Advanced paper methods begin with an underscore, but are public and can be used outside of the Paper instance. These should only be used in advanced cases, or within a .
_fireEvent
/**
* **WARNING:** The underscore "_" denotes that this method should only be
* used in plugins. Non-underscore methods should cover all other use cases.
*
* Fires an event, calling all listeners for that event type.
*
* Order of operations:
* 1. If listeners of evt.eventType exist begins looping through listeners.
* 2. Calls each listener with event if evt.canPropagate is true.
* 3. After all listeners called, calls evt.defaultAction. If defaultAction
* has already been called by a listener, this does nothing.
*
* @param evt The event you wish to fire.
*/
_fireEvent(evt: PaperEvent<any>): void;
_getDrawSurface
/**
* **WARNING:** The underscore "_" denotes that this method should only be
* used in plugins. Non-underscore methods should cover all other use cases.
*
* If you are trying to get the paper to render in your application, you
* probably want to use getPaperElement().
*
* Returns the SVG element contained within the paper wrapper.
*/
_getDrawSurface(): SVGElement;
_insertPaperDef
/**
* **WARNING:** The underscore "_" denotes that this method should only be
* used in plugins. Non-underscore methods should cover all other use cases.
*
* Insert a new def into the defs element within Paper.
*
* @param def The def to insert.
* @param [id] Optional. An ID that can be used to remove the def.
*/
_insertPaperDef(def: SVGElement, id?: string): void;
_removePaperDef
/**
* **WARNING:** The underscore "_" denotes that this method should only be
* used in plugins. Non-underscore methods should cover all other use cases.
*
* Remove a def from the defs element within Paper.
*
* @param id The ID of the def to remove.
*/
_removePaperDef(id: string): void;
