picture element

The picture element defines a set of pictures items and controls how they are displayed.

Syntax

<picture picturename>
/ animation = circle(duration, loopcount, start, end, xcenter, ycenter, radius) or path(duration, loopcount, x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, ...) or points(duration, loopcount, x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3, ...) or size(duration, loopcount, startwidth, startheight, scale1, scale2, scale3, ...) or rotation(duration, loopcount, degrees1, degrees2, degrees3, ...)
/ dropposition = (x value, y value) or (x constant, y constant)
/ dropsource = value or boolean
/ droptarget = property or boolean
/ erase = true(red value, green value, blue value) or true(color value) or true(color name) or false
/ halign = alignment
/ height = numeric expression
/ hposition = x expression
/ items = itemname or ("item", "item", "item",... ) or ("path", "path", "path",... )
/ monitor = integer
/ onanimate = [expression; expression; expression; ...]
/ onprepare = [expression; expression; expression; ...]
/ position = (x value, y value)
/ resetinterval = integer
/ rotation = degrees
/ scale = factor
/ select = integer or selectionmode or selectionmode(pool) or dependency(stimulusname) or dependency(listname) or listname
/ size = (width variable, height variable)
/ valign = alignment
/ vposition = y expression
/ width = numeric expression
</picture>

The picture element selects individual image files and presents them on the screen at the specified size, location, and rotation.

The following image formats are supported:
bmp, gif, jpeg, jpg, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, tif, tiff, wbmp, webp, xbm, xpm, svg

The following defines a set of picture items presented on the right side of the screen:

<picture moutains>
/ items = ("rainier.bmp", "baker.jpg", "sainthelens.gif")
/ position = (75, 50)
</picture>