Canvas images as buttons - html

I have spent hours trying to find an answer to this, but can't find anything that exactly describes what I'm trying to do. I have 6 images that are shaped like jigsaw puzzle pieces, and I place them in proper position on a canvas. What I really want is for each of those puzzle pieces to also act like a button, so when a user clicks on a piece, I can capture that event and then navigate to a new page.
Everything I have found talks about using html buttons and then placing them on the canvas using css- but with these images all being oddly shaped jigsaw pieces, I can't do that.
Is it even possible to capture mouse events when they are on top of a particular image?
Thanks....
Ok, I've managed to track the cursor over each individual puzzle piece. Now, I'm trying to display a different version of the image when cursor hovers over a piece (a prelude to opening a new page). I am trying to store the original image and hover image in the points array, but nothing I try seems to work. I need to be able to show the hover image when the cursor is over the piece, and then restore it when the cursor moves away (haven't gotten that far yet). Right now, I get 404 errors when i try to pull the image out of the points array- tried storing the actual image variable and image pathname, to no avail.
Here's the code:
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
var canvas;
var canvasWidth;
var ctx;
function init() {
HideContent('readLess');
var cursors=['default','w-resize','n-resize'];
var currentCursor=0;
canvas = document.getElementById('puzzle-container');
canvas.width = 815;
canvas.height = 425;
canvas.align = 'center';
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var search = new Image();
search.src = 'img/puzzleSearch.png';
var searchHover = new Image();
search.onload = function() {
ctx.drawImage(search, 0, 0);
};
var nav = new Image();
nav.src = 'img/puzzleNav.png';
var navHover = new Image();
nav.onload = function() {
ctx.drawImage(nav, 119, 2.5 );
}
.
.
.
.
var events = new Image();
events.src = 'img/puzzleEvents.png';
var eventsHover = new Image();
eventsHover.src = 'img/puzzleEventsHover.png';
events.onload = function() {
ctx.drawImage(events, 564, 265 );
}
function reOffset(){
var BB=canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
offsetX=BB.left;
offsetY=BB.top;
}
var offsetX,offsetY;
reOffset();
window.onscroll=function(e){ reOffset(); }
window.onresize=function(e){ reOffset(); }
$("#puzzle-container").mousemove(function(e){handleMouseMove(e);});
var shapes=[];
shapes.push({
points:[{x:0,y:2.5},{x:155,y:2.5},{x:155,y:205},{x:0,y:205}], cursor:1, img:search, imgHov:searchHover,
});
.
.
.
shapes.push({
points:[{x:0,y:310},{x:250,y:310},{x:250,y:400},{x:0,y:400}], cursor:1, img:events, imgHov:'img/eventsHover.png',
});
for(var i=0;i<shapes.length;i++){
var s=shapes[i];
definePath(s.points);
ctx.stroke();
}
function definePath(p){
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(p[0].x,p[0].y);
for(var i=1;i<p.length;i++){
ctx.lineTo(p[i].x,p[i].y);
}
ctx.closePath();
}
function handleMouseMove(e){
// tell the browser we're handling this event
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
mouseX=parseInt(e.clientX-offsetX);
mouseY=parseInt(e.clientY-offsetY);
// Put your mousemove stuff here
var newCursor;
for(var i=0;i<shapes.length;i++){
var s=shapes[i];
definePath(s.points);
if(ctx.isPointInPath(mouseX,mouseY)){
if (i === 6 ) {
var img = new Image();
var imgSrc = s.imgHov;
img.src = imgSrc;
console.log("hover image is: " + s.imgHov );
ctx.drawImage(img, 564, 265 );
}
//console("the mouse is in shape "+ i );
newCursor=s.cursor;
break;
}
}
if(!newCursor){
if(currentCursor>0){
currentCursor=0;
canvas.style.cursor=cursors[currentCursor];
}
}else if(!newCursor==currentCursor){
currentCursor=newCursor;
canvas.style.cursor=cursors[currentCursor];
}
}
}
function HideContent(d) {
document.getElementById(d).style.display = "none";
}
function ShowContent(d) {
document.getElementById(d).style.display = "block";
}
function ReverseDisplay(d) {
if(document.getElementById(d).style.display == "none") { document.getElementById(d).style.display = "block"; }
else { document.getElementById(d).style.display = "none"; }
}
</script>
On the console I get the following:
[Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) ([object HTMLImageElement], line 0)
[Log] hover image is: [object HTMLImageElement] (index.html, line 168)
Is there some trivial thing I'm missing on how to save the images in the points array?
Thanks.....

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How can I save both the HTML5 canvas marks AND the image loaded in the canvas?

I have a canvas that I load an image into. The user then makes marks on the canvas with the loaded image as a background. When I attempt to save the image (using toDataURL()) AND the marks made by the user, it only saves the marks, but not the "background" image I loaded into the canvas. Can I save both in one shot?
I want to reload the image and the marks later. If I can't save both in one Base64 string, then I'd have to do some kind of overlay of images if that's even possible. It would be best to just save it.
Below is the code to load the image and save the marks. I didn't think making the marks code was relevant so I left details out.
Thanks for any help.
function SetUp() {
/// load the image
LoadImage();
/// Draw existing marks
DrawMarkedItems();
}
function LoadImage() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("imageView");
if (canvas != null) {
if (canvas.getContext) {
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function () {
context.drawImage(img, 15, 15, 620, 475);
}
img.src = '../Images/Outline.png';
}
}
}
function DrawMarkedItems() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("imageView");
if (canvas != null) {
if (canvas.getContext) {
var list = GetInfoList();
if (list.length == 0)
return;
var pairs = list.split('|').length;
for (var i = 0; i < pairs; i++) {
/// Get the X,Y cooridinates other data
/// saved previously in GetInfoList()
/// and draw the marks back on the
/// canvas with image backgroun
}
}
}
}
function SaveImage()
{
var canvas = document.getElementById("imageView");
var image = canvas.toDataURL("image/png", 0.1);
image = image.replace('data:image/png;base64,', '');
/// WebMethod in code behind
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OK, I figured it out. I was loading the background image first, then drawing the existing marks on the canvas (In Setup() calling LoadImage() then DrawMarkedItems()).
I moved the call to DrawMarkedItems() into the LoadImage() function, specifically in the img.onload function.
Below is the modified function. Hope this helps someone else:
function LoadImage() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("imageView");
if (canvas != null) {
if (canvas.getContext) {
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var img = new Image();
img.src = '../Images/Outline.png'; //moved up for cosmetics
img.onload = function () {
context.drawImage(img, 15, 15, 620, 475);
***DrawMarkedItems();***
}
}
}
}

why is my canvas zoom/pan slowing down.

I'm a new programmer just trying to learn how to make webpages. I found a code to zoom and pan canvas elements but when I implemented it into an extJS window It started becoming sluggish. It doesn't become sluggish if the image I render is just a shape, only if It's from a file image. I thought at first I was creating instances of objects over and over but I tried deleting the objects after use and it didn't change anything. Why is my zooming slowing down?
Ext.onReady(function(){
Ext.define("w",{
width: 1000,
height: 750,
extend: "Ext.Window",
html: '<canvas id="myCanvas" width="1000" height="750">'
+ 'alternate content'
+ '</canvas>'
,afterRender: function() {
this.callParent(arguments);
var canvas= document.getElementById("myCanvas");
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
var stage = new createjs.Stage("myCanvas");
/*function addCircle(r,x,y){
var g=new createjs.Graphics().beginFill("#ff0000").drawCircle(0,0,r);
var s=new createjs.Shape(g)
s.x=x;
s.y=y;
stage.addChild(s);
stage.update();
}*///// If I use this function instead of loading an img there's no slowdown.
function setBG(){
var myImage = new Image();
myImage.src = "dbz.jpg";
myImage.onload = setBG;
var bgrd = new createjs.Bitmap(myImage);
stage.addChild(bgrd);
stage.update();
delete myImage;
delete bgrd;
};
setBG();
//addCircle(40,200,100);
//addCircle(50,400,400);
canvas.addEventListener("mousewheel", MouseWheelHandler, false);
canvas.addEventListener("DOMMouseScroll", MouseWheelHandler, false);
var zoom;
function MouseWheelHandler(e) {
if(Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, (e.wheelDelta || -e.detail)))>0)
zoom=1.1;
else
zoom=1/1.1;
stage.regX=stage.mouseX;
stage.regY=stage.mouseY;
stage.x=stage.mouseX;
stage.y=stage.mouseY;
stage.scaleX=stage.scaleY*=zoom;
stage.update();
delete zoom;
}
stage.addEventListener("stagemousedown", function(e) {
var offset={x:stage.x-e.stageX,y:stage.y-e.stageY};
stage.addEventListener("stagemousemove",function(ev) {
stage.x = ev.stageX+offset.x;
stage.y = ev.stageY+offset.y;
stage.update();
delete offset;
});
stage.addEventListener("stagemouseup", function(){
stage.removeAllEventListeners("stagemousemove");
});
});
} //end aferrender
}); //end define
Ext.create("w", {
autoShow: true });
}); //end onready
It looks like you are infinitely re-loading the BG image. After your BG image finishes loading, your onload function callback just makes it call getBG again which will just repeat the same process forever.
function setBG() {
...
myImage.onload = setBG;
...
}
I'm not sure exactly what you expect by doing this.
You really shouldn't need to delete the image. Off the top of my head, this is how I would generally load an image for use in canvas, (based on how your train of thought is working).
function setBG(){
var myImage = new Image();
myImage.src = "dbz.jpg";
myImage.onload = function(){
var bgrd = new createjs.Bitmap(this);
stage.addChild(bgrd);
stage.update();
}
};
setBG();

Swapping between layers in kineticJS

I'm trying to treat layers as pages -- i.e. I draw on one page, then turn the page and draw on another, each time storing the previous page in case the user goes back to it.
In my mind this translates as:
Create current_layer global pointer.
Each time newPage() is called, store the old layer in an array, and overwrite the pointer
layer_array.push(current_layer); //store old layer
current_layer = new Kinetic.Layer(); //overwrite with a new
New objects are then added to the current_layer which binds them to the layer, whether they are drawn or not. (e.g. current_layer.add(myCircle) )
Retrieving a page is simply updating the pointer to the requesting layer in the array, and redrawing the page. All the child nodes attached to the layer will also be drawn too
current_layer = layer_array[num-1]; //num is Page 2 e.g
current_layer.draw()
However nothing is happening! I can create new pages, and store them appropriately - but I cannot retrieve them again...
Here's my full code (my browser is having problems using jsfiddle):
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://d3lp1msu2r81bx.cloudfront.net/kjs/js/lib/kinetic-v4.3.0.min.js"></script>
<script>
//Global
var stage; //canvas
var layer_array = [];
var current_page; //pointer to current layer
window.onload = function() {
stage = new Kinetic.Stage({
container: 'container',
width: 400,
height: 400
});
//Add initial page to stage to draw on
newPage()
};
//--- Functions ----//
function newPage(){
if(!current_page){
console.log("current page undefined");
} else {
layer_array.push(current_page);
// stage.remove(current_page);
//Nope, not working.
stage.removeChildren();
//Works, but I think it unbinds all objects
// from their specific layers...
// stage.draw()
console.log("Stored layer and removed it from stage");
}
current_page = new Kinetic.Layer();
console.log("Currently on page:"+(layer_array.length+1));
stage.add(current_page);
stage.draw();
}
function gotoPage(num){
stage.removeChildren()
stage.draw()
num = num-1;
if(num >= 0) {
current_page = layer_array[num];
console.log("Now on page"+(num+1));
stage.add(current_page);
stage.draw();
}
}
function addCircletoCurrentPage()
{
var rand = Math.floor(3+(Math.random()*10));
var obj = new Kinetic.Circle({
x: rand*16, y: rand*16,
radius: rand,
fill: 'red'
})
var imagelayer = current_page;
imagelayer.add(obj);
imagelayer.draw();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container"></div>
<button onclick="addCircletoCurrentPage()" >click</button>
<button onclick="newPage()" >new</button>
<button onclick="gotoPage(1)" >page1</button>
<button onclick="gotoPage(2)" >page2</button>
<button onclick="gotoPage(3)" >page3</button>
</body>
</html>
This was a fun problem. I think this fixes your troubles: http://jsfiddle.net/LRNHk/3/
Basically, you shouldn't remove() or removeChildren() as you risk de-referencing them.
Instead you should use:
layer.hide(); and layer.show();
this way, you keep all things equal and you get speedy draw performance.
So your go to page function should be like this:
function gotoPage(num){
for(var i=0; i<layer_array.length; i++) {
layer_array[i].hide();
}
layer_array[num].show();
console.log("Currently on page:"+(num));
console.log("Current layer: " + layer_array[num].getName());
stage.draw();
}
I also modified your other functions, which you can see in the jsfiddle.
Okay I changed my approach and instead of swapping layers (100x easier and makes more sense), I instead opted for serializing the entire stage and loading it back.
It works, but it really shouldn't have to be like this dammit
//Global
var stage; //canvas
var layer_array = [];
var current_page; //pointer to current layer
var page_num = 0;
window.onload = function() {
stage = new Kinetic.Stage({
container: 'container',
width: 400,
height: 400
});
//Add initial page to stage to draw on
newPage()
};
//--- Functions ----//
function newPage(){
if(!current_page){
console.log("current page undefined");
} else {
savePage(page_num)
stage.removeChildren()
console.log("Stored layer and removed it from stage");
}
current_page = new Kinetic.Layer();
console.log("Currently on page:"+(layer_array.length+1));
stage.add(current_page);
stage.draw();
page_num ++;
}
function savePage(num){
if( (num-1) >=0){
var store = stage.toJSON();
layer_array[num-1] = store;
console.log("Stored page:"+num)
}
}
function gotoPage(num){
savePage(page_num);
stage.removeChildren()
if(num-1 >= 0) {
var load = layer_array[num-1];
document.getElementById('container').innerHTML = ""; //blank
stage = Kinetic.Node.create(load, 'container');
var images = stage.get(".image");
for(i=0;i<images.length;i++)
{
//function to induce scope
(function() {
var image = images[i];
var imageObj = new Image();
imageObj.onload = function() {
image.setImage(imageObj);
current_page.draw();
};
imageObj.src = image.attrs.src;
})();
}
stage.draw();
page_num =num //update page
}
}
function addCircletoCurrentPage()
{
var rand = Math.floor(3+(Math.random()*10));
var obj = new Kinetic.Circle({
x: rand*16, y: rand*16, name: "image",
radius: rand,
fill: 'red'
})
var imagelayer = current_page;
imagelayer.add(obj);
imagelayer.draw();
}

How to drag an image after drop onto HTML5 Canvas?

I've modified a page where I can drag and drop images onto a canvas. It does everything I want except for one. I've tried multiple methods (including scripts, e.g. Kinetic and Raphael, which I still think may be the route to go) but have dead ended:
Once the image is dropped, I can't drag it on the canvas to a new position.
function drag(e)
{
//store the position of the mouse relativly to the image position
e.dataTransfer.setData("mouse_position_x",e.clientX - e.target.offsetLeft );
e.dataTransfer.setData("mouse_position_y",e.clientY - e.target.offsetTop );
e.dataTransfer.setData("image_id",e.target.id);
}
function drop(e)
{
e.preventDefault();
var image = document.getElementById( e.dataTransfer.getData("image_id") );
var mouse_position_x = e.dataTransfer.getData("mouse_position_x");
var mouse_position_y = e.dataTransfer.getData("mouse_position_y");
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
// the image is drawn on the canvas at the position of the mouse when we lifted the mouse button
ctx.drawImage( image , e.clientX - canvas.offsetLeft - mouse_position_x , e.clientY - canvas.offsetTop - mouse_position_y );
}
function convertCanvasToImage() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var image_src = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
window.open(image_src);
}
Here is a JSFiddle that I used as my initial start point - http://fiddle.jshell.net/gael/GF96n/4/ (drag the JSFiddle logo onto the canvas and then try to move it). I've since added CSS, tabs, content, etc. to my almost working page. The function I don't want to lose is the ability to drag the single image multiple times (clone) onto the canvas.
Any ideas/examples/pointers on how to create this functionality?
You need to do a couple of changes to your code, instead of drawing the image immediately to the canvas, you need to keep track of all images dropped. imagesOnCanvas will be filled with all images dropped.
var imagesOnCanvas = [];
function drop(e)
{
e.preventDefault();
var image = document.getElementById( e.dataTransfer.getData("image_id") );
var mouse_position_x = e.dataTransfer.getData("mouse_position_x");
var mouse_position_y = e.dataTransfer.getData("mouse_position_y");
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
imagesOnCanvas.push({
context: ctx,
image: image,
x:e.clientX - canvas.offsetLeft - mouse_position_x,
y:e.clientY - canvas.offsetTop - mouse_position_y,
width: image.offsetWidth,
height: image.offsetHeight
});
}
You also need an animation loop, which will go through all images in imagesOnCanvas and draw them sequentially. requestAnimationFrame is used to achieve this.
function renderScene() {
requestAnimationFrame(renderScene);
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.clearRect(0,0,
canvas.width,
canvas.height
);
for(var x = 0,len = imagesOnCanvas.length; x < len; x++) {
var obj = imagesOnCanvas[x];
obj.context.drawImage(obj.image,obj.x,obj.y);
}
}
requestAnimationFrame(renderScene);
Next you will have to monitor mousedown events on canvas, and if the event occurs on an image the startMove action can be called
canvas.onmousedown = function(e) {
var downX = e.offsetX,downY = e.offsetY;
// scan images on canvas to determine if event hit an object
for(var x = 0,len = imagesOnCanvas.length; x < len; x++) {
var obj = imagesOnCanvas[x];
if(!isPointInRange(downX,downY,obj)) {
continue;
}
startMove(obj,downX,downY);
break;
}
}
The isPointInRange function returns true if the mouse event occurred on an image object
function isPointInRange(x,y,obj) {
return !(x < obj.x ||
x > obj.x + obj.width ||
y < obj.y ||
y > obj.y + obj.height);
}
Once 'move mode' is active, the x/y coordinates of the object are changed to reflect the new mouse position
function startMove(obj,downX,downY) {
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var origX = obj.x, origY = obj.y;
canvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
var moveX = e.offsetX, moveY = e.offsetY;
var diffX = moveX-downX, diffY = moveY-downY;
obj.x = origX+diffX;
obj.y = origY+diffY;
}
canvas.onmouseup = function() {
// stop moving
canvas.onmousemove = function(){};
}
}
Working example here:
http://jsfiddle.net/XU2a3/41/
I know it's been like 2 years, but I'll give it a try... In the answer provided by #lostsource, the dataTransfer object is not supported in Opera browser, and the jsfiddle is not working. I desperately need that answer, that's what I've been looking for, but it's not working!

How do i clear the canvas for another animation?

Was wondering if any of you could help me
I've got to create an advert and want to have text flying in from the right.
So far I've managed to do it, but cannot clear the canvas for reanimation.
Here's my code so far:
<canvas id="canvas" width="800" height="200">Your browser doesn't support the canvas. <br/> I appologise for any inconvenience.
</canvas>
<script type = "text/javascript">
//Set up the canvas
var the_canvas_element = document.getElementById("canvas");
var the_canvas = the_canvas_element.getContext("2d");
//Start Variables
var x = 800;
//Start animation timing
var int = setInterval(draw,10);
var ljmulogo = new Image ();
{
ljmulogo.src = 'C:\Users\Chad\Documents\My Web Sites\CWK 2\Part A\Images\ljmu_logo.png'
setInterval (draw,100)
}
function draw()
{
//Clear canvas
the_canvas.clearRect(0,0,800,200);
//Draw text
the_canvas.fillStyle = "#000000";
the_canvas.font = "24pt arial";
the_canvas.fillText("Welcome to:",x,30);
the_canvas.fillStyle = "#000000";
the_canvas.font = "bold 24pt arial";
the_canvas.fillText("Liverpool John Moores University",x,70);
the_canvas.fillStyle = "#000000";
the_canvas.font = "32pt arial";
the_canvas.fillText("Computer Forensics",x,150);
//Check if at the end
if (x<=20)
{
//End animation
int = clearInterval(int);
}
else
{
//bring text in further
x = x -2;
}
}
</script>
Thanks a lot for any help, much appreciated :)
I'm not sure what's going on here, it doesn't look valid:
var ljmulogo = new Image ();
{
ljmulogo.src = 'C:\Users\Chad\Documents\My Web Sites\CWK 2\Part A\Images\ljmu_logo.png'
setInterval (draw,100)
}
To create a new image, try this:
//This code outside the draw loop
var ljmulogo = new Image();
ljmulogo.src = 'ljmu_logo.png';
//This code inside the draw loop
ctx.drawImage(ljmulogo, 0, 0);
(and remove the setInterval (draw,100) as you already have a setInterval + that 100 value is pretty high).