Tag Archives: dashed lines

Draw “marching ants” dashed lines in C#

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The example Draw dashed lines that are visible on any background in C# shows how to draw lines that are visible above any backgrounds. If the background is very cluttered, however, it may still be somewhat hard to see the … Continue reading →

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Draw dashed lines that are visible on any background in C#

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to draw dashed lines that are visible on any background. Sometimes it’s hard to draw lines that are visible on top of a photo or other complicated background. For example, when the user is clicking and … Continue reading →

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Render dashed lines in a WPF program using C#

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Rod Stephens

When you draw in WPF, you create a Pen object. You can set that object’s DashStyle to make the pen draw dashed or dotted lines. The following code shows how this example draws the second line from the top. Pen … Continue reading →

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Draw lines with custom dash patterns in C#

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rod Stephens

To create lines with custom dash patterns, first create a Pen object and set its DashStyle property to Custom. Then set its DashPattern property to an array of floating point numbers that indicate how many units to draw and then … Continue reading →

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Draw dashed lines with different dash cap styles in C#

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Rod Stephens

A dash cap determines how the program draws the ends of the dots and dashes that make up a dashed line. If the line is 1 pixel wide, you probably won’t notice any difference, but dash caps are easy to … Continue reading →

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Draw dashed lines with different styles in C#

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Rod Stephens

To draw dashed lines, create a new Pen and set its DashStyle property to indicate the dash style you want. For example, the following code draws two dashed lines, one with the style Dash and one with the style DashDot. … Continue reading →