HTML5 Canvas and select / drag-and-drop features in a JS library?


If you want to use HTML5 canvas to draw shapes, texts and curves and also want to attach traditional DOM events like onClick or drag and drop functions, a crossbar framework Raphael is used for doing drag and drop or touch events.

This technology uses SVG and XML for older versions of IE.  Drag and drag using HTML is shown below.  

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en">
   <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
         <title>Raphaël · Drag-n-drop</title>
         <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "demo.css" type = "text/css" media = "screen">
         <meta name = "apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content = "yes">
         <link rel = "apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href = "/Raphael.png">
         <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "demo-print.css" type = "text/css" media = "print">
         <script src = "raphael.js"></script>
         <script>
            window.onload = function () {
               var R = Raphael(0, 0, "100%", "100%"),
               r = R.circle(100, 100, 50).attr({fill: "hsb(0, 1, 1)", stroke: "none", opacity: .5}),
               g = R.circle(210, 100, 50).attr({fill: "hsb(.3, 1, 1)", stroke: "none", opacity: .5}),
               b = R.circle(320, 100, 50).attr({fill: "hsb(.6, 1, 1)", stroke: "none", opacity: .5}),
               p = R.circle(430, 100, 50).attr({fill: "hsb(.8, 1, 1)", stroke: "none", opacity: .5});
            var start = function () {
               this.ox = this.attr("cx");
               this.oy = this.attr("cy");
               this.animate({r: 70, opacity: .25}, 500, ">");
            },
            move = function (dx, dy) {
               this.attr({cx: this.ox + dx, cy: this.oy + dy});
            },
            up = function () {
               this.animate({r: 50, opacity: .5}, 500, ">");
            };
            R.set(r, g, b, p).drag(move, start, up);
         };
      </script>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div id = "holder"></div>
      <p id = "copy">Demo of <a href = "http://raphaeljs.com/">Raphaël</a>— JavaScript Vector Library</p>
   </body>
</html>

karthikeya Boyini
karthikeya Boyini

I love programming (: That's all I know

Updated on: 04-Mar-2020

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