### Method

# Gdk DrawContext begin_frame

#### Declaration [src]

    void
    gdk_draw_context_begin_frame (
      GdkDrawContext* context,
      const cairo_region_t* region
    )

#### Description [src]

Indicates that you are beginning the process of redrawing `region` on the `context`‘s surface.

Calling this function begins a drawing operation using `context` on the surface that `context` was created from. The actual requirements and guarantees for the drawing operation vary for different implementations of drawing, so a `GdkCairoContext` and a `GdkGLContext` need to be treated differently.

A call to this function is a requirement for drawing and must be followed by a call to `gdk_draw_context_end_frame()`, which will complete the drawing operation and ensure the contents become visible on screen.

Note that the `region` passed to this function is the minimum region that needs to be drawn and depending on implementation, windowing system and hardware in use, it might be necessary to draw a larger region. Drawing implementation must use `gdk_draw_context_get_frame_region()` to query the region that must be drawn.

When using GTK, the widget system automatically places calls to `gdk_draw_context_begin_frame()` and `gdk_draw_context_end_frame()` via the use of GskRenderers, so application code does not need to call these functions explicitly.

#### Parameters

`region`

  Type: `cairo_region_t`

  Minimum region that should be drawn.

  The data is owned by the caller of the method.