LineCap Enum

Definition

Specifies the available cap styles with which a Pen object can end a line.

C#
public enum LineCap
Inheritance

Fields

Name Value Description
Flat 0

Specifies a flat line cap.

Square 1

Specifies a square line cap.

Round 2

Specifies a round line cap.

Triangle 3

Specifies a triangular line cap.

NoAnchor 16

Specifies no anchor.

SquareAnchor 17

Specifies a square anchor line cap.

RoundAnchor 18

Specifies a round anchor cap.

DiamondAnchor 19

Specifies a diamond anchor cap.

ArrowAnchor 20

Specifies an arrow-shaped anchor cap.

AnchorMask 240

Specifies a mask used to check whether a line cap is an anchor cap.

Custom 255

Specifies a custom line cap.

Examples

The following example draws a line with an arrowhead at one end and a round cap at the other end. To run this example, Create a Windows Form and handle the form's Paint event. Paste the example code into the Paint event handler passing e as PaintEventArgs.

C#
Pen pen = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255), 8);
pen.StartCap = LineCap.ArrowAnchor;
pen.EndCap = LineCap.RoundAnchor;
e.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, 20, 175, 300, 175);

Remarks

You can draw the start or end of a line in one of several shapes called line caps. GDI+ supports several line caps, such as round, square, diamond, and arrowhead. The following illustration shows a line with a round cap and an arrow cap.

Pens

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also