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<p>The QPen class defines how a <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a> should draw lines and outlines of shapes. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
<pre> #include <QPen></pre><ul>
<li><a href="qpen-members.html">List of all members, including inherited members</a></li>
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<h3>Public Functions</h3>
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<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#QPen">QPen</a></b> ()</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#QPen-2">QPen</a></b> ( Qt::PenStyle <i>style</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#QPen-3">QPen</a></b> ( const QColor & <i>color</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#QPen-4">QPen</a></b> ( const QBrush & <i>brush</i>, qreal <i>width</i>, Qt::PenStyle <i>style</i> = Qt::SolidLine, Qt::PenCapStyle <i>cap</i> = Qt::SquareCap, Qt::PenJoinStyle <i>join</i> = Qt::BevelJoin )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#QPen-5">QPen</a></b> ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#dtor.QPen">~QPen</a></b> ()</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>QBrush <b><a href="qpen.html#brush">brush</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>Qt::PenCapStyle <b><a href="qpen.html#capStyle">capStyle</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>QColor <b><a href="qpen.html#color">color</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>QVector<qreal> <b><a href="qpen.html#dashPattern">dashPattern</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>bool <b><a href="qpen.html#isSolid">isSolid</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>Qt::PenJoinStyle <b><a href="qpen.html#joinStyle">joinStyle</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>qreal <b><a href="qpen.html#miterLimit">miterLimit</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a></b> ( const QBrush & <i>brush</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setCapStyle">setCapStyle</a></b> ( Qt::PenCapStyle <i>style</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setColor">setColor</a></b> ( const QColor & <i>color</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setDashPattern">setDashPattern</a></b> ( const QVector<qreal> & <i>pattern</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setJoinStyle">setJoinStyle</a></b> ( Qt::PenJoinStyle <i>style</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setMiterLimit">setMiterLimit</a></b> ( qreal <i>limit</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a></b> ( Qt::PenStyle <i>style</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setWidth">setWidth</a></b> ( int <i>width</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>void <b><a href="qpen.html#setWidthF">setWidthF</a></b> ( qreal <i>width</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>Qt::PenStyle <b><a href="qpen.html#style">style</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>int <b><a href="qpen.html#width">width</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>qreal <b><a href="qpen.html#widthF">widthF</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/><b><a href="qpen.html#operator-QVariant">operator QVariant</a></b> () const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>bool <b><a href="qpen.html#operator-not-eq">operator!=</a></b> ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> ) const</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>QPen & <b><a href="qpen.html#operator-eq">operator=</a></b> ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</li>
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<h3>Related Non-Members</h3>
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<li><div class="fn"/>QDataStream & <b><a href="qpen.html#operator-lt-lt-90">operator<<</a></b> ( QDataStream & <i>stream</i>, const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</li>
<li><div class="fn"/>QDataStream & <b><a href="qpen.html#operator-gt-gt-54">operator>></a></b> ( QDataStream & <i>stream</i>, QPen & <i>pen</i> )</li>
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<h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<p>The QPen class defines how a <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a> should draw lines and outlines of shapes.</p>
<p>A pen has a <a href="qpen.html#style">style</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#width">width</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#brush">brush</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#capStyle">capStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#joinStyle">joinStyle</a>().</p>
<p>The pen style defines the line type. The brush is used to fill strokes generated with the pen. Use the <a href="qbrush.html">QBrush</a> class to specify fill styles. The cap style determines the line end caps that can be drawn using <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a>, while the join style describes how joins between two lines are drawn. The pen width can be specified in both integer (<a href="qpen.html#width">width</a>()) and floating point (<a href="qpen.html#widthF">widthF</a>()) precision. A line width of zero indicates a cosmetic pen. This means that the pen width is always drawn one pixel wide, independent of the <a href="qpainter.html#coordinate-transformations">transformation</a> set on the painter.</p>
<p>The various settings can easily be modified using the corresponding <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setWidth">setWidth</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setCapStyle">setCapStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#setJoinStyle">setJoinStyle</a>() functions (note that the painter's pen must be reset when altering the pen's properties).</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre> QPainter painter(this);
QPen pen(Qt::green, 3, Qt::DashDotLine, Qt::RoundCap, Qt::RoundJoin);
painter.setPen(pen);</pre>
<p>which is equivalent to</p>
<pre> QPainter painter(this);
QPen pen(); <span class="comment">// creates a default pen</span>
pen.setStyle(Qt::DashDotLine);
pen.setWidth(3);
pen.setBrush(Qt::green);
pen.setCapStyle(Qt::RoundCap);
pen.setJoinStyle(Qt::RoundJoin);
painter.setPen(pen);</pre>
<p>The default pen is a solid black brush with 0 width, square cap style (<a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a>), and bevel join style (<a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::BevelJoin</a>).</p>
<p>In addition QPen provides the <a href="qpen.html#color">color</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#setColor">setColor</a>() convenience functions to extract and set the color of the pen's brush, respectively. Pens may also be compared and streamed.</p>
<p>For more information about painting in general, see {The Paint System} documentation.</p>
<ul><li><a href="#pen-style">Pen Style</a></li>
<li><a href="#cap-style">Cap Style</a></li>
<li><a href="#join-style">Join Style</a></li>
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<h3>Pen Style</h3>
<p>Qt provides several built-in styles represented by the <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> enum:</p>
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<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-solid.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-dash.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-dot.png" /></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::SolidLine</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::DashLine</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::DotLine</a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-dashdot.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-dashdotdot.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-custom.png" /></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::DashDotLine</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::DashDotDotLine</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::CustomDashLine</a></td></tr>
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<p>Simply use the <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>() function to convert the pen style to either of the built-in styles, except the <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::CustomDashLine</a> style which we will come back to shortly. Setting the style to <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::NoPen</a> tells the painter to not draw lines or outlines. The default pen style is <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::SolidLine</a>.</p>
<p>Since Qt 4.1 it is also possible to specify a custom dash pattern using the <a href="qpen.html#setDashPattern">setDashPattern</a>() function which implicitly converts the style of the pen to <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::CustomDashLine</a>. The pattern argument, a <a href="qvector.html">QVector</a>, must be specified as an even number of <a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> entries where the entries 1, 3, 5... are the dashes and 2, 4, 6... are the spaces. For example, the custom pattern shown above is created using the following code:</p>
<pre> QPen pen;
QVector<qreal> dashes;
qreal space = 4;
dashes << 1 << space << 3 << space << 9 << space
<< 27 << space << 9;
pen.setDashPattern(dashes);</pre>
<p>Note that the dash pattern is specified in units of the pens width, e.g. a dash of length 5 in width 10 is 50 pixels long.</p>
<p>The currently set dash pattern can be retrieved using the <a href="qpen.html#dashPattern">dashPattern</a>() function. Use the <a href="qpen.html#isSolid">isSolid</a>() function to determine whether the pen has a solid fill, or not.</p>
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<h3>Cap Style</h3>
<p>The cap style defines how the end points of lines are drawn using <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a>. The cap style only apply to wide lines, i.e. when the width is 1 or greater. The <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::PenCapStyle</a> enum provides the following styles:</p>
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<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-square.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-flat.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-roundcap.png" /></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td><a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::FlatCap</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::RoundCap</a></td></tr>
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<p>The <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a> style is a square line end that covers the end point and extends beyond it by half the line width. The <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::FlatCap</a> style is a square line end that does not cover the end point of the line. And the <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::RoundCap</a> style is a rounded line end covering the end point.</p>
<p>The default is <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a>.</p>
<p>Whether or not end points are drawn when the pen width is 0 or 1 depends on the cap style. Using <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a> or <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::RoundCap</a> they are drawn, using <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::FlatCap</a> they are not drawn.</p>
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<h3>Join Style</h3>
<p>The join style defines how joins between two connected lines can be drawn using <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a>. The join style only apply to wide lines, i.e. when the width is 1 or greater. The <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::PenJoinStyle</a> enum provides the following styles:</p>
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<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-bevel.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-miter.png" /></td><td><img src="images/qpen-roundjoin.png" /></td></tr>
<tr valign="top" class="even"><td><a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::BevelJoin</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::MiterJoin</a></td><td><a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::RoundJoin</a></td></tr>
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<p>The <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::BevelJoin</a> style fills the triangular notch between the two lines. The <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::MiterJoin</a> style extends the lines to meet at an angle. And the <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::RoundJoin</a> style fills a circular arc between the two lines.</p>
<p>The default is <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::BevelJoin</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="images/qpen-miterlimit.png" /></p><p>When the <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::MiterJoin</a> style is applied, it is possible to use the <a href="qpen.html#setMiterLimit">setMiterLimit</a>() function to specify how far the miter join can extend from the join point. The <a href="qpen.html#miterLimit">miterLimit</a>() is used to reduce artifacts between line joins where the lines are close to parallel.</p>
<p>The <a href="qpen.html#miterLimit">miterLimit</a>() must be specified in units of the pens width, e.g. a miter limit of 5 in width 10 is 50 pixels long. The default miter limit is 2, i.e. twice the pen width in pixels.</p>
<p><table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-demo.png" /></td><td><b><a href="demos-pathstroke.html">The Path Stroking Demo</a></b><p>The Path Stroking demo shows Qt's built-in dash patterns and shows how custom patterns can be used to extend the range of available patterns.</p>
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<p>See also <a href="qpainter.html">QPainter</a>, <a href="qbrush.html">QBrush</a>, <a href="demos-pathstroke.html">Path Stroking Demo</a>, and <a href="widgets-scribble.html">Scribble Example</a>.</p>
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<h2>Member Function Documentation</h2>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPen"></a>QPen::QPen ()</h3>
<p>Constructs a default black solid line pen with 0 width.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPen-2"></a>QPen::QPen ( <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> <i>style</i> )</h3>
<p>Constructs a black pen with 0 width and the given <i>style</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPen-3"></a>QPen::QPen ( const <a href="qcolor.html">QColor</a> & <i>color</i> )</h3>
<p>Constructs a pen with 0 width and the given <i>color</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#setColor">setColor</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPen-4"></a>QPen::QPen ( const <a href="qbrush.html">QBrush</a> & <i>brush</i>, <a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> <i>width</i>, <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> <i>style</i> = Qt::SolidLine, <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::PenCapStyle</a> <i>cap</i> = Qt::SquareCap, <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::PenJoinStyle</a> <i>join</i> = Qt::BevelJoin )</h3>
<p>Constructs a pen with the specified <i>brush</i>, <i>width</i>, pen <i>style</i>, <i>cap</i> style and <i>join</i> style.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setWidth">setWidth</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setCapStyle">setCapStyle</a>(), and <a href="qpen.html#setJoinStyle">setJoinStyle</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QPen-5"></a>QPen::QPen ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</h3>
<p>Constructs a pen that is a copy of the given <i>pen</i>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="dtor.QPen"></a>QPen::~QPen ()</h3>
<p>Destroys the pen.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="brush"></a><a href="qbrush.html">QBrush</a> QPen::brush () const</h3>
<p>Returns the brush used to fill strokes generated with this pen.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="capStyle"></a><a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::PenCapStyle</a> QPen::capStyle () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen's cap style.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setCapStyle">setCapStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#cap-style">Cap Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="color"></a><a href="qcolor.html">QColor</a> QPen::color () const</h3>
<p>Returns the color of this pen's brush.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#brush">brush</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#setColor">setColor</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="dashPattern"></a><a href="qvector.html">QVector</a><<a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a>> QPen::dashPattern () const</h3>
<p>Returns the dash pattern of this pen.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setDashPattern">setDashPattern</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#style">style</a>(), and <a href="qpen.html#isSolid">isSolid</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="isSolid"></a>bool QPen::isSolid () const</h3>
<p>Returns true if the pen has a solid fill, otherwise false.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#style">style</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#dashPattern">dashPattern</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="joinStyle"></a><a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::PenJoinStyle</a> QPen::joinStyle () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen's join style.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setJoinStyle">setJoinStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#join-style">Join Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="miterLimit"></a><a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> QPen::miterLimit () const</h3>
<p>Returns the miter limit of the pen. The miter limit is only relevant when the join style is set to <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::MiterJoin</a>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setMiterLimit">setMiterLimit</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#join-style">Join Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setBrush"></a>void QPen::setBrush ( const <a href="qbrush.html">QBrush</a> & <i>brush</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the brush used to fill strokes generated with this pen to the given <i>brush</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#brush">brush</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#setColor">setColor</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setCapStyle"></a>void QPen::setCapStyle ( <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::PenCapStyle</a> <i>style</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the pen's cap style to the given <i>style</i>. The default value is <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#capStyle">capStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#cap-style">Cap Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setColor"></a>void QPen::setColor ( const <a href="qcolor.html">QColor</a> & <i>color</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the color of this pen's brush to the given <i>color</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setBrush">setBrush</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#color">color</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setDashPattern"></a>void QPen::setDashPattern ( const <a href="qvector.html">QVector</a><<a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a>> & <i>pattern</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the dash pattern for this pen to the given <i>pattern</i>. This implicitly converts the style of the pen to <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::CustomDashLine</a>.</p>
<p>The pattern must be specified as an even number of entries where the entries 1, 3, 5... are the dashes and 2, 4, 6... are the spaces. For example:</p>
<p><table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><img src="images/qpen-custom.png" /></td><td><pre> QPen pen;
QVector<qreal> dashes;
qreal space = 4;
dashes << 1 << space << 3 << space << 9 << space
<< 27 << space << 9;
pen.setDashPattern(dashes);</pre>
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<p>The dash pattern is specified in units of the pens width, e.g. a dash of length 5 in width 10 is 50 pixels long. Each dash is also subject to cap styles so a dash of 1 with square cap set will extend 0.5 pixels out in each direction resulting in a total width of 2.</p>
<p>Note that the default cap style is <a href="qt.html#PenCapStyle-enum">Qt::SquareCap</a>, meaning that a square line end covers the end point and extends beyond it by half the line width.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#dashPattern">dashPattern</a>(), and <a href="qpen.html#setCapStyle">setCapStyle</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setJoinStyle"></a>void QPen::setJoinStyle ( <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::PenJoinStyle</a> <i>style</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the pen's join style to the given <i>style</i>. The default value is <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::BevelJoin</a>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#joinStyle">joinStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#join-style">Join Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setMiterLimit"></a>void QPen::setMiterLimit ( <a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> <i>limit</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the miter limit of this pen to the given <i>limit</i>.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="images/qpen-miterlimit.png" /></p><p>The miter limit describes how far a miter join can extend from the join point. This is used to reduce artifacts between line joins where the lines are close to parallel.</p>
<p>This value does only have effect when the pen style is set to <a href="qt.html#PenJoinStyle-enum">Qt::MiterJoin</a>. The value is specified in units of the pen's width, e.g. a miter limit of 5 in width 10 is 50 pixels long. The default miter limit is 2, i.e. twice the pen width in pixels.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#miterLimit">miterLimit</a>(), <a href="qpen.html#setJoinStyle">setJoinStyle</a>(), and <a href="qpen.html#join-style">Join Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setStyle"></a>void QPen::setStyle ( <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> <i>style</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the pen style to the given <i>style</i>.</p>
<p>See the <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> documentation for a list of the available styles. Since Qt 4.1 it is also possible to specify a custom dash pattern using the <a href="qpen.html#setDashPattern">setDashPattern</a>() function which implicitly converts the style of the pen to <a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::CustomDashLine</a>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#style">style</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#pen-style">Pen Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setWidth"></a>void QPen::setWidth ( int <i>width</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the pen width to the given <i>width</i> with integer point precision.</p>
<p>A line width of zero indicates a cosmetic pen. This means that the pen width is always drawn one pixel wide, independent of the <a href="qpainter.html#coordinate-transformations">transformation</a> set on the painter.</p>
<p>Setting a pen width with a negative value is not supported.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setWidthF">setWidthF</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#width">width</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="setWidthF"></a>void QPen::setWidthF ( <a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> <i>width</i> )</h3>
<p>Sets the pen width to the given <i>width</i> with floating point precision.</p>
<p>A line width of zero indicates a cosmetic pen. This means that the pen width is always drawn one pixel wide, independent of the <a href="qpainter.html#coordinate-transformations">transformation</a> on the painter.</p>
<p>Setting a pen width with a negative value is not supported.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setWidth">setWidth</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#widthF">widthF</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="style"></a><a href="qt.html#PenStyle-enum">Qt::PenStyle</a> QPen::style () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen style.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setStyle">setStyle</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#pen-style">Pen Style</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="width"></a>int QPen::width () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen width with integer precision.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setWidth">setWidth</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#widthF">widthF</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="widthF"></a><a href="qtglobal.html#qreal-typedef">qreal</a> QPen::widthF () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen width with floating point precision.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#setWidthF">setWidthF</a>() and <a href="qpen.html#width">width</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-QVariant"></a>QPen::operator QVariant () const</h3>
<p>Returns the pen as a <a href="qvariant.html">QVariant</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-not-eq"></a>bool QPen::operator!= ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> ) const</h3>
<p>Returns true if the pen is different from the given <i>pen</i>; otherwise false. Two pens are different if they have different styles, widths or colors.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#operator-eq-eq">operator==</a>().</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-eq"></a>QPen & QPen::operator= ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</h3>
<p>Assigns the given <i>pen</i> to this pen and returns a reference to this pen.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-eq-eq"></a>bool QPen::operator== ( const QPen & <i>pen</i> ) const</h3>
<p>Returns true if the pen is equal to the given <i>pen</i>; otherwise false. Two pens are equal if they have equal styles, widths and colors.</p>
<p>See also <a href="qpen.html#operator-not-eq">operator!=</a>().</p>
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<h2>Related Non-Members</h2>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-lt-lt-90"></a><a href="qdatastream.html">QDataStream</a> & operator<< ( <a href="qdatastream.html">QDataStream</a> & <i>stream</i>, const QPen & <i>pen</i> )</h3>
<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.</p>
<p>Writes the given <i>pen</i> to the given <i>stream</i> and returns a reference to the <i>stream</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="datastreamformat.html">Format of the QDataStream Operators</a>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="operator-gt-gt-54"></a><a href="qdatastream.html">QDataStream</a> & operator>> ( <a href="qdatastream.html">QDataStream</a> & <i>stream</i>, QPen & <i>pen</i> )</h3>
<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience.</p>
<p>Reads a pen from the given <i>stream</i> into the given <i>pen</i> and returns a reference to the <i>stream</i>.</p>
<p>See also <a href="datastreamformat.html">Format of the QDataStream Operators</a>.</p>
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