{"name":"drawLine","title":"drawLine","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drawLine","revid":377558,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:55:00Z","groups":["GUI Control - Map"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"arma1 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","description":"Draw a line on the map. Can decrease framerate!","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"map drawLine [from, to, color, width]","params":[{"name":"map","type":"Control","type_expr":"Control"},{"name":"from","type":"Object or Position2D or Position3D","type_expr":"Object | Position2D | Position3D"},{"name":"to","type":"Object or Position2D or Position3D","type_expr":"Object | Position2D | Position3D"},{"name":"color","type":"Color (RGBA)","type_expr":"Color"},{"name":"width","type":"Number","optional":true,"default":"3","type_expr":"Number","since":"arma3 2.18","text":"width: Number - (Optional, default 3)"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"map"},"right":{"text":"[from, to, color, width]"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n(findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51) ctrlAddEventHandler [\"Draw\",\n    \"(_this select 0) drawLine [\n        player,\n        [0,0,0],\n        [0,0,1,1]\n    ];\"\n];\n```\n\nArma 3 v2.02 toString version:\n\n```sqf\n(findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51) ctrlAddEventHandler [\"Draw\", toString {\n    (_this select 0) drawLine [\n        player,\n        [0,0,0],\n        [0,0,1,1] // blue\n    ];\n}];\n```","code":["(findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51) ctrlAddEventHandler [\"Draw\",\n\t\"(_this select 0) drawLine [\n\t\tplayer,\n\t\t[0,0,0],\n\t\t[0,0,1,1]\n\t];\"\n];","(findDisplay 12 displayCtrl 51) ctrlAddEventHandler [\"Draw\", toString {\n\t(_this select 0) drawLine [\n\t\tplayer,\n\t\t[0,0,0],\n\t\t[0,0,1,1] // blue\n\t];\n}];"]}],"see_also":["drawArrow","drawEllipse","drawIcon","drawRectangle","drawPolygon","drawTriangle","drawXPolygon"]}