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(function(){
var canvas = document.getElementById('hexmap');
var hexHeight,
hexRadius,
hexRectangleHeight,
hexRectangleWidth,
hexagonAngle = 0.523598776, // 30 degrees in radians
sideLength = 10,
boardWidth = 100,
boardHeight = 100;
hexHeight = Math.sin(hexagonAngle) * sideLength;
hexRadius = Math.cos(hexagonAngle) * sideLength;
hexRectangleHeight = sideLength + 2 * hexHeight;
hexRectangleWidth = 2 * hexRadius;
if (canvas.getContext){
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
ctx.strokeStyle = "#CCCCCC";
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
drawBoard(ctx, boardWidth, boardHeight);
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", function(eventInfo) {
var x,
y,
hexX,
hexY,
screenX,
screenY,
rect;
rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
x = eventInfo.clientX - rect.left;
y = eventInfo.clientY - rect.top;
hexY = Math.floor(y / (hexHeight + sideLength));
hexX = Math.floor((x - (hexY % 2) * hexRadius) / hexRectangleWidth);
screenX = hexX * hexRectangleWidth + ((hexY % 2) * hexRadius);
screenY = hexY * (hexHeight + sideLength);
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
drawBoard(ctx, boardWidth, boardHeight);
// Check if the mouse's coords are on the board
if(hexX >= 0 && hexX < boardWidth) {
if(hexY >= 0 && hexY < boardHeight) {
ctx.fillStyle = "#000000";
drawHexagon(ctx, screenX, screenY, true);
}
}
});
}
function drawBoard(canvasContext, width, height) {
var i,
j;
for(i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
for(j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
drawHexagon(
ctx,
i * hexRectangleWidth + ((j % 2) * hexRadius),
j * (sideLength + hexHeight),
false
);
}
}
}
function drawHexagon(canvasContext, x, y, fill) {
var fill = fill || false;
canvasContext.beginPath();
canvasContext.moveTo(x + hexRadius, y);
canvasContext.lineTo(x + hexRectangleWidth, y + hexHeight);
canvasContext.lineTo(x + hexRectangleWidth, y + hexHeight + sideLength);
canvasContext.lineTo(x + hexRadius, y + hexRectangleHeight);
canvasContext.lineTo(x, y + sideLength + hexHeight);
canvasContext.lineTo(x, y + hexHeight);
canvasContext.closePath();
if(fill) {
canvasContext.fill();
} else {
canvasContext.stroke();
}
}
})();
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Canvas Hexagonal Map</title>
<style type="text/css">
canvas {
border:0;
display:block;
margin:0 auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="hexmap" width="660" height="624"></canvas>
<script src="hexagons.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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