# centerRect Enable nine-part stretching of the sprite’s texture. ``` var centerRect: CGRect { get set } ``` ## Discussion Controls how the texture is stretched to fill the SKSpriteNode. The argument rectangle is in the unit coordinate space with a default value of `(0,0)-(1.0,1.0)`, which indicates that the entire texture is stretched to fill the sprite. If instead you define a different rectangle, its coordinates are used to break the texture into a 3 x 3 grid that is scaled like the following: - The four corners of this grid are applied without performing any scaling. - The upper and lower-middle parts are scaled horizontally - The left and right-middle parts are scaled vertically - The center is scaled in all directions. This is what’s referred to as a 9-part scaling algorithm. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)