BorderImageMesh QML Type

Defines a mesh with vertices arranged like those of a BorderImage. More...

Import Statement: import QtQuick

Properties

Detailed Description

BorderImageMesh provides BorderImage-like capabilities to a ShaderEffect without the need for a potentially costly ShaderEffectSource.

The following are functionally equivalent:

 BorderImage {
     id: borderImage
     border {
         left: 10
         right: 10
         top: 10
         bottom: 10
     }
     source: "myImage.png"
     visible: false
 }
 ShaderEffectSource {
     id: effectSource
     sourceItem: borderImage
     visible: false
 }
 ShaderEffect {
     property var source: effectSource
     ...
 }
 Image {
     id: image
     source: "myImage.png"
     visible: false
 }
 ShaderEffect {
     property var source: image
     mesh: BorderImageMesh {
         border {
             left: 10
             right: 10
             top: 10
             bottom: 10
         }
         size: image.sourceSize
     }
     ...
 }

But the BorderImageMesh version can typically be better optimized.

Property Documentation

horizontalTileMode : enumeration

verticalTileMode : enumeration

This property describes how to repeat or stretch the middle parts of an image.

  • BorderImage.Stretch - Scales the image to fit to the available area.
  • BorderImage.Repeat - Tile the image until there is no more space. May crop the last image.
  • BorderImage.Round - Like Repeat, but scales the images down to ensure that the last image is not cropped.

The default tile mode for each property is BorderImage.Stretch.


border group

border.bottom : int

border.left : int

border.right : int

border.top : int

The 4 border lines (2 horizontal and 2 vertical) break the image into 9 sections, as shown below:

Each border line (left, right, top, and bottom) specifies an offset in pixels from the respective edge of the mesh. By default, each border line has a value of 0.

For example, the following definition sets the bottom line 10 pixels up from the bottom of the mesh:

 BorderImageMesh {
     border.bottom: 10
     // ...
 }

size : size

The base size of the mesh. This generally corresponds to the sourceSize of the image being used by the ShaderEffect.