--- title: "DrawLine" docs: "Phaser v4.0.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-drawline site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # DrawLine A RenderNode which computes the geometry of a line segment and expands it into a quad suitable for WebGL rendering. A line segment has two endpoints (`a` and `b`) and can have a different width at each end, allowing tapered lines. This node calculates the four corner vertices of the quad that represents the line, by offsetting perpendicular to the line direction by the respective half-widths at each end. The resulting vertices are optionally transformed by a matrix and appended to a flat vertex list. This node is used internally by the WebGL renderer when drawing stroked paths, such as those produced by Graphics Game Objects. **Constructor** `new DrawLine(manager)` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | manager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNodeManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernodemanager.md) | No | The manager that owns this RenderNode. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md) > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/DrawLine.js#L10](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/DrawLine.js#L10) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [onRunBegin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunbegin) - [onRunEnd](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunend) - [setDebug](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#setdebug) --- ## Public Methods ### run #### \ run(drawingContext, currentMatrix, ax, ay, bx, by, aLineWidth, bLineWidth, vertices) **Description:** Computes the four vertices of the quad that represents a line segment and appends them to the provided `vertices` list. The line can vary in width between its start point (`a`) and end point (`b`), producing a tapered shape. Eight values are appended (four x/y pairs) in the order TL, BL, BR, TR, relative to the line's direction. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The context currently in use. | | currentMatrix | [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.TransformMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-components-transformmatrix.md) | No | A transform matrix to apply to the vertices. If not defined, the vertices are not transformed. | | ax | number | No | The x coordinate of the start of the line. | | ay | number | No | The y coordinate of the start of the line. | | bx | number | No | The x coordinate of the end of the line. | | by | number | No | The y coordinate of the end of the line. | | aLineWidth | number | No | The width of the line at the start. | | bLineWidth | number | No | The width of the line at the end. | | vertices | Array.\ | No | The list to which the vertices are assigned. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode#run > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/DrawLine.js#L40](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/DrawLine.js#L40) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#manager) - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#name) --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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