I can't draw a filled rectangle

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I am trying to draw a screen with a filled in box in the center. I am using pygame.Surface.fill() for the box but it gives this error: TypeError: descriptor 'fill' for 'pygame.Surface' objects doesn't apply to a 'tuple' object Here is my code:

my_color = (0, 0, 0)

my_rect = (100, 100, 200, 150)

box = pygame.Surface.fill(my_color, my_rect)

surf.blit(box)

Kingsley · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-15T06:08:16.690

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You just need to do it in two steps. First create the surface, then fill it. Creating a surface makes a separate image, so it takes a size not a rectangle.

my_color = (0, 0, 0)

my_rect = (100, 100, 200, 150)

my_size = ( 200, 150 )

box = pygame.Surface( my_size )
box.fill( my_colour )

surf.blit( box, my_rect )

If you just want to draw a rectangle, you can use the drawing functions, which use the base surface directly:

pygame.draw.rect( surf, my_color, my_rect )

edited Nov 15 '20 at 06:08

answered Nov 15 '20 at 01:20

Kingsley

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it still gives the same error – Shark Coding Nov 15 '20 at 01:22
with some further research I found that if pygame.Surface.fill takes a tuple as the first argument then it gives the error – Shark Coding Nov 15 '20 at 01:28
never mind I got it to work, but thanks anyway – Shark Coding Nov 15 '20 at 02:47
@SharkCoding - Ah you're right, sorry I forgot to remove the `.fill()` from the surface creation. Please see edit. – Kingsley Nov 15 '20 at 06:08

I can't draw a filled rectangle

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