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How to lock the horizontal movement of Rectangle using FabricJS?
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to lock the horizontal movement of a Rectangle using FabricJS. Just as we can specify the position, colour, opacity and dimension of a rectangle object in the canvas, we can also specify whether we want it to move only in the Y-axis. This can be done by using the lockMovementX property.
Syntax
new fabric.Rect({ lockMovementX: Boolean }: Object)
Parameters
Options (optional) This parameter is an Object which provides additional customizations to our rectangle. Using this parameter, properties such as colour, cursor, stroke width, and a lot of other properties can be changed related to the object of which lockMovementX is a property.
Options Keys
lockMovementX This property accepts a Boolean value. If we assign it a ‘true’ value, then the object will no longer be able to move in the horizontal direction.
Example 1
Default behaviour of a Rectangle object in the canvas
Let’s see a code example to understand how we can move our rectangle object in the X-axis or the Y-axis freely when lockMovementX property is not assigned a True value.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Adding the Fabric JS Library-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fabric.js/510/fabric.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Default behaviour of a Rectangle object in the canvas</h2>
<p>Drag the rectangle across the X-axis and Y-axis to see that movement is
allowed in both directions</p>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<script>
// Initiate a canvas instance
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
canvas.setHeight(250);
// Initiate a rectangle object
var rect = new fabric.Rect({
left: 55,
top: 90,
width: 170,
height: 70,
fill: "black",
padding: 9,
stroke: "#483d8b",
strokeWidth: 5,
});
// Add it to the canvas
canvas.add(rect);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Example 2
Passing lockMovementX as key with a True value
In this example, we will see how we can lock the horizontal movement of a rectangle object. By assigning the lockMovementX property a True value, we essentially cease movement in the horizontal direction.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Adding the Fabric JS Library-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fabric.js/510/fabric.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Passing lockMovementX as key with a True value</h2>
<p>Drag the rectangle across the X-axis and Y-axis, and observe that its movement is restricted in the horizontal direction.</p>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<script>
// Initiate a canvas instance
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
canvas.setHeight(250);
// Initiate a rectangle object
var rect = new fabric.Rect({
left: 55,
top: 90,
width: 170,
height: 70,
fill: "black",
padding: 9,
stroke: "#483d8b",
strokeWidth: 5,
lockMovementX: true,
});
// Add it to the canvas
canvas.add(rect);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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