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Is there a way to watch screenX and screenY positions and have a method run when they change?

I am trying to run a method whenever the screenX or screenY position of a rendered window changes. I have set up a a default value for these positions in my data section here:
data() {
return {
initialX: window.screenX,
initialY: window.screenY
};
},
I have computed properties here:
currentPopupX() {
return window.screenX;
},
currentPopupY() {
return window.screenY;
}
},
Finally, I have a watch set up here:
watch: {
currentPopupX() {
if (this.currentPopupX !== this.initialX) {
movePopup(this.popup, this.currentPopupX, this.currentPopupY);
}
},
currentPopupY() {
if (this.currentPopupY !== this.initialY) {
movePopup(this.popup, this.currentPopupX, this.currentPopupY);
}
},
However the computed property seems to only return on initial render and does not update after that. Is there something I am missing?
I have tried comparing initial data to computed properties in the watch expecting for the method to be executed on change, however it never changes.
Note:
The rendered window is a popup notification. A user wants to drag that notification to a new location (currently it renders in the center of the screen) and have that popup render in the position they dragged it to the next time it is rendered. For additional context, I'm trying to grab the new positions to pass them along to an IPC event.

At my opinion, you have to use an interval to detect the browser position since there's no window move event.
if the browser position.x or the browser position.y change, you may dispatch a custom event.
The event here when you move the window will change the color of the text from black to red.
const event = new CustomEvent("browserMove",{ detail: "browserPosition" });
window.addEventListener("browserMove", onBrowserMove);
let moveTimer=null;
let content=null;
let oldX = 0;
let oldY = 0;
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",onReady);
function onReady(e){
content = document.getElementById("content");
oldX = window.screenX;
oldY = window.screenY;
moveTimer = setInterval(detectBrowserMove,200);
}
function detectBrowserMove(){
let r = browserPosition();
if(r.x !== oldX || r.y !== oldY){
// dispatch an event here
window.dispatchEvent(event);
oldX = window.screenX;
oldY = window.screenY;
}
content.innerHTML = ("browser.x = " + r.x + ", browser.y = " + r.y);
}
function browserPosition() {
let position={};
position = {x:window.screenX, y:window.screenY};
return(position);
}
function onBrowserMove(e){
// write your code here
let x = window.screenX;
let y = window.screenY;
content.style.color="#ff0000";
}
<div id="content">
</div>

If I catch your problem correctly, you are saying that-
A notification window will open in the center by default. The user can
drag it anywhere and when next time the notification window will appear, it should pop up at the position where the user last dragged it.
If we take the problem in some other way, you need the last dragged position of the window to send to the API for the next time opening. So, instead of checking the window's position every time why not check for only the last/latest position before it closes?
What I mean is-
Let the notification window open.
Attach a unload listener to it.
Drag it anywhere you want multiple times.
When the window is about to close, look into the listener, and grab the latest position.
Here is how you can do it in Vue-
Create a window data variable in your Vue and assign your newly opened window object to it-
data() {
return {
// Save notification window object to this data property
vue_window: null;
}
}
Apply a watcher that when vue_window has some value, set a listener to it-
watch: {
vue_window(newVal) {
// Only if vue_window variable has some value
if (newVal) {
// this will fire when the window is about to close
newVal.onunload = () => {
// Here are the latest screen positions of the window
console.log(this.vue_window.screenX, this.vue_window.screenY);
};
}
},
},
That's it. When the window will be about to close, you will have the last and latest position of the window which you can save wherever you want.
Here is the demo of this logic- CodeSandBox Link
I couldn't create a snippet because the window is not opening in the snippet environment. I will add the snippet if found any solution to work with the window obj.

About image rotation once element with specific id is clicked

Logo and elements from ul once clicked rotates image. By default image is already rotated by certain degrees, then on each click image rotates to necessary value.
So far I was using the following:
$("#objRotates").css('opacity','.2');
var value = 0;
var prev_value = 0;
$( "li" ).click(function() {
var text=$(this).text();
if(text==="text1"){value=0;}
if(text==="text2"){value=33;}
if(text==="text3"){value=66;}
if(prev_value != value){
$("#objRotates").animate({opacity:'1'});
$("#objRotates").rotate({
animateTo:value,
easing: $.easing.easeInOutExpo,
center: ["25px", "150px"],
callback: function(){$("#objRotates").animate({opacity:'0.2'});}
});
}
prev_value = value;
});
Above code is the one that was used before, where images start position was 0 and its animation was triggered from link text.
Using jqueryRotate.js examples(here)
How do I change the code, so that images start position is certain degrees and animation starts if element with specific ID is clicked?
Give at least clue..Cause for now, looking at my old code, I am lost. Thanks in advance.
SIMPLIFIED FIDDLE

Ok, so I've created a couple of samples for you to check out. The first one is very basic and I've simplified the code a little to make it easier to understand. This one just uses completely static values and a static elementId for the event, which I'm pretty sure answers your question based on your response to my comment yesterday. http://jsfiddle.net/x9ja7/594/
$("#elementId").click(function () {
var startingAngle = 45;
var endingAngle = 90;
var elementToRotate = "img";
$(elementToRotate).rotate({
angle: startingAngle,
animateTo: endingAngle
});
});
But I wanted to give another example as well that would be dynamic and repeatable for multiple elements. With the code above, you would have to copy/paste the same code over and over again if you want to perform this animation by clicking different elements. Here's an alternative. In this example, you set all of your parameters in the data attributes in the clickable element, then the function is completely repeatable, you only have to write it once. Less code = everyone happy! Here's the example: http://jsfiddle.net/x9ja7/595/
//#region Default starting angles
$("#image1").rotate({ angle: 90 });
$("#image2").rotate({ angle: 20 });
//#endregion
$(".rotateAction").click(function () {
//#region Optional parameter - used in the optional callback function
var $self = $(this);
//#endregion
var startingAngle = Number($(this).attr("data-startingangle"));
var endingAngle = Number($(this).attr("data-endingangle"));
var elementToRotate = $(this).attr("data-elementtorotate");
//#region If the current angle is the ending angle, reverse the animation - this can be removed if you want, I thought it may be cool to show some of the things you can do with this.
var currentAngle = $(elementToRotate).getRotateAngle();
if ( currentAngle[0] === endingAngle) {
startingAngle = Number($(this).attr("data-endingangle"));
endingAngle = Number($(this).attr("data-startingangle"));
}
//#endregion
$(elementToRotate).rotate({
angle: startingAngle,
animateTo: endingAngle
//#region This is optional - uncommenting this code would make the animation single-use only
//, callback: function () { $self.off().removeClass("clickable"); }
//#endregion
});
});
Hope this helps. If you need any other assistance, please let me know.

setInterval does not stop after second call

I am currently working on a battle system.
The health gets calculated every 200ms, and I'm using a Interval. It works pretty good, until I start the game - the Interval again. It doesn't stop anymore.
It is a lot of code - I have also an online live demo here http://wernersbacher.de/pro/coinerdev/
Like I said - works the first, but not the second.
So, just the main code:
var frameStop;
// Draws Startscreen
function showStartRaid(name) {
playerBTC = btc;
playerBTCs = btcs;
playerName = nick;
// Sets stats for called level
enemyBTC = dun[name]["buyer"]["btc"];
enemyBTCs = dun[name]["buyer"]["btcs"];
enemyName = dun[name]["buyer"]["label"];
enemyNum = dun[name]["meta"]["base"];
/* Reset everything in html */
}
var battle = false;
$(".raid_building").click(function() {
//Draws level
showStartRaid(name);
//Sets start BTC as fighting stats (they will decrease during battle)
fplayerBTC = playerBTC;
fenemyBTC = enemyBTC;
//Click on "Start"
$("#startRaid").click(function() {
function raiden() {
//Calculates fighting
fenemyBTC -= playerBTCs/frameMinus;
fplayerBTC -= enemyBTCs/frameMinus;
/*Draws stats and health here in html */
if(fplayerBTC >= 0 && fenemyBTC >= 0)
console.log("battle goes on")
else {
//If battle is over, stop it
clearInterval(frameStop);
}
}
//Start battle
frameStop = setInterval(raiden, frameRaid);
});
});
Thanks for any help, I'm helpless.

With your code, every time .raid_building is clicked, you hook up a new handler for clicks on #startRaid. So that means, if .raid_building is clicked twice, you'll have two handlers for clicks on #startRaid, both of which start a new interval timer. Your frameStop variable will only contain the handle of one of them; the other will continue. And of course, a third click will compound the problem (you'll have three click handlers, each of which fires up a new interval timer). And so on...
Move the code hooking click on #startRaid outside the click handler on .raid_building.

Easeljs sprite animation stuck on frame

I'm learning javascript by using the easeljs library to make a simple game, for school lessons.
I want to make a crosshair give some feedback to the player by showing a small animation while you are pointing at your target, using a hittest I made.
However, when the crosshair touches the target, the animation (should be two little triangles pointing to the middle of the crosshair) seems to be stuck on it's first frame.
Here is a bit of my code, I put both of these functions inside a ticker function. The functions do what they're supposed to do (I checked by sending a message to the console.log), but I think the animation is reset as soon as the variable "hitTestControle" is set to true, at every tick.
If you want to check out all of the code, here is a link to the "game":
http://athena.fhict.nl/users/i279907/achtergrond/achtergrond.html
function hitTest() {
if(distance(crossHair, block) < 60) {
hitTestControle = true;
} else {
hitTestControle = false;
console.log(hitTestControle);
}
}
function hitTestControl() {
if(hitTestControle == true) {
crossHair.gotoAndPlay("move");
console.log("hit");
} else {
crossHair.gotoAndPlay("stop");
}
}
PS: There also seems to be something wrong with this hittest I used.
function distance() {
var difx = blok.x - crossHair.x;
var dify = blok.y - crossHair.y;
return Math.sqrt( (difx * difx) + (dify * dify) );
}

It looks like you're starting the animation... setting it to the first frame and starting it... every time hitTestControle is true. Since hitTestControle will be true as long as you're hovering over the target, the animation will never reach the second frame.
What you need to do is start the animation when you transition from hitTestControle = false to hitTestControle = true, but once that happens you just let it play automatically.
Try changing your hitTestControl() function to something like this:
function hitTestControl() {
if(hitTestControle == true && alreadyOverHit == false) {
crossHair.gotoAndPlay("move");
alreadyOverHit = true;
console.log("hit");
} else {
crossHair.gotoAndPlay("stop");
alreadyOverHit = false;
}
}
In other words, only start the animation once, during the first frame you're detecting a hit, and then don't touch it unless you move off the target and back on.

gameQuery collision detection

it is the first time for me to explore jQuery and gameQuery for building games using JavaScript, so am asking about sth that might look very naive, but really i cant get it.
i am developing a game like Space Invader, the detection for collision between player missile and enemies not working.
This is my code:
the definition for my Enemy class
function Enemy(node){
this.node = $(node);
this.pts_value = 0;
return true;
}
this is the code i use to add ten enemy sprite next to each other. the enemies move together to the left and the right
$.each(new Array(10), function(index, value) {
$("#enemy_group").addSprite("enemy2_"+index,{animation: enemies[2],
posx: index * 55, posy: 0, width: 48, height: 48})
$("#enemy2_"+index).addClass("enemy");
$("#enemy2_"+index)[0].enemy = new Enemy($("#enemy2_"+index));
$("#enemy2_"+index)[0].pts_value = 150;
});
so when i need to move the enemies, i move the enemies together, i move the group that includes all the sprites "#enemy_group"
if(ENEMY_TO_RIGHT){
var enemiesNewPos = (parseInt($("#enemy_group").css("left"))) + ENEMY_SPEED;
if(enemiesNewPos < PLAYGROUND_WIDTH - 550){
$("#enemy_group").css("left", ""+enemiesNewPos+"px");
} else {
ENEMY_TO_RIGHT = false;
}
} else {
var enemiesNewPos = (parseInt($("#enemy_group").css("left"))) - ENEMY_SPEED;
if(enemiesNewPos > 0){
$("#enemy_group").css("left", ""+enemiesNewPos+"px");
} else {
ENEMY_TO_RIGHT = true;
}
}
finally for collision detection, i want to remove the enemy sprite that the players missile has hit, each missile sprite has an added class names ".playerMissiles"
$(".playerMissiles").each(function(){
var posy = parseInt($(this).css("top"));
if(posy < 0){
$(this).remove();
return;
}
$(this).css("top", ""+(posy - MISSILE_SPEED)+"px");
//Test for collisions
var collided = $(this).collision(".enemy, .group");
if(collided.length > 0){
//An enemy has been hit!
collided.each(function(){
$(this).setAnimation(enemies[0], function(node){$(node).remove();});
})
}
});
i was following the documentation tutorial on the gameQuery website.
any help appreciated, thanks,

I can't see any problem with your code. I can only give you a few pointers:
Did you create "enemy_group" with the addGroup function?
Is "enemy_group" nested in something special like a custom div ? for the collision detection to work you need a chain of parent composed only of sprites and groups (and tiles map)
Is "enemy_group" nested in a sprite, if so it's a bad idea because you will need to add the selector for this sprite in your methode call and this sprite will be included in the colliding element list.
The same goes for the ".playerMissiles"
Just to be sure what version of gameQuery and jQuery do you use? The last version from gitHub is unstable and I wouldn't recomend using it, user 0.5.1 instead.

You could use jquery collision plugin, so you avoid doid the logic by yourself.
Hope this helps. Cheers