Game Lab Documentation

group.setWidthEach()

Category:Groups

Sets the width of the sprite placeholder rectangle for every sprite in the group.

The default width is 100.

Examples

var group = createGroup();
group.add(createSprite(100, 200));
group.add(createSprite(300, 200));
function draw() {
  background("white");
  drawSprites();
  if (mouseDown("leftButton")){
    group.setWidthEach(20);
  }
  if (mouseDown("rightButton")){
    group.setWidthEach(100);
  }  
}

Syntax

group.setWidthEach(width)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required?	Description
width	Number		The width of the sprites in pixels.

Returns

No return value. Changes output in the display after drawSprites() is called.

Tips

use group.setScaleEach to resize a sprite and keep the height to width ratio constant.
Groups of sprites all have the same functions and you use the dot notation (combining the name of the group, followed by a dot, with the function name) to call the function for that group of sprites.
Any changes to the properties of a sprite will not be seen until after drawSprites() is called.

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