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The spec has a context.measureText(text) function that will tell you how much width it would require to print that text, but I can't find a way to find out how tall it is. I know it's based on the font, but I don't know to convert a font string to a text height.
Browsers are beginning to support advanced text metrics, which will make this task trivial when it's widely supported:
let metrics = ctx.measureText(text);
let fontHeight = metrics.fontBoundingBoxAscent + metrics.fontBoundingBoxDescent;
let actualHeight = metrics.actualBoundingBoxAscent + metrics.actualBoundingBoxDescent;
fontHeight gets you the bounding box height that is constant regardless of the string being rendered. actualHeight is specific to the string being rendered.
Spec: https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-2dcontext-20121217/#dom-textmetrics-fontboundingboxascent and the sections just below it.
Support status (20-Aug-2017):
Chrome has it behind a flag (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=277215).
Firefox has it in development (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102584).
Edge has no support (https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/257854-microsoft-edge-developer/suggestions/30922861-advanced-canvas-textmetrics).
node-canvas (node.js module), mostly supported (https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas/wiki/Compatibility-Status).
UPDATE - for an example of this working, I used this technique in the Carota editor.
Following on from ellisbben's answer, here is an enhanced version to get the ascent and descent from the baseline, i.e. same as tmAscent and tmDescent returned by Win32's GetTextMetric API. This is needed if you want to do a word-wrapped run of text with spans in different fonts/sizes.
The above image was generated on a canvas in Safari, red being the top line where the canvas was told to draw the text, green being the baseline and blue being the bottom (so red to blue is the full height).
Using jQuery for succinctness:
var getTextHeight = function(font) {
var text = $('<span>Hg</span>').css({ fontFamily: font });
var block = $('<div style="display: inline-block; width: 1px; height: 0px;"></div>');
var div = $('<div></div>');
div.append(text, block);
var body = $('body');
body.append(div);
try {
var result = {};
block.css({ verticalAlign: 'baseline' });
result.ascent = block.offset().top - text.offset().top;
block.css({ verticalAlign: 'bottom' });
result.height = block.offset().top - text.offset().top;
result.descent = result.height - result.ascent;
} finally {
div.remove();
}
return result;
};
In addition to a text element, I add a div with display: inline-block so I can set its vertical-align style, and then find out where the browser has put it.
So you get back an object with ascent, descent and height (which is just ascent + descent for convenience). To test it, it's worth having a function that draws a horizontal line:
var testLine = function(ctx, x, y, len, style) {
ctx.strokeStyle = style;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(x, y);
ctx.lineTo(x + len, y);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
};
Then you can see how the text is positioned on the canvas relative to the top, baseline and bottom:
var font = '36pt Times';
var message = 'Big Text';
ctx.fillStyle = 'black';
ctx.textAlign = 'left';
ctx.textBaseline = 'top'; // important!
ctx.font = font;
ctx.fillText(message, x, y);
// Canvas can tell us the width
var w = ctx.measureText(message).width;
// New function gets the other info we need
var h = getTextHeight(font);
testLine(ctx, x, y, w, 'red');
testLine(ctx, x, y + h.ascent, w, 'green');
testLine(ctx, x, y + h.height, w, 'blue');
You can get a very close approximation of the vertical height by checking the length of a capital M.
ctx.font = 'bold 10px Arial';
lineHeight = ctx.measureText('M').width;
The canvas spec doesn't give us a method for measuring the height of a string. However, you can set the size of your text in pixels and you can usually figure out what the vertical bounds are relatively easily.
If you need something more precise then you could throw text onto the canvas and then get pixel data and figure out how many pixels are used vertically. This would be relatively simple, but not very efficient. You could do something like this (it works, but draws some text onto your canvas that you would want to remove):
function measureTextHeight(ctx, left, top, width, height) {
// Draw the text in the specified area
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(left, top + Math.round(height * 0.8));
ctx.mozDrawText('gM'); // This seems like tall text... Doesn't it?
ctx.restore();
// Get the pixel data from the canvas
var data = ctx.getImageData(left, top, width, height).data,
first = false,
last = false,
r = height,
c = 0;
// Find the last line with a non-white pixel
while(!last && r) {
r--;
for(c = 0; c < width; c++) {
if(data[r * width * 4 + c * 4 + 3]) {
last = r;
break;
}
}
}
// Find the first line with a non-white pixel
while(r) {
r--;
for(c = 0; c < width; c++) {
if(data[r * width * 4 + c * 4 + 3]) {
first = r;
break;
}
}
// If we've got it then return the height
if(first != r) return last - first;
}
// We screwed something up... What do you expect from free code?
return 0;
}
// Set the font
context.mozTextStyle = '32px Arial';
// Specify a context and a rect that is safe to draw in when calling measureTextHeight
var height = measureTextHeight(context, 0, 0, 50, 50);
console.log(height);
For Bespin they do fake a height by measuring the width of a lowercase 'm'... I don't know how this is used, and I would not recommend this method. Here is the relevant Bespin method:
var fixCanvas = function(ctx) {
// upgrade Firefox 3.0.x text rendering to HTML 5 standard
if (!ctx.fillText && ctx.mozDrawText) {
ctx.fillText = function(textToDraw, x, y, maxWidth) {
ctx.translate(x, y);
ctx.mozTextStyle = ctx.font;
ctx.mozDrawText(textToDraw);
ctx.translate(-x, -y);
}
}
if (!ctx.measureText && ctx.mozMeasureText) {
ctx.measureText = function(text) {
ctx.mozTextStyle = ctx.font;
var width = ctx.mozMeasureText(text);
return { width: width };
}
}
if (ctx.measureText && !ctx.html5MeasureText) {
ctx.html5MeasureText = ctx.measureText;
ctx.measureText = function(text) {
var textMetrics = ctx.html5MeasureText(text);
// fake it 'til you make it
textMetrics.ascent = ctx.html5MeasureText("m").width;
return textMetrics;
}
}
// for other browsers
if (!ctx.fillText) {
ctx.fillText = function() {}
}
if (!ctx.measureText) {
ctx.measureText = function() { return 10; }
}
};
EDIT: Are you using canvas transforms? If so, you'll have to track the transformation matrix. The following method should measure the height of text with the initial transform.
EDIT #2: Oddly the code below does not produce correct answers when I run it on this StackOverflow page; it's entirely possible that the presence of some style rules could break this function.
The canvas uses fonts as defined by CSS, so in theory we can just add an appropriately styled chunk of text to the document and measure its height. I think this is significantly easier than rendering text and then checking pixel data and it should also respect ascenders and descenders. Check out the following:
var determineFontHeight = function(fontStyle) {
var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var dummy = document.createElement("div");
var dummyText = document.createTextNode("M");
dummy.appendChild(dummyText);
dummy.setAttribute("style", fontStyle);
body.appendChild(dummy);
var result = dummy.offsetHeight;
body.removeChild(dummy);
return result;
};
//A little test...
var exampleFamilies = ["Helvetica", "Verdana", "Times New Roman", "Courier New"];
var exampleSizes = [8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 36, 48, 96];
for(var i = 0; i < exampleFamilies.length; i++) {
var family = exampleFamilies[i];
for(var j = 0; j < exampleSizes.length; j++) {
var size = exampleSizes[j] + "pt";
var style = "font-family: " + family + "; font-size: " + size + ";";
var pixelHeight = determineFontHeight(style);
console.log(family + " " + size + " ==> " + pixelHeight + " pixels high.");
}
}
You'll have to make sure you get the font style correct on the DOM element that you measure the height of but that's pretty straightforward; really you should use something like
var canvas = /* ... */
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var canvasFont = " ... ";
var fontHeight = determineFontHeight("font: " + canvasFont + ";");
context.font = canvasFont;
/*
do your stuff with your font and its height here.
*/
As JJ Stiff suggests, you can add your text to a span and then measure the offsetHeight of the span.
var d = document.createElement("span");
d.font = "20px arial";
d.textContent = "Hello world!";
document.body.appendChild(d);
var emHeight = d.offsetHeight;
document.body.removeChild(d);
As shown on HTML5Rocks
Isn't the height of the text in pixels equal to the font size (in pts) if you define the font using context.font ?
Just to add to Daniel's answer (which is great! and absolutely right!), version without JQuery:
function objOff(obj)
{
var currleft = currtop = 0;
if( obj.offsetParent )
{ do { currleft += obj.offsetLeft; currtop += obj.offsetTop; }
while( obj = obj.offsetParent ); }
else { currleft += obj.offsetLeft; currtop += obj.offsetTop; }
return [currleft,currtop];
}
function FontMetric(fontName,fontSize)
{
var text = document.createElement("span");
text.style.fontFamily = fontName;
text.style.fontSize = fontSize + "px";
text.innerHTML = "ABCjgq|";
// if you will use some weird fonts, like handwriting or symbols, then you need to edit this test string for chars that will have most extreme accend/descend values
var block = document.createElement("div");
block.style.display = "inline-block";
block.style.width = "1px";
block.style.height = "0px";
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.appendChild(text);
div.appendChild(block);
// this test div must be visible otherwise offsetLeft/offsetTop will return 0
// but still let's try to avoid any potential glitches in various browsers
// by making it's height 0px, and overflow hidden
div.style.height = "0px";
div.style.overflow = "hidden";
// I tried without adding it to body - won't work. So we gotta do this one.
document.body.appendChild(div);
block.style.verticalAlign = "baseline";
var bp = objOff(block);
var tp = objOff(text);
var taccent = bp[1] - tp[1];
block.style.verticalAlign = "bottom";
bp = objOff(block);
tp = objOff(text);
var theight = bp[1] - tp[1];
var tdescent = theight - taccent;
// now take it off :-)
document.body.removeChild(div);
// return text accent, descent and total height
return [taccent,theight,tdescent];
}
I've just tested the code above and works great on latest Chrome, FF and Safari on Mac.
EDIT: I have added font size as well and tested with webfont instead of system font - works awesome.
I solved this problem straitforward - using pixel manipulation.
Here is graphical answer:
Here is code:
function textHeight (text, font) {
var fontDraw = document.createElement("canvas");
var height = 100;
var width = 100;
// here we expect that font size will be less canvas geometry
fontDraw.setAttribute("height", height);
fontDraw.setAttribute("width", width);
var ctx = fontDraw.getContext('2d');
// black is default
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
ctx.font = font;
ctx.fillText(text/*'Eg'*/, 0, 0);
var pixels = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, width, height).data;
// row numbers where we first find letter end where it ends
var start = -1;
var end = -1;
for (var row = 0; row < height; row++) {
for (var column = 0; column < width; column++) {
var index = (row * width + column) * 4;
// if pixel is not white (background color)
if (pixels[index] == 0) {
// we havent met white (font color) pixel
// on the row and the letters was detected
if (column == width - 1 && start != -1) {
end = row;
row = height;
break;
}
continue;
}
else {
// we find top of letter
if (start == -1) {
start = row;
}
// ..letters body
break;
}
}
}
/*
document.body.appendChild(fontDraw);
fontDraw.style.pixelLeft = 400;
fontDraw.style.pixelTop = 400;
fontDraw.style.position = "absolute";
*/
return end - start;
}
one line answer
var height = parseInt(ctx.font) * 1.2;
CSS "line-height: normal" is between 1 and 1.2
read here for more info
I'm kind of shocked that there are no correct answers here. There is no need to make an estimate or a guess. Also, the font-size is not the actual size of the bounding box of the font. The font height depends on whether you have ascenders and descenders.
To calculate it, use ctx.measureText() and add together the actualBoundingBoxAscent and the actualBoundingBoxDescent. That'll give you the actual size. You can also add together the font* versions to get the size that is used to calculate things like element height, but isn't strictly the height of the actual used space for the font.
const text = 'Hello World';
const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas');
canvas.width = 500;
canvas.height = 200;
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
const fontSize = 100;
ctx.font = `${fontSize}px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif`;
// top is critical to the fillText() calculation
// you can use other positions, but you need to adjust the calculation
ctx.textBaseline = 'top';
ctx.textAlign = 'center';
const metrics = ctx.measureText(text);
const width = metrics.width;
const actualHeight = metrics.actualBoundingBoxAscent + metrics.actualBoundingBoxDescent;
// fallback to using fontSize if fontBoundingBoxAscent isn't available, like in Firefox. Should be close enough that you aren't more than a pixel off in most cases.
const fontHeight = (metrics.fontBoundingBoxAscent + metrics.fontBoundingBoxDescent) ?? fontSize;
ctx.fillStyle = '#00F'; // blue
ctx.fillRect((canvas.width / 2) - (width / 2), (canvas.height / 2) - (fontHeight / 2), width, fontHeight);
ctx.fillStyle = '#0F0'; // green
ctx.fillRect((canvas.width / 2) - (width / 2), (canvas.height / 2) - (actualHeight / 2), width, actualHeight);
// canvas.height / 2 - actualHeight / 2 gets you to the top of
// the green box. You have to add actualBoundingBoxAscent to shift
// it just right
ctx.fillStyle = '#F00'; // red
ctx.fillText(text, canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2 - actualHeight / 2 + metrics.actualBoundingBoxAscent);
<canvas></canvas>
This is what I did based on some of the other answers here:
function measureText(text, font) {
const span = document.createElement('span');
span.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
Object.assign(span.style, {
font: font,
margin: '0',
padding: '0',
border: '0',
whiteSpace: 'nowrap'
});
document.body.appendChild(span);
const {width, height} = span.getBoundingClientRect();
span.remove();
return {width, height};
}
var font = "italic 100px Georgia";
var text = "abc this is a test";
console.log(measureText(text, font));
I'm writing a terminal emulator so I needed to draw rectangles around characters.
var size = 10
var lineHeight = 1.2 // CSS "line-height: normal" is between 1 and 1.2
context.font = size+'px/'+lineHeight+'em monospace'
width = context.measureText('m').width
height = size * lineHeight
Obviously if you want the exact amount of space the character takes up, it won't help. But it'll give you a good approximation for certain uses.
I have implemented a nice library for measuring the exact height and width of text using HTML canvas. This should do what you want.
https://github.com/ChrisBellew/text-measurer.js
Here is a simple function. No library needed.
I wrote this function to get the top and bottom bounds relative to baseline. If textBaseline is set to alphabetic. What it does is it creates another canvas, and then draws there, and then finds the top most and bottom most non blank pixel. And that is the top and bottom bounds. It returns it as relative, so if height is 20px, and there is nothing below the baseline, then the top bound is -20.
You must supply characters to it. Otherwise it will give you 0 height and 0 width, obviously.
Usage:
alert(measureHeight('40px serif', 40, 'rg').height)
Here is the function:
function measureHeight(aFont, aSize, aChars, aOptions={}) {
// if you do pass aOptions.ctx, keep in mind that the ctx properties will be changed and not set back. so you should have a devoted canvas for this
// if you dont pass in a width to aOptions, it will return it to you in the return object
// the returned width is Math.ceil'ed
console.error('aChars: "' + aChars + '"');
var defaultOptions = {
width: undefined, // if you specify a width then i wont have to use measureText to get the width
canAndCtx: undefined, // set it to object {can:,ctx:} // if not provided, i will make one
range: 3
};
aOptions.range = aOptions.range || 3; // multiples the aSize by this much
if (aChars === '') {
// no characters, so obviously everything is 0
return {
relativeBot: 0,
relativeTop: 0,
height: 0,
width: 0
};
// otherwise i will get IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount error somewhere below
}
// validateOptionsObj(aOptions, defaultOptions); // not needed because all defaults are undefined
var can;
var ctx;
if (!aOptions.canAndCtx) {
can = document.createElement('canvas');;
can.mozOpaque = 'true'; // improved performanceo on firefox i guess
ctx = can.getContext('2d');
// can.style.position = 'absolute';
// can.style.zIndex = 10000;
// can.style.left = 0;
// can.style.top = 0;
// document.body.appendChild(can);
} else {
can = aOptions.canAndCtx.can;
ctx = aOptions.canAndCtx.ctx;
}
var w = aOptions.width;
if (!w) {
ctx.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
ctx.textAlign = 'left';
ctx.font = aFont;
w = ctx.measureText(aChars).width;
}
w = Math.ceil(w); // needed as i use w in the calc for the loop, it needs to be a whole number
// must set width/height, as it wont paint outside of the bounds
can.width = w;
can.height = aSize * aOptions.range;
ctx.font = aFont; // need to set the .font again, because after changing width/height it makes it forget for some reason
ctx.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
ctx.textAlign = 'left';
ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
console.log('w:', w);
var avgOfRange = (aOptions.range + 1) / 2;
var yBaseline = Math.ceil(aSize * avgOfRange);
console.log('yBaseline:', yBaseline);
ctx.fillText(aChars, 0, yBaseline);
var yEnd = aSize * aOptions.range;
var data = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, w, yEnd).data;
// console.log('data:', data)
var botBound = -1;
var topBound = -1;
// measureHeightY:
for (y=0; y<=yEnd; y++) {
for (var x = 0; x < w; x += 1) {
var n = 4 * (w * y + x);
var r = data[n];
var g = data[n + 1];
var b = data[n + 2];
// var a = data[n + 3];
if (r+g+b > 0) { // non black px found
if (topBound == -1) {
topBound = y;
}
botBound = y; // break measureHeightY; // dont break measureHeightY ever, keep going, we till yEnd. so we get proper height for strings like "`." or ":" or "!"
break;
}
}
}
return {
relativeBot: botBound - yBaseline, // relative to baseline of 0 // bottom most row having non-black
relativeTop: topBound - yBaseline, // relative to baseline of 0 // top most row having non-black
height: (botBound - topBound) + 1,
width: w// EDIT: comma has been added to fix old broken code.
};
}
relativeBot, relativeTop, and height are the useful things in the return object.
Here is example usage:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<script>
function measureHeight(aFont, aSize, aChars, aOptions={}) {
// if you do pass aOptions.ctx, keep in mind that the ctx properties will be changed and not set back. so you should have a devoted canvas for this
// if you dont pass in a width to aOptions, it will return it to you in the return object
// the returned width is Math.ceil'ed
console.error('aChars: "' + aChars + '"');
var defaultOptions = {
width: undefined, // if you specify a width then i wont have to use measureText to get the width
canAndCtx: undefined, // set it to object {can:,ctx:} // if not provided, i will make one
range: 3
};
aOptions.range = aOptions.range || 3; // multiples the aSize by this much
if (aChars === '') {
// no characters, so obviously everything is 0
return {
relativeBot: 0,
relativeTop: 0,
height: 0,
width: 0
};
// otherwise i will get IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount error somewhere below
}
// validateOptionsObj(aOptions, defaultOptions); // not needed because all defaults are undefined
var can;
var ctx;
if (!aOptions.canAndCtx) {
can = document.createElement('canvas');;
can.mozOpaque = 'true'; // improved performanceo on firefox i guess
ctx = can.getContext('2d');
// can.style.position = 'absolute';
// can.style.zIndex = 10000;
// can.style.left = 0;
// can.style.top = 0;
// document.body.appendChild(can);
} else {
can = aOptions.canAndCtx.can;
ctx = aOptions.canAndCtx.ctx;
}
var w = aOptions.width;
if (!w) {
ctx.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
ctx.textAlign = 'left';
ctx.font = aFont;
w = ctx.measureText(aChars).width;
}
w = Math.ceil(w); // needed as i use w in the calc for the loop, it needs to be a whole number
// must set width/height, as it wont paint outside of the bounds
can.width = w;
can.height = aSize * aOptions.range;
ctx.font = aFont; // need to set the .font again, because after changing width/height it makes it forget for some reason
ctx.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
ctx.textAlign = 'left';
ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
console.log('w:', w);
var avgOfRange = (aOptions.range + 1) / 2;
var yBaseline = Math.ceil(aSize * avgOfRange);
console.log('yBaseline:', yBaseline);
ctx.fillText(aChars, 0, yBaseline);
var yEnd = aSize * aOptions.range;
var data = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, w, yEnd).data;
// console.log('data:', data)
var botBound = -1;
var topBound = -1;
// measureHeightY:
for (y=0; y<=yEnd; y++) {
for (var x = 0; x < w; x += 1) {
var n = 4 * (w * y + x);
var r = data[n];
var g = data[n + 1];
var b = data[n + 2];
// var a = data[n + 3];
if (r+g+b > 0) { // non black px found
if (topBound == -1) {
topBound = y;
}
botBound = y; // break measureHeightY; // dont break measureHeightY ever, keep going, we till yEnd. so we get proper height for strings like "`." or ":" or "!"
break;
}
}
}
return {
relativeBot: botBound - yBaseline, // relative to baseline of 0 // bottom most row having non-black
relativeTop: topBound - yBaseline, // relative to baseline of 0 // top most row having non-black
height: (botBound - topBound) + 1,
width: w
};
}
</script>
</head>
<body style="background-color:steelblue;">
<input type="button" value="reuse can" onClick="alert(measureHeight('40px serif', 40, 'rg', {canAndCtx:{can:document.getElementById('can'), ctx:document.getElementById('can').getContext('2d')}}).height)">
<input type="button" value="dont reuse can" onClick="alert(measureHeight('40px serif', 40, 'rg').height)">
<canvas id="can"></canvas>
<h1>This is a Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
The relativeBot and relativeTop are what you see in this image here:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API/Tutorial/Drawing_text
Funny that TextMetrics has width only and no height:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-canvas-element.html#textmetrics
Can you use a Span as on this example?
http://mudcu.be/journal/2011/01/html5-typographic-metrics/#alignFix
First of all, you need to set the height of a font size, and then according to the value of the font height to determine the current height of your text is how much, cross-text lines, of course, the same height of the font need to accumulate, if the text does not exceed the largest text box Height, all show, otherwise, only show the text within the box text. High values need your own definition. The larger the preset height, the greater the height of the text that needs to be displayed and intercepted.
After the effect is processed(solve)
Before the effect is processed(
unsolved)
AutoWrappedText.auto_wrap = function(ctx, text, maxWidth, maxHeight) {
var words = text.split("");
var lines = [];
var currentLine = words[0];
var total_height = 0;
for (var i = 1; i < words.length; i++) {
var word = words[i];
var width = ctx.measureText(currentLine + word).width;
if (width < maxWidth) {
currentLine += word;
} else {
lines.push(currentLine);
currentLine = word;
// TODO dynamically get font size
total_height += 25;
if (total_height >= maxHeight) {
break
}
}
}
if (total_height + 25 < maxHeight) {
lines.push(currentLine);
} else {
lines[lines.length - 1] += "…";
}
return lines;};
I found that JUST FOR ARIAL the simplest, fastest and accuratest way to find height of bounding box is to use the width of certain letters. If you plan to use a certain font without letting user to choose one different, you can do a little research to find the right letter that do the job for that font.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="700" height="200" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.</canvas>
<script>
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "100px Arial";
var txt = "Hello guys!"
var Hsup=ctx.measureText("H").width;
var Hbox=ctx.measureText("W").width;
var W=ctx.measureText(txt).width;
var W2=ctx.measureText(txt.substr(0, 9)).width;
ctx.fillText(txt, 10, 100);
ctx.rect(10,100, W, -Hsup);
ctx.rect(10,100+Hbox-Hsup, W2, -Hbox);
ctx.stroke();
</script>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The canvas tag is not supported in Internet
Explorer 8 and earlier versions.</p>
</body>
</html>
setting the font size might not be practical though, since setting
ctx.font = ''
will use the one defined by CSS as well as any embedded font tags. If you use the CSS font you have no idea what the height is from a programmatic way, using the measureText method, which is very short sighted. On another note though, IE8 DOES return the width and height.
This works 1) for multiline text as well 2) and even in IE9!
<div class="measureText" id="measureText">
</div>
.measureText {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
font-family: Arial;
position: fixed;
visibility: hidden;
height: auto;
width: auto;
white-space: pre-wrap;
line-height: 100%;
}
function getTextFieldMeasure(fontSize, value) {
const div = document.getElementById("measureText");
// returns wrong result for multiline text with last line empty
let arr = value.split('\n');
if (arr[arr.length-1].length == 0) {
value += '.';
}
div.innerText = value;
div.style['font-size']= fontSize + "px";
let rect = div.getBoundingClientRect();
return {width: rect.width, height: rect.height};
};
I know this is an old answered question, but for future reference I'd like to add a short, minimal, JS-only (no jquery) solution I believe people can benefit from:
var measureTextHeight = function(fontFamily, fontSize)
{
var text = document.createElement('span');
text.style.fontFamily = fontFamily;
text.style.fontSize = fontSize + "px";
text.textContent = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 ";
document.body.appendChild(text);
var result = text.getBoundingClientRect().height;
document.body.removeChild(text);
return result;
};
I monkey patched CanvasRenderingContext2D.measureText() in one of my project to include actual height of the text. It's written in vanilla JS and has zero dependencies.
/*
* Monkeypatch CanvasRenderingContext2D.measureText() to include actual height of the text
*/
; (function (global) {
"use strict";
var _measureText = global.CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.measureText;
global.CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.measureText = function () {
var textMetrics = _measureText.apply(this, arguments);
var _getHeight = function (text) {
var $span = global.document.createElement("span");
var spanTextNode = global.document.createTextNode(text);
$span.appendChild(spanTextNode);
$span.setAttribute("style", `font: ${this.font}`);
var $div = global.document.createElement("div");
$div.setAttribute("style", "display: inline-block; width: 1px; height: 0; vertical-align: super;");
var $parentDiv = global.document.createElement("div");
$parentDiv.appendChild($span);
$parentDiv.appendChild($div);
var $body = global.document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
$body.appendChild($parentDiv);
var divRect = $div.getBoundingClientRect();
var spanRect = $span.getBoundingClientRect();
var result = {};
$div.style.verticalAlign = "baseline";
result.ascent = divRect.top - spanRect.top;
$div.style.verticalAlign = "bottom";
result.height = divRect.top - spanRect.top;
result.descent = result.height - result.ascent;
$body.removeChild($parentDiv);
return result.height - result.descent;
}.bind(this);
var height = _getHeight(arguments[0]);
global.Object.defineProperty(textMetrics, "height", { value: height });
return textMetrics;
};
})(window);
You can use it like this
ctx.font = "bold 64px Verdana, sans-serif"; // Automatically considers it as part of height calculation
var textMetrics = ctx.measureText("Foobar");
var textHeight = textMetrics.height;
parseInt(ctx.font, 10)
e.g.
let text_height = parseInt(ctx.font, 10)
e.g. returns 35
In normal situations the following should work:
var can = CanvasElement.getContext('2d'); //get context
var lineHeight = /[0-9]+(?=pt|px)/.exec(can.font); //get height from font variable
This is madding... The height of the text is the font size.. Didn't any of you read the documentation?
context.font = "22px arial";
this will set the height to 22px.
the only reason there is a..
context.measureText(string).width
is because that the width of the string can not be determined unless it knows the string you want the width of but for all the strings drawn with the font.. the height will be 22px.
if you use another measurement than px then the height will still be the same but with that measurement so at most all you would have to do is convert the measurement.
Approximate solution:
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "100px Arial";
var txt = "Hello guys!"
var wt = ctx.measureText(txt).width;
var height = wt / txt.length;
This will be accurate result in monospaced font.
I am making a html/js turn based game and I have created canvas element using javascript.
I have put a repeated background picture so it looks like a 10 X 10 squared board but want to put a grid over that so I can eventually make each 'square' clickable for characters to move, squares to light up upon hover etc.
How might I do that in the simplest way possible?
Thank you.
Here is the code I used to create the canvas in javascript:
var myGameArea = {
canvas : document.createElement("canvas"),
start : function() {
this.canvas.width = 480;
this.canvas.height = 480;
this.canvas.style.cursor = "default";
this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
document.body.append(this.canvas, document.body.childNodes[0]);
this.frameNo = 0;
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
window.addEventListener('onclick()', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = e.pageX;
myGameArea.y = e.pageY;
})
Well, you could create an image with the grid and overlay that. Otherwise you can use lineTo to create a line on the grid. Then do that repeatedly to create a grid.
let canvas = <link to canvas>;
let context = canvas.getContext('2d');
let gridSize = 10;
let canvasSize = {
width:400;
height:400;
}
for(let i=0;i<canvasSize.height;i+=gridSize){
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(i,0);
context.lineTo(i,canvasSize.height);
context.strokeStyle = "#222222";
context.stroke();
}
for(let i=0;i<canvasSize.width;i+=gridSize){
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(0,i);
context.lineTo(canvasSize.width,i);
context.strokeStyle = "#222222";
context.stroke();
}
I recommend checking out: https://www.html5canvastutorials.com/tutorials/html5-canvas-lines/ I got a lot of help there when using canvases.
One way to achieve a grid overlay that allows your game to determine which grid cell was clicked, would be to generate separate DOM elements per cell of the grid where each cell is aligned/sized to the grid itself.
You could use CSS to define the common styling rules for each grid cell, and also use the :hover selector to define "hover" styling to reveal the cell that the user is hovering over:
/* Styling for each tile in grid with absolute
position against relative wrapper */
.gameAreaWrapper a {
display:block;
position: absolute;
width: 10%;
height: 10%;
}
/* Cause visual feedback to user when
tile is hovered */
.gameAreaWrapper a:hover {
background:rgba(255,255,0,0.5);
}
A function in your script would then use a nested loop to generate cells for the 10x10 grid like this:
function generateGameBoardSquares(wrapper) {
for(let x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
for(let y = 0; y < 10; y++) {
/* Create the cell element */
const cell = document.createElement("a");
/* Position relative to top-left corner of parent */
cell.style.left = `${x*10}%`
cell.style.top = `${y*10}%`
/* Add cell to wrapper parent */
wrapper.append(cell);
}
}
}
Here's a complete demo:
/* Define helper function that generates grid of square
elements across specified wrapper element */
function generateGameBoardSquares(wrapper) {
function onClick(x,y) {
alert(`You clicked ${x},${y}`);
}
for(let x = 0; x < 10; x++) {
for(let y = 0; y < 10; y++) {
const tile = document.createElement("a");
tile.style.left = `${x*10}%`
tile.style.top = `${y*10}%`
tile.addEventListener("click", () => onClick(x,y));
wrapper.append(tile);
}
}
}
var myGameArea = {
canvas: document.createElement("canvas"),
start: function() {
this.canvas.width = 480;
this.canvas.height = 480;
this.canvas.style.cursor = "default";
this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
const gameAreaWrapper = document.querySelector(".gameAreaWrapper");
gameAreaWrapper.append(this.canvas);
/* Cause wrapper to perfectly wrap the canvas that we want
to align with */
gameAreaWrapper.style.width = `${this.canvas.width}px`;
gameAreaWrapper.style.height = `${this.canvas.height}px`;
/* Generate grid cells */
generateGameBoardSquares(gameAreaWrapper);
this.frameNo = 0;
/*
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
*/
/* correct event name is "click" */
window.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
myGameArea.x = e.pageX;
myGameArea.y = e.pageY;
})
}
}
myGameArea.start()
/* Added to show grid boundary */
canvas {
background:rgba(255,0,0,0.1);
}
/* Style wrapper to support placement of
each tile in grid with relative positioning */
.gameAreaWrapper {
position: relative;
}
/* Styling for each tile in grid with absolute
position against relative wrapper */
.gameAreaWrapper a {
display:block;
position: absolute;
width: 10%;
height: 10%;
}
/* Cause visual feedback to user when
tile is hovered */
.gameAreaWrapper a:hover {
background:rgba(255,255,0,0.5);
}
<div class="gameAreaWrapper">
<!--
Added by your script
<canvas />
-->
</div>
Hope this helps!
The Problem
I am creating a game using the HTML5 Canvas, the game has a main menu, the main menu has multiple buttons for you to choose. I am finding it difficult and confusing how I would, for example if the user presses the 'Play' button, to show the game. Here is an image of the main menu:
The Question
The question is how would I get from this page to another in my game?
I think you get the idea. I deliberately created the menu using the canvas, I know I could of made the menu using HTML for example but I cant as this is an example for students of what Canvas can do, whats good and bad etc.
The Code
<html>
<head>
<title>Sean Coyne</title>
</head>
<body onload="start_game()">
<body>
<div style id="canvas">
<canvas id="myCanvas" style="border:5px solid #410b11" height="320" width="480">
<p>Your browser does not support HTML5!</p>
</canvas>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Referencing the canvas
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var width = canvas.getAttribute('width');
var height = canvas.getAttribute('height');
//Finding the position of the mouse
var mouseX;
var mouseY;
//Images
var bgImage = new Image();
var logoImage = new Image();
var playImage = new Image();
var instructImage = new Image();
var settingsImage = new Image();
var aboutImage = new Image();
var peaceImage = new Image();
var backgroundY = 0;
var speed = 1;
//Arrays below used for mouse over function
var buttonX = [130,110,130,160];
var buttonY = [100,140,180,220];
var buttonWidth = [96,260,182,160];
var buttonHeight = [40,40,40,40];
var peaceX = [0,0];
var peaceY = [0,0];
var peaceWidth = 35;
var peaceHeight = 35;
var peaceVisible = false;
var peaceSize = peaceWidth;
var peaceRotate = 0;
var frames = 30;
var timerId = 0;
var fadeId = 0;
var time = 0.0;
peaceImage.src = "Images/peace.png";
bgImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(bgImage, 0, backgroundY);
};
bgImage.src = "Images/background.png";
logoImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(logoImage, 50, -10);
}
logoImage.src = "Images/logo.png";
playImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(playImage, buttonX[0], buttonY[0]);
}
playImage.src = "Images/play.png";
instructImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(instructImage, buttonX[1], buttonY[1]);
}
instructImage.src = "Images/instructions.png";
settingsImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(settingsImage, buttonX[2], buttonY[2]);
}
settingsImage.src = "Images/settings.png";
aboutImage.onload = function(){
context.drawImage(aboutImage, buttonX[3], buttonY[3]);
}
aboutImage.src = "Images/about.png";
timerId = setInterval("update()", 1000/frames);
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", checkPos);
canvas.addEventListener("mouseup", checkClick);
function update() {
clear();
move();
draw();
}
function clear() {
context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
}
function move(){
backgroundY -= speed;
if(backgroundY == -1 * height){
backgroundY = 0;
}
if(peaceSize == peaceWidth){
peaceRotate = -1;
}
if(peaceSize == 0){
peaceRotate = 1;
}
peaceSize += peaceRotate;
}
function draw(){
context.drawImage(bgImage, 0, backgroundY);
context.drawImage(logoImage, 50,-10);
context.drawImage(playImage, buttonX[1], buttonY[0]);
context.drawImage(instructImage, buttonX[2], buttonY[1]);
context.drawImage(settingsImage, buttonX[2], buttonY[2]);
context.drawImage(aboutImage, buttonX[3], buttonY[3]);
if(peaceVisible == true){
context.drawImage(peaceImage, peaceX[0] - (peaceSize/2), peaceY[0], peaceSize, peaceHeight);
context.drawImage(peaceImage, peaceX[2] - (peaceSize/2), peaceY[2], peaceSize, peaceHeight);
}
}
function checkPos(mouseEvent){
if(mouseEvent.pageX || mouseEvent.pageY == 0){
mouseX = mouseEvent.pageX - this.offsetLeft;
mouseY = mouseEvent.pageY - this.offsetTop;
}else if(mouseEvent.offsetX || mouseEvent.offsetY == 0){
mouseX = mouseEvent.offsetX;
mouseY = mouseEvent.offsetY;
}
for(i = 0; i < buttonX.length; i++){
if(mouseX > buttonX[i] && mouseX < buttonX[i] + buttonWidth[i]){
if(mouseY > buttonY[i] && mouseY < buttonY[i] + buttonHeight[i]){
peaceVisible = true;
peaceX[0] = buttonX[i] - (peaceWidth/2) - 2;
peaceY[0] = buttonY[i] + 2;
peaceX[1] = buttonX[i] + buttonWidth[i] + (peaceWidth/2);
peaceY[1] = buttonY[i] + 2;
}
}else{
peaceVisible = false;
}
}
}
function checkClick(mouseEvent){
for(i = 0; i < buttonX.length; i++){
if(mouseX > buttonX[i] && mouseX < buttonX[i] + buttonWidth[i]){
if(mouseY > buttonY[i] && mouseY < buttonY[i] + buttonHeight[i]){
fadeId = setInterval("fadeOut()", 1000/frames);
clearInterval(timerId);
canvas.removeEventListener("mousemove", checkPos);
canvas.removeEventListener("mouseup", checkClick);
}
}
}
}
function fadeOut(){
context.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0, 0.2)";
context.fillRect (0, 0, width, height);
time += 0.1;
if(time >= 2){
clearInterval(fadeId);
time = 0;
timerId = setInterval("update()", 1000/frames);
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", checkPos);
canvas.addEventListener("mouseup", checkClick);
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
What I usually do is have a switch statement inside the draw loop, and a state variable which holds the current game state (menu, playing, etc...).
Then, based on the current game state you only draw the objects required for the current scene.
Something like this:
var STATES = {
Menu: 0,
PauseMenu: 1,
Playing: 2
};
var currentState = STATES.Menu;
...
function draw() {
switch(currentState) {
case STATES.Menu:
// Draw buttons, etc..
break;
case STATES.Playing:
// Draw the game screen, the player, etc...
break;
}
}
When the user presses the Play button the only thing you have to do is:
function onPlayButtonClick() {
currentState = STATES.Playing;
// Starting the next frame the new state will be "magically" drawn
}
If you don't like the switch statement, you can create a State class that has a draw method. Then you can simply create new states, each with it's own drawing method and in the main draw loop only call the draw method of the current state.
Same goes for the update function, each state has it's own update function (in the main menu you update buttons or animate things, while playing the game you update the game world and run your physics). So, based on the current state your update function is actually different. It's up to you how you structure your code and how you call different functions based on the current state.
In each text option, you should create a smaller Canvas, only with the option text and add a 'click' event with the callbacks.
Tip: You don't need another page, just erase the main canvas and draw what you want.
I want to create a Canvas in which there will be two areas (Left and right), Left panel will contain some shapes which will be draggable(static as well) and on the right side I would be able to drop them, but I am facing following problem,
I am not able to make the shapes which i draw on the left side, draggable, because there is no id associated with them.
I do not know how to make some particular area droppable.
Here is code to visualize what I am trying to achieve-
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600" style="border:1px solid #000000;">
</canvas>
<script>
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.moveTo(250,0);
ctx.lineTo(250,600);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.fillStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.fillRect(50,50,160,25);
ctx.fillStyle = "#0000FF";
ctx.font = "15px";
ctx.strokeText("Draggable Elements here",57,67);
ctx.fillStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.fillRect(500,50,130,25);
ctx.font = "15px";
ctx.strokeText("Droppable area Here",510,67);
</script>
</body>
Here is the JS fiddle for the same -
http://jsfiddle.net/akki166786/4tfyy4o5/
so if anybody can shed some light on how can I achieve this, it will be a great help.
Thanks in Advance
Drag and drop in specifik area
UPDATE: Copy of box remains at original position while it's being moved.
First you need to be able to detect your rectangles. You do this by making then into objects in your code:
function box(x,y,w,h,rgb) {
this.x = x,
this.y = y;
this.xS = x; //saving x
this.yS = y; //saving y
this.w = w;
this.h = h;
this.rgb = rgb;
//to determine if the box is being draged
this.draging = false;
}
No you need to add an event listener to determine if someone is clicking, you also need to determine if the person clicked in one of your boxes.
c.addEventListener("mousedown",down);
c.addEventListener("mousemove",move);
c.addEventListener("mouseup",up);
So events have been made to detect when the mouse button is pressed down, released back up and if the mouse moves within the canvas. To these events we have functions, down(), move() and up(), ready to be executed.
All functions will be visible in the example below.
When we're happily draging our boxes and releasing our mouse button, we need to check if the box was dropped in the dropable area. We do this in the up()-function. If the drop was OK, the box can stay, otherwise we send it back to where it came from.
Working example
var c = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
c.width = 600;
c.height = 300;
//My mouse coordinates
var x,y;
c.addEventListener("mousedown",down);
c.addEventListener("mousemove",move);
c.addEventListener("mouseup",up);
//I'll save my boxes in this array
var myBoxes = new Array();
//This function describes what a box is.
//Each created box gets its own values
function box(x,y,w,h,rgb) {
this.x = x,
this.y = y;
this.xS = x; //saving x
this.yS = y; //saving y
this.w = w;
this.h = h;
this.rgb = rgb;
//to determine if the box is being draged
this.draging = false;
}
//Let's make some boxes!!
myBoxes[0] = new box(10,10,50,100,"green");
myBoxes[1] = new box(80,50,100,75,"blue");
myBoxes[2] = new box(40,150,20,70,"yellow");
//here we draw everything
function draw() {
ctx.clearRect(0,0,c.width,c.height);
//Dropable area
ctx.fillStyle="red";
ctx.fillRect(c.width/2,0,c.width,c.height);
//Boxes!
for (var i = 0; i<myBoxes.length; i++) {
var b = myBoxes[i];
//NEW CODE FOR UPDATE
if (b.draging) { //box on the move
//Also draw it on the original spot
ctx.fillStyle="grey"; //I chose a different color to make it appear more as a shadow of the box that's being moved.
ctx.fillRect(b.xS,b.yS,b.w,b.h);
ctx.strokeRect(b.xS,b.yS,b.w,b.h);
}
//End of new code for update
ctx.fillStyle=b.rgb;
ctx.fillRect(b.x,b.y,b.w,b.h);
ctx.strokeRect(b.x,b.y,b.w,b.h);
}
//Let's keep re-drawing this
requestAnimationFrame(draw);
}
function down(event) {
event = event || window.event;
x = event.pageX - c.offsetLeft,
y = event.pageY - c.offsetTop;
for (var i = 0; i<myBoxes.length; i++) {
var b = myBoxes[i];
if (x>b.x && x<b.x+b.w && y>b.y && y<b.y+b.h) {
b.draging = true;
}
}
}
function move(event) {
event = event || window.event;
x = event.pageX - c.offsetLeft,
y = event.pageY - c.offsetTop;
for (var i = 0; i<myBoxes.length; i++) {
var b = myBoxes[i];
if (b.draging) {
b.x = x;
b.y = y;
}
}
}
function up(event) {
event = event || window.event;
x = event.pageX - c.offsetLeft,
y = event.pageY - c.offsetTop;
for (var i = 0; i<myBoxes.length; i++) {
var b = myBoxes[i];
if (b.draging) {
//Let's see if the rectangle is inside the dropable area
if (b.x>c.width/2) {
//Yes is it!
b.x = x;
b.y = y;
b.draging = false;
}
else {
//No it's not, sending it back to its ordiginal spot
b.x = b.xS;
b.y = b.yS;
b.draging = false;
}
}
}
}
draw();
canvas {
border: 1px solid black;
}
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
You're using just one canvas, maybe it would be better if you use two separate canvas, one for each element you want to handle on page. so you'll have one element ID for each one.
plus. if your drawing is simple, consider using a div for it instead a canvas
Once drawn to the canvas, shapes(or lines, images, everything) are no longer accessible.
What you will need to do is store each shape in an object in your code. For example:
var rectangle = {
width: 100,
height: 100,
x: 50,
y: 50
}
Then when you drag rectangle, you will need to update it's x and y properties on mouseup (or while it's being dragged if you want a drag preview).
I want to draw a grid of 10 x 10 squares on a HTML5 canvas with number 1-100 displayed on the squares. Clicking a square should call a JavaScript function with the square's number passed as a variable to the function.
First, I encourage you to read this answer to another question involving the HTML5 Canvas. You need to understand that there are no squares. In order to detect a click on a 'square', you would have to keep track of a mapping from each canvas coordinate to the square(s) that it logically contains, handle a single click event on the entire canvas, work out which square(s) you want to change, and then redraw the canvas with the changes you want.
Then—since you seem to have no objection to using a more appropriate technology—I encourage you to do this in either HTML (where each 'square' is something like a <div> that is absolutely-positioned and sized and colored using CSS), or SVG (using <rect> if you need the squares to be able to be rotated, or want to introduce other shapes).
HTML and SVG are both 'retained-mode' graphics mode systems, where drawing a shape 'retains' the concept of that shape. You can move the shape, change its colors, size, etc. and the computer will automatically redraw it for you. Moreover, and more importantly for your use case, you can (with both HTML and SVG):
function changeColor(evt){
var clickedOn = evt.target;
// for HTML
clickedOn.style.backgroundColor = '#f00';
// for SVG
clickedOn.setAttribute('fill','red');
}
mySquare.addEventListener('click',changeColor,false);
Edit: I've created a simple implementation in JavaScript and HTML: http://jsfiddle.net/6qkdP/2/
Here's the core code, in case JSFiddle is down:
function clickableGrid( rows, cols, callback ){
var i=0;
var grid = document.createElement('table');
grid.className = 'grid';
for (var r=0;r<rows;++r){
var tr = grid.appendChild(document.createElement('tr'));
for (var c=0;c<cols;++c){
var cell = tr.appendChild(document.createElement('td'));
cell.innerHTML = ++i;
cell.addEventListener('click',(function(el,r,c,i){
return function(){ callback(el,r,c,i); }
})(cell,r,c,i),false);
}
}
return grid;
}
EDIT: Using HTML elements rather than drawing these things on a canvas or using SVG is another option and quite possibly preferable.
Following up on Phrogz's suggestions, see here for an SVG implementation:
jsfiddle example
document.createSvg = function(tagName) {
var svgNS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
return this.createElementNS(svgNS, tagName);
};
var numberPerSide = 20;
var size = 10;
var pixelsPerSide = 400;
var grid = function(numberPerSide, size, pixelsPerSide, colors) {
var svg = document.createSvg("svg");
svg.setAttribute("width", pixelsPerSide);
svg.setAttribute("height", pixelsPerSide);
svg.setAttribute("viewBox", [0, 0, numberPerSide * size, numberPerSide * size].join(" "));
for(var i = 0; i < numberPerSide; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < numberPerSide; j++) {
var color1 = colors[(i+j) % colors.length];
var color2 = colors[(i+j+1) % colors.length];
var g = document.createSvg("g");
g.setAttribute("transform", ["translate(", i*size, ",", j*size, ")"].join(""));
var number = numberPerSide * i + j;
var box = document.createSvg("rect");
box.setAttribute("width", size);
box.setAttribute("height", size);
box.setAttribute("fill", color1);
box.setAttribute("id", "b" + number);
g.appendChild(box);
var text = document.createSvg("text");
text.appendChild(document.createTextNode(i * numberPerSide + j));
text.setAttribute("fill", color2);
text.setAttribute("font-size", 6);
text.setAttribute("x", 0);
text.setAttribute("y", size/2);
text.setAttribute("id", "t" + number);
g.appendChild(text);
svg.appendChild(g);
}
}
svg.addEventListener(
"click",
function(e){
var id = e.target.id;
if(id)
alert(id.substring(1));
},
false);
return svg;
};
var container = document.getElementById("container");
container.appendChild(grid(5, 10, 200, ["red", "white"]));
container.appendChild(grid(3, 10, 200, ["white", "black", "yellow"]));
container.appendChild(grid(7, 10, 200, ["blue", "magenta", "cyan", "cornflowerblue"]));
container.appendChild(grid(2, 8, 200, ["turquoise", "gold"]));
As the accepted answer shows, doing this in HTML/CSS is easiest if this is all your design amounts to, but here's an example using canvas as an alternative for folks whose use case might make more sense in canvas (and to juxtapose against HTML/CSS).
The first step of the problem boils down to figuring out where in the canvas the user's mouse is, and that requires knowing the offset of the canvas element. This is the same as finding the mouse position in an element, so there's really nothing unique to canvas here in this respect. I'm using event.offsetX/Y to do this.
Drawing a grid on canvas amounts to a nested loop for rows and columns. Use a tileSize variable to control the step amount. Basic math lets you figure out which tile (coordinates and/or cell number) your mouse is in based on the width and height and row and column values. Use context.fill... methods to write text and draw squares. I've kept everything 0-indexed for sanity, but you can normalize this as a final step before display (don't mix 1-indexing in your logic, though).
Finally, add event listeners to the canvas element to detect mouse actions which will trigger re-computations of the mouse position and selected tile and re-renders of the canvas. I attached most of the logic to mousemove because it's easier to visualize, but the same code applies to click events if you choose.
Keep in mind that the below approach is not particularly performance-conscious; I only re-render when the cursor moves between cells, but partial re-drawing or moving an overlay to indicate the highlighted element would be faster (if available). There are a lot of micro-optimizations I've ignored. Consider this a proof-of-concept.
const drawGrid = (canvas, ctx, tileSize, highlightNum) => {
for (let y = 0; y < canvas.width / tileSize; y++) {
for (let x = 0; x < canvas.height / tileSize; x++) {
const parity = (x + y) % 2;
const tileNum = x + canvas.width / tileSize * y;
const xx = x * tileSize;
const yy = y * tileSize;
if (tileNum === highlightNum) {
ctx.fillStyle = "#f0f";
}
else {
ctx.fillStyle = parity ? "#555" : "#ddd";
}
ctx.fillRect(xx, yy, tileSize, tileSize);
ctx.fillStyle = parity ? "#fff" : "#000";
ctx.fillText(tileNum, xx, yy);
}
}
};
const size = 10;
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.width = canvas.height = 200;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "11px courier";
ctx.textBaseline = "top";
const tileSize = canvas.width / size;
const status = document.createElement("pre");
let lastTile = -1;
drawGrid(canvas, ctx, tileSize);
document.body.style.display = "flex";
document.body.style.alignItems = "flex-start";
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
document.body.appendChild(status);
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", evt => {
event.target.style.cursor = "pointer";
const tileX = ~~(evt.offsetX / tileSize);
const tileY = ~~(evt.offsetY / tileSize);
const tileNum = tileX + canvas.width / tileSize * tileY;
if (tileNum !== lastTile) {
lastTile = tileNum;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
drawGrid(canvas, ctx, tileSize, tileNum);
}
status.innerText = ` mouse coords: {${evt.offsetX}, ${evt.offsetX}}
tile coords : {${tileX}, ${tileY}}
tile number : ${tileNum}`;
});
canvas.addEventListener("click", event => {
status.innerText += "\n [clicked]";
});
canvas.addEventListener("mouseout", event => {
drawGrid(canvas, ctx, tileSize);
status.innerText = "";
lastTile = -1;
});