Mar2009

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Manual page for proc_rect(PL)

proc rect may be used to produce a rectangle at a given location in scale or absolute space. The rectangle may be filled with color, and can have optional outline, bevel, or drop shadow, and can use clickmap and mouseover text labels. This proc was formerly named proc bevelrect. An example is loglog.


Attributes

The rectangle attribute must be given.

rectangle     x1 y1 x2 y2

Specify the rectangle. X1, y1 is lower left; x2, y2 is upper right. Values are position units (assumed to be in absolute space unless followed immediately by (s) which indicates scaled space).

color     color | none

Rectangle to be filled with this color. Default is to fill with dullyellow. To not fill the rectangle at all, specify color: none
Examples:
color: gray(0.8)
color: none

outline     linedetails

Specifies rectangle outline. Default is none.


Bevel effects

bevelsize     n

Width of bevel area, in absolute units. Default is 0.0 (no bevel).

hibevelcolor     color

Color of upper and lefttmost bevels. Default is gray(0.6)

lowbevelcolor     color

Color of lower and rightmost bevels. Default is gray(0.8)


Drop shadow effects

shadowsize     n

Width of visible drop shadow in absolute units. Default is 0.0 (no drop shadow).

shadowcolor     color

Color of drop shadow. Default is black.


Clickmap and mouseover

clickmapurl     url

If generating a clickmap, this specifies a URL that will be associated with the rectangle if the user clicks on it.

clickmaplabel     label

If generating a client-side clickmap, this specifies a mouseover text label.
Example: clickmaplabel: @@3 (@@4)

clickmaplabeltext     multiline text

Same as clickmaplabel but multiline text. Must be terminated with a blank line.


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