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How can I create a tooltip on mouse over in p5JS?

I have started playing with P5JS, but I wanted to create a tooltip on mouse over for each of the data points when the pointer is over it.
How can I do this? I have seen some examples using the map function, but unsure how this would work here.
Appreciate any help! I am not a JS dev just yet!

Generally speaking displaying tooltips that are specific to graphics displayed on a canvas involves "hit testing," which is to say: checking if the mouse is hovering over the specific graphics, and then some mechanism for displaying the tooltip.
Since your graphics are all circles, hit testing is quite simple. For each circle that you draw, check the distance to the mouse position. If the distance is less than the radius of the circle than the mouse is hovering over that circle:
let mouseDist = dist(posX, posY, mouseX, mouseY);
if (mouseDist < earthquakeMag * 5) {
// display tooltip, or set a flag to display the
// tooltip after the rest of the graphics have been
// displayed
}
As for displaying the tooltip you have two options: 1) you can rely on the native behavior of browser elements by setting the title attribute of the canvas element, or 2) you can display your own tooltip. The advantage of the former is that it is very trivial, but the advantage of the latter is that you have more control over where/when/how the tooltip is rendered.
Option 1:
let c;
function setup() {
c = createCanvas(500,500);
// ...
}
function draw() {
// ...
for (var i = 0; i < this.data.getRowCount(); i++) {
// ...
let mouseDist = dist(posX, posY, mouseX, mouseY);
if (mouseDist < earthquakeMag * 5) {
c.elt.title = 'hit!';
}
}
}
Option 2:
let tooltipText;
for (var i = 0; i < this.data.getRowCount(); i++) {
// ...
let mouseDist = dist(posX, posY, mouseX, mouseY);
if (mouseDist < earthquakeMag * 5) {
// If we displayed the tooltip at this point then
// some of the circles would overlap it.
tooltipText = date_[i];
}
// ...
}
if (tooltipText) {
// measure the width of the tooltip
let w = textWidth(tooltipText);
// save the current fill/stroke/textAlign state
push();
// draw a lightgray rectangle with a dimgray border
fill('lightgray');
stroke('dimgray');
strokeWeight(1);
// draw this rectangle slightly below and to the
// right of the mouse
rect(mouseX + 10, mouseY + 10, w + 20, 24, 4);
textAlign(LEFT, TOP);
noStroke();
fill('black');
text(tooltipText, mouseX + 20, mouseY + 16);
// restore the previous fill/stroke/textAlign state
pop();
}

Show data labels inside donut pie chart p5js

I'm building a p5js donut chart, but I'm struggling to show the data labels in the middle. I think I have managed to get the boundaries right for it, but how would match the angle that I'm in? Or is there a way of matching just through the colours?
https://i.stack.imgur.com/enTBo.png
I have started by trying to match the boundaries of the chart to the pointer, which I managed to do using mouseX and mouseY. Any suggestions, please?
if(mouseX >= width / 2 - width * 0.2 && mouseY >= height / 2 - width * 0.2
&& mouseX <= width / 2 + width * 0.2 && mouseY <= height / 2 + width * 0.2)
{
//console.log("YAY!!! I'm inside the pie chart!!!");
}
else
{
textSize(14);
text('Hover over to see the labels', width / 2, height / 2);
}
};
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/enTBo.png

While you could theoretically use the get() function to check the color of the pixel under the mouse cursor and correlate that with one of the entries in your dataset, I think you would be much better off doing the math to determine which segment the mouse is currently over. And conveniently p5.js provides helper functions that make it very easy.
In the example you showed you are only checking if the mouse cursor is in a rectangular region. But in reality you want to check if the mouse cursor is within a circle. To do this you can use the dist(x1, y1, x2, y2) function. Once you've established that the mouse cursor is over your pie chart, you'll want to determine which segment it is over. This can be done by finding the angle between a line draw from the center of the chart to the right (or whichever direction is where you started drawing the wedges), and a line drawn from the center of the chart to the mouse cursor. This can be accomplished using the angleBetween() function of p5.Vector.
Here's a working example:
const colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue'];
const thickness = 40;
let segments = {
foo: 34,
bar: 55,
baz: 89
};
let radius = 80, centerX, centerY;
function setup() {
createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight);
noFill();
strokeWeight(thickness);
strokeCap(SQUARE);
ellipseMode(RADIUS);
textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
textSize(20);
centerX = width / 2;
centerY = height / 2;
}
function draw() {
background(200);
let keys = Object.keys(segments);
let total = keys.map(k => segments[k]).reduce((v, s) => v + s, 0);
let start = 0;
// Check the mouse distance and angle
let mouseDist = dist(centerX, centerY, mouseX, mouseY);
// Find the angle between a vector pointing to the right, and the vector
// pointing from the center of the window to the current mouse position.
let mouseAngle =
createVector(1, 0).angleBetween(
createVector(mouseX - centerX, mouseY - centerY)
);
// Counter clockwise angles will be negative 0 to PI, switch them to be from
// PI to TWO_PI
if (mouseAngle < 0) {
mouseAngle += TWO_PI;
}
for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
stroke(colors[i]);
let angle = segments[keys[i]] / total * TWO_PI;
arc(centerX, centerY, radius, radius, start, start + angle);
// Check mouse pos
if (mouseDist > radius - thickness / 2 &&
mouseDist < radius + thickness / 2) {
if (mouseAngle > start && mouseAngle < start + angle) {
// If the mouse is the correct distance from the center to be hovering over
// our "donut" and the angle to the mouse cursor is in the range for the
// current slice, display the slice information
push();
noStroke();
fill(colors[i]);
text(`${keys[i]}: ${segments[keys[i]]}`, centerX, centerY);
pop();
}
}
start += angle;
}
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/p5.js/1.3.1/p5.js"></script>

I think I know the source of the problem was that #thenewbie experienced: it is the p5 library being used. I was using the p5.min.js and experiencing the same problem. Once I started using the full p5.js library, the issue was resolved and #Paul's script worked.
Here is a link I came across while researching this which put me onto the solution:
https://github.com/processing/p5.js/issues/3973
Thanks Paul for the clear explanations and code above.

Move HTML5 Canvas with a background image

I want to visualize a huge diagram that is drawn in a HTML5 canvas. As depicted below, let’s imagine the world map, it’s impossible to visualize it all at the same time with a “decent” detail. Therefore, in my canvas I would like to be able to pan over it using the mouse to see the other countries that are not visible.
Does anyone know how to implement this sort of panning in a HTML5 canvas? Another feature would be the zoom in and out.
I've seen a few examples but I couldn't get them working nor they seam to address my question.
Thanks in advance!

To achieve a panning functionality with a peep-hole it's simply a matter of two draw operations, one full and one clipped.
To get this result you can do the following (see full code here):
Setup variables:
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'),
ix = 0, iy = 0, /// image position
offsetX = 0, offsetY = 0, /// current offsets
deltaX, deltaY, /// deltas from mouse down
mouseDown = false, /// in mouse drag
img = null, /// background
rect, /// rect position
rectW = 200, rectH = 150; /// size of highlight area
Set up the main functions that you use to set size according to window size (including on resize):
/// calc canvas w/h in relation to window as well as
/// setting rectangle in center with the pre-defined
/// width and height
function setSize() {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
rect = [canvas.width * 0.5 - rectW * 0.5,
canvas.height * 0.5 - rectH * 0.5,
rectW, rectH]
update();
}
/// window resize so recalc canvas and rect
window.onresize = setSize;
The main function in this is the draw function. Here we draw the image on the position calculated by mouse moving (see next section).
First step to get that washed-out look is to set alpha down to about 0.2 (you could also draw a transparent rectangle on top but this is more efficient).
Then draw the complete image.
Reset alpha
Draw the peep-hole using clipping with corrected offsets for the source.
-
/// main draw
function update() {
if (img === null) return;
/// limit x/y as drawImage cannot draw with negative
/// offsets for clipping
if (ix + offsetX > rect[0]) ix = rect[0] - offsetX;
if (iy + offsetY > rect[1]) iy = rect[1] - offsetY;
/// clear background to clear off garbage
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
/// make everything transparent
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
/// draw complete background
ctx.drawImage(img, ix + offsetX, iy + offsetY);
/// reset alpha as we need opacity for next draw
ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
/// draw a clipped version of the background and
/// adjust for offset and image position
ctx.drawImage(img, -ix - offsetX + rect[0], /// sx
-iy - offsetY + rect[1], /// sy
rect[2], rect[3], /// sw/h
/// destination
rect[0], rect[1], rect[2], rect[3]);
/// make a nice sharp border by offsetting it half pixel
ctx.strokeRect(rect[0] + 0.5, rect[1] + 0.5, rect[2], rect[3]);
}
Now it's a matter of handling mouse down, move and up and calculate the offsets -
In the mouse down we store current mouse positions that we'll use for calculating deltas on mouse move:
canvas.onmousedown = function(e) {
/// don't do anything until we have an image
if (img === null) return;
/// correct mouse pos
var coords = getPos(e),
x = coords[0],
y = coords[1];
/// store current position to calc deltas
deltaX = x;
deltaY = y;
/// here we go..
mouseDown = true;
}
Here we use the deltas to avoid image jumping setting the corner to mouse position. The deltas are transferred as offsets to the update function:
canvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
/// in a drag?
if (mouseDown === true) {
var coords = getPos(e),
x = coords[0],
y = coords[1];
/// offset = current - original position
offsetX = x - deltaX;
offsetY = y - deltaY;
/// redraw what we have so far
update();
}
}
And finally on mouse up we make the offsets a permanent part of the image position:
document.onmouseup = function(e) {
/// was in a drag?
if (mouseDown === true) {
/// not any more!!!
mouseDown = false;
/// make image pos. permanent
ix += offsetX;
iy += offsetY;
/// so we need to reset offsets as well
offsetX = offsetY = 0;
}
}
For zooming the canvas I believe this is already answered in this post - you should be able to merge this with the answer given here:
Zoom Canvas to Mouse Cursor

To do something like you have requested, it is just a case of having 2 canvases, each with different z-index. one canvas smaller than the other and position set to the x and y of the mouse.
Then you just display on the small canvas the correct image based on the position of the x and y on the small canvas in relation to the larger canvas.
However your question is asking for a specific solution, which unless someone has done and they are willing to just dump their code, you're going to find it hard to get a complete answer. I hope it goes well though.

Rectangle selection of SVG elements (for Raphael)

I bumped into the following problem, hope someone will know how to help me:
I work with the JavaScript library Raphael. Now, what I want to do is, when I have many Raphael SVG elements, to simply select more elements with "rectangle selection", i.e. by dragging the mouse starting from the graph's background to create a selection rectangle (I hope I was clear enough), and move the elements which are in this rectangle.
For now, I've found something like this (someone posted it from a previous question of mine):
var paper = Raphael(0, 0, '100%', '100%');
var circle = paper.circle(75, 75, 50);
var rect = paper.rect(150, 150, 50, 50);
var set = paper.set();
set.push(circle, rect);
set.attr({
fill: 'red',
stroke: 0
});
var ox = 0;
var oy = 0;
var dragging = false;
set.mousedown(function(event) {
ox = event.screenX;
oy = event.screenY;
set.attr({
opacity: .5
});
dragging = true;
});
set.mousemove(function(event) {
if (dragging) {
set.translate(event.screenX - ox, event.screenY - oy);
ox = event.screenX;
oy = event.screenY;
}
});
set.mouseup(function(event) {
dragging = false;
set.attr({
opacity: 1
});
});
This code can be executed on jsfiddle. But, as you can see, this selects ALL the elements, by simply adding them to a Raphael set.
Now, I think that my problem will be solved by:
Making a rectangle selection
Adding the nodes which are in the rectangle to a Raphael set
Move only the selected items (i.e. move only the items which are in the Raphael set with set.mousemove)
My problem for now would be the first two issues.
Any ideas how to do this?
Thank you in advance!

Fun problem. You can do this by placing a rectangular "mat" the size of the canvas behind all of your other objects and attaching a drag event to it for selecting other elements. (Note this solution uses the newer version of Raphael, 2.1.0:
var paper = Raphael(0, 0, '100%', '100%');
//make an object in the background on which to attach drag events
var mat = paper.rect(0, 0, paper.width, paper.height).attr("fill", "#FFF");
var circle = paper.circle(75, 75, 50);
var rect = paper.rect(150, 150, 50, 50);
var set = paper.set();
set.push(circle, rect);
set.attr({
fill: 'red',
stroke: 0
});
//the box we're going to draw to track the selection
var box;
//set that will receive the selected items
var selections = paper.set();
Now, we add a drag event -- similar to the mouseover events but with three functions (see documentation), and draw a box to track the selection space:
//DRAG FUNCTIONS
//when mouse goes down over background, start drawing selection box
function dragstart (x, y, event) {
box = paper.rect(x, y, 0, 0).attr("stroke", "#9999FF");
}
// When mouse moves during drag, adjust box.
// If the drag is to the left or above original point,
// you have to translate the whole box and invert the dx
// or dy values since .rect() doesn't take negative width or height
function dragmove (dx, dy, x, y, event) {
var xoffset = 0,
yoffset = 0;
if (dx < 0) {
xoffset = dx;
dx = -1 * dx;
}
if (dy < 0) {
yoffset = dy;
dy = -1 * dy;
}
box.transform("T" + xoffset + "," + yoffset);
box.attr("width", dx);
box.attr("height", dy);
}
function dragend (event) {
//get the bounds of the selections
var bounds = box.getBBox();
box.remove();
reset();
console.log(bounds);
for (var c in set.items) {
// Here, we want to get the x,y vales of each object
// regardless of what sort of shape it is.
// But rect uses rx and ry, circle uses cx and cy, etc
// So we'll see if the bounding boxes intercept instead
var mybounds = set[c].getBBox();
//do bounding boxes overlap?
//is one of this object's x extremes between the selection's xe xtremes?
if (mybounds.x >= bounds.x && mybounds.x <= bounds.x2 || mybounds.x2 >= bounds.x && mybounds.x2 <= bounds.x2) {
//same for y
if (mybounds.y >= bounds.y && mybounds.y <= bounds.y2 || mybounds.y2 >= bounds.y && mybounds.y2 <= bounds.y2) {
selections.push(set[c]);
}
}
selections.attr("opacity", 0.5);
}
}
function reset () {
//empty selections and reset opacity;
selections = paper.set();
set.attr("opacity", 1);
}
mat.drag(dragmove, dragstart, dragend);
mat.click(function(e) {
reset();
});
Just like that, you have a new set (selections) that contains every object that was selected by the mouse drag. You can then apply your mouseover events from the original to that set.
Note that this will select circle objects if you nick the corner of their bounding box with your selection box, even if it doesn't overlap with the area of the circle. You could make a special case for circles if this is a problem.
jsFiddle

Mouse position in dragBoundFunc

I'm using kineticjs to draw some widget on a canvas. This widget is 600px wide and is composed of several rectangles (24 by default). On this rectangles an other one can be dragged, let's call it "cursor".
Instead of a smooth drag, i want the cursor to jump to the other rectangles only when my mouse is far enough (like a stepped drag if you prefer).
For example if the cursor is at 0,0 and i have a total of 24 rectangles , i want my cursor to move to the next rectangle only when my mouse is at 25,0 (600px / 24 rectangles = 25px).
So to do that i have implemented :
cursor.setDragBoundFunc(function(pos){
var caseSize = WIDTH / caseNum;
var posX = Math.round(pos.x/caseNum) * caseSize;
if(posX > (WIDTH - caseSize)) {
posX = WIDTH - caseSize;
}
if(posX < 0 ) {
posX = 0;
}
return {
x: posX,
y: cursor.getAbsolutePosition().y
}
});
The problem is pos.x does not represent the mouse position in the canvas but the mouse position from the start of the drag event (pos will be 0,0 even if i start dragging from middle of the canvas).
Here a example of the problem : http://jsfiddle.net/H9rpz/
How can i get the mouse position in the canvas in setDragBoundFunc() ?
Thanks

This exact feature has been implemented in a KineticJS manual test. Here's the code you're looking for:
https://github.com/ericdrowell/KineticJS/blob/master/tests/js/manualTests.js#L1004
Give it a try :)

It seems the setDragBoundFunc function accepts two arguments and the second is an event object that might contain what you're after:
cursor.setDragBoundFunc(function(pos, event){
var posX = event.offsetX;
....
});
You also have a math logic error at the beginning of the function. It should read:
cursor.setDragBoundFunc(function(pos, event){
var caseSize = WIDTH / caseNum;
var posX = event.offsetX;
posX = Math.floor(posX / caseSize) * caseSize; // This right here
...
});
Working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/H9rpz/3/

In addition to #Jan's answer, your math is a bit off:
cursor.setDragBoundFunc(function(pos, event){
var posX = event.offsetX;
posX = Math.floor(posX/WIDTH * caseNum) * caseWidth;
...