Method Cairo.Context()->push_group()

Method push_group

void push_group()

Description

Temporarily redirects drawing to an intermediate surface known as a group. The redirection lasts until the group is completed by a call to pop_group() or pop_group_to_source(). These calls provide the result of any drawing to the group as a pattern, (either as an explicit object, or set as the source pattern).

This group functionality can be convenient for performing intermediate compositing. One common use of a group is to render objects as opaque within the group, (so that they occlude each other), and then blend the result with translucence onto the destination.

Groups can be nested arbitrarily deep by making balanced calls to push_group()/pop_group(). Each call pushes/pops the new target group onto/from a stack.

The push_group() function calls save() so that any changes to the graphics state will not be visible outside the group, (the pop_group functions call restore()).

By default the intermediate group will have a content type of CONTENT_COLOR_ALPHA. Other content types can be chosen for the group by using push_group_with_content() instead.