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Draw
/* © 2009 ROBO Design
* http://www.robodesign.ro
*/
// Keep everything in anonymous function, called on window load.
if(window.addEventListener) {
window.addEventListener('load', function () {
var canvas, context, tool;
function init () {
// Find the canvas element.
canvas = document.getElementById('imageView');
if (!canvas) {
alert('Error: I cannot find the canvas element!');
return;
}
if (!canvas.getContext) {
alert('Error: no canvas.getContext!');
return;
}
// Get the 2D canvas context.
context = canvas.getContext('2d');
if (!context) {
alert('Error: failed to getContext!');
return;
}
// Pencil tool instance.
tool = new tool_pencil();
// Attach the mousedown, mousemove and mouseup event listeners.
canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', ev_canvas, false);
canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', ev_canvas, false);
canvas.addEventListener('mouseup', ev_canvas, false);
}
// This painting tool works like a drawing pencil which tracks the mouse
// movements.
function tool_pencil () {
var tool = this;
this.started = false;
// This is called when you start holding down the mouse button.
// This starts the pencil drawing.
this.mousedown = function (ev) {
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(ev._x, ev._y);
context.lineWidth = 10;
tool.started = true;
};
// This function is called every time you move the mouse. Obviously, it only
// draws if the tool.started state is set to true (when you are holding down
// the mouse button).
this.mousemove = function (ev) {
if (tool.started) {
context.lineTo(ev._x, ev._y);
context.stroke();
}
};
// This is called when you release the mouse button.
this.mouseup = function (ev) {
if (tool.started) {
tool.mousemove(ev);
tool.started = false;
}
};
}
// The general-purpose event handler. This function just determines the mouse
// position relative to the canvas element.
function ev_canvas (ev) {
if (ev.layerX || ev.layerX == 0) { // Firefox
ev._x = ev.layerX;
ev._y = ev.layerY;
} else if (ev.offsetX || ev.offsetX == 0) { // Opera
ev._x = ev.offsetX;
ev._y = ev.offsetY;
}
// Call the event handler of the tool.
var func = tool[ev.type];
if (func) {
func(ev);
}
}
init();
}, false); }
// vim:set spell spl=en fo=wan1croql tw=80 ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 sta et ai cin fenc=utf-8 ff=unix:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Ironing Maiden: Web Edition</title>
<style type="text/css"><!--
#container { position: relative; }
#imageView { border: 1px solid #000; }
--></style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hold down the mouse button to draw in the rectangle below.</p>
<div id="container">
<canvas id="imageView" width="800" height="600">
<p>The canvas element is not supported in your browser.</p>
</canvas>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="draw.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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