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Lyubomir Popov Ex Member	move object without repainting with background()? Oct 29th, 2009, 3:46am   This is probably pretty basic, but - is there a way to move an object to a new position without repainting the whole screen? I guess I need something like a remove function similar to as3's removeChild() to remove an element from the display list.

nardove Full Member Offline Posts: 189 UK	Re: move object without repainting with background()? Reply #1 - Oct 29th, 2009, 3:52am   I dont think you can, they way processing works is drawing the canvas in every frame, painting everything that has been updated in the draw function, that is why you need background() funciton in the top of draw so it clears everything in it Hope that makes sence Cheers rS

Lyubomir Popov Ex Member	Re: move object without repainting with background()? Reply #2 - Oct 29th, 2009, 4:00am   I see. Thanks.

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: move object without repainting with background()? Reply #3 - Oct 29th, 2009, 4:28am   As said. Processing doesn't have a concept of display list nor scenegraph (like in JavaFX), it is quite low level. Usually, it is fast enough to ensure a decent frame rate even with lot of objects.