bevy_sprite

2D sprite components. Data-only sister crate to bevy_sprite_render.

Purpose

Splitting sprite data from the renderer follows the same pattern as bevy_camera / bevy_render. The data crate hosts:

• Sprite — color, custom size, slice, tile rect, anchor, flip flags.
• Anchor — sprite pivot point.
• TextureAtlas — atlas-driven sprites.
• Slice / nine-patch support.

Directory layout

crates/bevy_sprite/src/
├── lib.rs              # SpritePlugin
├── sprite.rs           # Sprite component
├── texture_slice.rs    # Slice / tile / nine-patch
├── slice.rs            # SliceImage helpers
├── prelude.rs
└── …

Key abstractions

Type	File	Description
Sprite	crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs	Component: image handle, color, custom size, anchor, flip.
Anchor	crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs	Pivot point (Center, TopLeft, etc.).
TextureAtlas	crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs	Component pairing a sprite with an atlas index.
ImageScaleMode	crates/bevy_sprite/src/texture_slice.rs	Stretched / sliced / tiled.

Integration points

• Depends on: bevy_app, bevy_ecs, bevy_math, bevy_color, bevy_image, bevy_camera, bevy_transform, bevy_picking (optional).
• Depended on by: bevy_sprite_render, bevy_ui (uses the same image-slice machinery).

Entry points for modification

• New sprite property: add a field to Sprite. Update extraction in bevy_sprite_render.
• Custom anchor: anchor is an enum; add a variant.
• Slice algorithm changes: texture_slice.rs.

See also

• bevy_sprite_render — the renderer.
• bevy_image — texture asset.