HTML5 drag and drop DOM manipulation with javascript - javascript

I'm attempting to reorder DOM SVG elements using the native drag and drop events. The below code seems to work (with some strange image effects) in Firefox, work a limited number of times in Chrome (2 or 3 drag/drop reorderings work, then it seems to hang), and not very well at all in IE. My best guess is that there something about the events in question that I'm not thinking about correctly, some type of reset. Or perhaps using the drag events without dataTransfer this way is incorrect. My goal is to understand this type of function without libraries, but to have a clearer understanding of DOM functions, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS at the most basic level. I could easily be wrong anywhere in that list.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Drag and Drop Experiments</title>
<style>svg { border-width:3px} </style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<svg id="s1" draggable="yes" width="100" height="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="blue"></circle>
</svg>
<svg id="s2" draggable="yes" width="100" height="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="red"></circle>
</svg>
<svg id="s3" draggable="yes" width="100" height="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="yellow"></circle>
</svg>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dragSourceElement = null;
var dragTargetElement = null;
function doDragStart(e){
this.style.opacity = "0.4";
this.style.border = "solid";
dragSourceElement = this;
}
function doDragEnter(e){
if(dragSourceElement != this){
this.style.border = "dashed";
}
}
function doDragLeave(e){
if(dragSourceElement != this){
this.style.border = "";
}
}
function doDragOver(e){
if(dragSourceElement != this){
dragTargetElement = this;
e.preventDefault();//to allow a drop?
}
}
function doDragEnd(e){
this.style.border = "";
this.style.opacity = "1.0";
}
function doDragDrop(e){
if(dragSourceElement != dragTargetElement){
dnd_svg(dragSourceElement,dragTargetElement);
}
dragSourceElement.style.border = "";
dragTargetElement.style.border = "";
dragSourceElement.style.opacity = "";
dragSourceElement = null;
dragTargetElement = null;
}
//called after a drag and drop
//to insert svg element c1 before c2 in the DOM
//subtree of the parent of c2, assuming c1 is
//dropped onto c2
function dnd_svg(c1,c2){
var parent_c2 = c2.parentElement;
parent_c2.insertBefore(c1,c2);
}
function addL(n){
n.addEventListener('dragstart',doDragStart,false);
n.addEventListener('dragenter',doDragEnter,false);
n.addEventListener('dragleave',doDragLeave,false);
n.addEventListener('dragover',doDragOver,false);
n.addEventListener('drop',doDragDrop,false);
}
addL(document.getElementById("s1"));
addL(document.getElementById("s2"));
addL(document.getElementById("s3"));
</script>
</body>
</html>


This tutorial is pretty good for understanding native drag and drop, with lots of examples.
However, there might be particular problems associated to SVG. See for example this Mozilla bug: "the dragstart event is not fired on a svg element".


See this JSFiddle. There is an issue with drag and drop events on SVG's in FF, so one solution is to add a wrapper element to the SVG. With this, you can use the dataTransfer method and then append the node to the drop location.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#div1,#div2 {
width:350px;
height:70px;
padding:10px;
border:1px solid #aaaaaa;
}
</style>
<script>
function allowDrop(ev) {
ev.preventDefault();
}
function drag(ev) {
var id = ev.target ? ev.target.id : ev.srcElement.id;
if (id === "circle") {
id = ev.target.parentNode.parentNode.id;
}
ev.dataTransfer.setData("Text", id);
}
function drop(ev) {
ev.preventDefault();
var data = ev.dataTransfer.getData("Text");
ev.target.appendChild(document.getElementById(data));
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="div1" ondrop="drop(event)"
ondragover="allowDrop(event)"></div>
<div id="div2" ondrop="drop(event)"
ondragover="allowDrop(event)"></div>
<br>
<div id="wrapper" draggable="yes" ondragstart="drag(event)" style="width:100px; height:100px;">
<svg id="svg" width="100" height="100" draggable="yes" ondragstart="drag(event)" >
<circle id="circle" cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="yellow"></circle>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>
This works for me in both FF 18 and IE 9. The annoying part is that FF and IE both source different targets for these events, with IE returning the SVG as the target for the drag event, whereas FF returns the circle. Very annoying.
Update: I tried this JSFiddle in Chrome 24 and it works.

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Insert SVG file into HTML

I've got 3 files: test.html, test.js and test.svg
I'm trying to call the different files into HTML but the file svg don't work
test.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="fr">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
<title>Using SVG as an object</title>
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test</h1>
<script type="text/javascript" src="test.js"></script>
<object data="test.svg" width="300" height="300"> </object> <!-- Not working -->
<input type="button" value="Start Animation" onclick="startAnimation();">
<input type="button" value="Stop Animation" onclick="stopAnimation();">
</body>
</html>
test.js
var timerFunction = null;
function startAnimation() {
if(timerFunction == null) {
timerFunction = setInterval(animate, 20);
}
}
function stopAnimation() {
if(timerFunction != null){
clearInterval(timerFunction);
timerFunction = null;
}
}
function animate() {
var circle = document.getElementById("circle1");
var x = circle.getAttribute("cx");
var newX = 2 + parseInt(x);
if(newX > 500) {
newX = 20;
}
circle.setAttribute("cx", newX);
}
test.svg
<svg width="500" height="100">
<circle id="circle1" cx="20" cy="20" r="10"
style="stroke: none; fill: #ff0000;"/>
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I don't understand why I can't insert svg file with object
Thanks for your help

See Dev.To Post: <load-file> Web Component
Use a modern, native W3C standard Web Component <load-svg>
it reads the SVG as text
adds SVG to shadowDOM as DOM element
moves the style element from lightDOM to shadowDOM
So style is only applied to one SVG
<load-svg shadowRoot src="//graphviz.org/Gallery/directed/fsm.svg">
<style>
svg { height:150px } text { stroke: green } path { stroke: red ; stroke-width:3 }
</style>
</load-svg>
<load-svg src="//graphviz.org/Gallery/directed/fsm.svg">
<!-- all HTML here is overwritten -->
</load-svg>
<script>
customElements.define('load-svg', class extends HTMLElement {
async connectedCallback() {
this.style.display = 'none'; // prevent FOUC (provided Custom Element is defined ASAP!)
let src = this.getAttribute("src");
let svg = await (await fetch(src)).text();
if (this.hasAttribute("shadowRoot")) {
this.attachShadow({mode:"open"}).innerHTML = svg;
this.shadowRoot.append(this.querySelector("style") || []);
} else {
this.innerHTML = svg;
}
this.style.display = 'inherit';
}
});
</script>
More complex example: How to make an svg interactive to gather comments/annotations on depicted elements

You can use svgs directly in the HTML. Easiest is to just use the SVG inside the HTML. You can also re-use an svg shape on a page but then the icons have a shadow-dom boundary.
If you use an object or svg tag, it will render just fine but you will lose all information about classes, IDs and so on in the SVG.
Further Information on SVG on css-tricks
More information about how to group and re-use shapes in SVG on css-tricks (and one more, also on css-tricks)
var timerFunction = null;
function startAnimation() {
if (timerFunction == null) {
timerFunction = setInterval(animate, 20);
}
}
function stopAnimation() {
if (timerFunction != null) {
clearInterval(timerFunction);
timerFunction = null;
}
}
function animate() {
var circle = document.getElementById("circle1");
var x = circle.getAttribute("cx");
var newX = 2 + parseInt(x);
if (newX > 500) {
newX = 20;
}
circle.setAttribute("cx", newX);
}
<svg width="500" height="100">
<circle id="circle1" cx="20" cy="20" r="10"
style="stroke: none; fill: #ff0000;"/>
</svg>
<input type="button" value="Start Animation" onclick="startAnimation();">
<input type="button" value="Stop Animation" onclick="stopAnimation();">

<object> tags can be used on many elements, including SVG files, and therefore not recognized as image elements, So:
It's not available on image search. So you can use an <img> tag as fallback (optional but recommended)
You should specify the type of the object
So you can change it like this:
<object type="image/svg+xml" data="test.svg" width="300" height="300">
<img src="test.svg" />
</object>
And another problem is the SVG file. Based on MDN documents :
The xmlns attribute is only required on the outermost SVG element of SVG documents. It is unnecessary for inner SVG elements or inside HTML documents.
so you need to add xmlns parameters to the SVG tag on SVG file like this :
<svg width="500" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<circle id="circle1" cx="20" cy="20" r="10"
style="stroke: none; fill: #ff0000;"/>
</svg>
I made a small simple example that works, checkout this sandBox link

JavaScript function to draw SVG elements

Hello I would like to write a simple function that creates svgcircles where I only have to specify the x, y coordinates.
JavaScript code is:
function cir(x, y){
<circle cx="x" cy="y" r="10" fill="blue" />;
}
HTML code is:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<svg width="1024" height="768">
cir(50, 50);
</svg>
</body>
</html>
What am I doing wrong?

You can return some HTML using a template literal and add it to your SVG element.
function cir(x, y) {
return `<circle cx=${x} cy=${y} r="10" fill="blue" />`;
}
document.querySelector('svg').insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', cir(50, 50));
<svg width="1024" height="768"></svg>
Note: you should move your script to just before your </body> tag. That way the document will have time to load before the script is executed.
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
DOM resources on MDN:
querySelector
insertAdjacentHTML
EDIT
Now, if you wanted to include a form from which you can get the coordinates, you can do something like this.
function cir(x, y) {
return `<circle cx=${x} cy=${y} r="10" fill="blue" />`;
}
// Grab all the elements
const button = document.querySelector('.submit');
const svg = document.querySelector('svg');
const x = document.querySelector('.x');
const y = document.querySelector('.y');
// Add an event listener to the button
button.addEventListener('click', addShape, false);
function addShape(e) {
// Prevent the form from submitting
e.preventDefault();
svg.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', cir(x.value, y.value));
}
<form>
<input class="x" type="text" placeholder="X coord" />
<input class="y" type="text" placeholder="Y coord" />
<button class="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
<svg width="1024" height="768"></svg>
You can add more inputs for the radius and colour if you wanted.

How to make canvas element in html clickable?

I am designing a web page which has a lot of mathematical figures .e.g rhombus ,square ,rectangle,triangle etc....
what I am trying to achieve is ,when I click on any of the figures ,it should show up a msg /info kind of thing.
I have only one canvas id ,and lot of figures in it ,how i make them clickable so that I can display the required info from each figure

Here's how to use native html canvas to let users get a message about the shape they clicked:
for each shape, put their corner points in a javascript object
put all those shape-objects in an array
listen for mousedown events
in mousedown check if the mouse is inside each shape using context.isPointInPath
if the mouse is inside an object, display your message about that shape
A Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/m1erickson/wPMk5/
Example code:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="css/reset.css" /> <!-- reset css -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style>
body{ background-color: ivory; }
#canvas{border:1px solid red;}
</style>
<script>
$(function(){
// canvas variables
var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");
var $canvas=$("#canvas");
var canvasOffset=$canvas.offset();
var offsetX=canvasOffset.left;
var offsetY=canvasOffset.top;
var scrollX=$canvas.scrollLeft();
var scrollY=$canvas.scrollTop();
// set styles
ctx.fillStyle="skyblue";
ctx.strokeStyle="lightgray";
ctx.lineWidth=2;
// create a triangle and parallelogram object
var triangle={
points:[{x:25,y:100},{x:50,y:50},{x:75,y:100}],
message:"I am a triangle"
}
var parallelogram={
points:[{x:150,y:50},{x:250,y:50},{x:200,y:100},{x:100,y:100}],
message:"I am a parallelogram"
}
// save the triangle and parallelogram in a shapes[] array
var shapes=[];
shapes.push(triangle);
shapes.push(parallelogram);
// function to draw (but not fill/stroke) a shape
// (needed because isPointInPath only tests the last defined path)
function define(shape){
var points=shape.points;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(points[0].x,points[0].y);
for(var i=1;i<points.length;i++){
ctx.lineTo(points[i].x,points[i].y);
}
}
// function to display a shape on the canvas (define + fill + stroke)
function draw(shape){
define(shape);
ctx.fill();
ctx.stroke();
}
// display the triangle and parallelogram
draw(triangle);
draw(parallelogram);
// called when user clicks the mouse
function handleMouseDown(e){
e.preventDefault();
// get the mouse position
var mouseX=parseInt(e.clientX-offsetX);
var mouseY=parseInt(e.clientY-offsetY);
// iterate each shape in the shapes array
for(var i=0;i<shapes.length;i++){
var shape=shapes[i];
// define the current shape
define(shape);
// test if the mouse is in the current shape
if(ctx.isPointInPath(mouseX,mouseY)){
// if inside, display the shape's message
alert(shape.message);
}
}
}
// listen for mousedown events
$("#canvas").mousedown(function(e){handleMouseDown(e);});
}); // end $(function(){});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="canvas" width=300 height=300></canvas>
</body>
</html>

If you can use SVG instead you can achive this goal very easily.
Using http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/svg-editor.html you can draw relevant shapes and you can get the svg code. Add onclick() events to it .
By this online tool you can create shapes
Click SVG to get the code
Code
<svg width="640" height="480" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Created with SVG-edit - http://svg-edit.googlecode.com/ -->
<g>
<title>Layer 1</title>
<rect id="svg_1" height="74" width="150" y="95" x="58" stroke-width="5" stroke="#000000" fill="#FF0000"/>
<ellipse ry="35" rx="42" id="svg_2" cy="216" cx="158" stroke-width="5" stroke="#000000" fill="#FF0000"/>
<ellipse ry="36" rx="80" id="svg_3" cy="123" cx="342" stroke-width="5" stroke="#000000" fill="#0000ff"/>
<path id="svg_4" d="m265,257l63,-59l82,47l-22,71l-84,5l-39,-64z" stroke-width="5" stroke="#000000" fill="#0000ff"/>
</g>
</svg>
You can add onclick events to this.And also following shows adding jquery title mouse over also.
<rect id="svg_29" class="popup_tool" title="Message you want to popup when mouse over" height="17" width="20" y="224" x="452" stroke-linecap="null" stroke-linejoin="null" stroke-dasharray="null" stroke-width="3" stroke="#000000" fill="#ff0000"/>
Hope you got the answer

simply wrap the canvas id inside a div element after that you can hide or show the div using js/jquery with that you can display your message

To easily achieve your task using canvas element you need a framework like fabricjs

how to use jquery to swap out the referenced svg

I have a 'reference' svg with a couple of different groups defined in it for different icons.
Later I define an svg area and use one of the groups. That's working great.
I would like to be able to swap put the group that's referenced in the xlink:href when something is clicked.
The jsFiddle
<!-- SVG SOURCE -->
<svg height="0" width="0" style="position:absolute;margin-left: -100%;">
<g id="unchecked-icon">
<path d="M22.215,44.176c-12.11,0-21.963-9.851-21.963-21.962c0-12.11,9.852-21.962,21.963-21.962 c12.11,0,21.961,9.852,21.961,21.962C44.176,34.325,34.325,44.176,22.215,44.176z M22.215,2.557 c-10.839,0-19.658,8.818-19.658,19.657s8.818,19.658,19.658,19.658c10.839,0,19.657-8.818,19.657-19.658S33.054,2.557,22.215,2.557 z" />
</g>
<g id="checked-icon">
<path d="M22.215,44.176c-12.11,0-21.963-9.851-21.963-21.962c0-12.11,9.852-21.962,21.963-21.962 c12.11,0,21.961,9.852,21.961,21.962C44.176,34.325,34.325,44.176,22.215,44.176z M22.215,2.557 c-10.839,0-19.658,8.818-19.658,19.657s8.818,19.658,19.658,19.658c10.839,0,19.657-8.818,19.657-19.658S33.054,2.557,22.215,2.557 z" />
<polygon points="20.337,32.279 12.274,24.947 14.642,22.344 19.745,26.985 30.005,12.311 32.888,14.327 " />
</g>
</svg>
<!-- SVG SOURCE ends-->
<p>Intial state</p>
<svg class="icon svg" viewBox="0 0 44.429 44.429">
<use xlink:href="#unchecked-icon"></use>
</svg>
<p>After Click</p>
<svg class="icon svg checked" viewBox="0 0 44.429 44.429">
<use xlink:href="#checked-icon"></use>
</svg>

Ok, I found out how you can do this. You need to be changing the Attributes of your <use> DOM Element. In basic JavaScript you would do this with setAttribute() and in jQuery you use attr().
Give the <svg> that will use the graphic and the <use> tag that says which graphic to use ids so that you can grab them with code. After that, it's all about setting up the listeners.
You ask for jQuery, however this is completely doable without so I am providing both ways
JsFiddle
Vector Graphics Toggler
JavaScript
js/index.js
// Toggle to demonstrate both ways of doing this
var BasicJavaScript = true;
// See what way we want to do this
if (BasicJavaScript) {
// When our document loads
window.onload = function() {
var
// Get the svg element we want to be able to change
svgElement = document.getElementById("checkSVG"),
// Get the use element that the svg uses
useElement = document.getElementById("checkUse"),
// Set a toggle bool to know if it should show a check
isChecked = true;
// Make sure the elements exist before we attach listeners
if (svgElement && useElement) {
// Whenever it gets clicked, change it's <use>
svgElement.addEventListener("click", function() {
// If it is checked, make it a check
if (isChecked)
useElement.setAttribute("xlink:href", "#checked-icon");
// Otherwise, no check
else
useElement.setAttribute("xlink:href", "#unchecked-icon");
// Toggle the state
isChecked = !isChecked;
});
}
};
}
else {
// Wait for the document to load
$(document).ready(function() {
// Set a bool for toggling the state
var isChecked = true;
// Add a listener for clicking on the SVG
$("#checkSVG").click(function() {
// If it is checked, make it a check
if (isChecked)
$("#checkUse").attr("xlink:href", "#checked-icon");
// Otherwise, no check
else
$("#checkUse").attr("xlink:href", "#unchecked-icon");
// Toggle state
isChecked = !isChecked;
});
});
}
CSS
css/index.css
#header{
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 2em;
}
#myGraphic{
width: 0;
height: 0;
}
#checkSVG{
width: 200px;
}
HTML
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Vector Graphic Changer</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/index.css">
<script src="js/libs/jquery/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js/index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<!--The Definition of the Graphics-->
<svg id="myGraphic">
<g id="unchecked-icon">
<path d="M22.215,44.176c-12.11,0-21.963-9.851-21.963-21.962c0-12.11,9.852-21.962,21.963-21.962 c12.11,0,21.961,9.852,21.961,21.962C44.176,34.325,34.325,44.176,22.215,44.176z M22.215,2.557 c-10.839,0-19.658,8.818-19.658,19.657s8.818,19.658,19.658,19.658c10.839,0,19.657-8.818,19.657-19.658S33.054,2.557,22.215,2.557 z" />
</g>
<g id="checked-icon">
<path d="M22.215,44.176c-12.11,0-21.963-9.851-21.963-21.962c0-12.11,9.852-21.962,21.963-21.962 c12.11,0,21.961,9.852,21.961,21.962C44.176,34.325,34.325,44.176,22.215,44.176z M22.215,2.557 c-10.839,0-19.658,8.818-19.658,19.657s8.818,19.658,19.658,19.658c10.839,0,19.657-8.818,19.657-19.658S33.054,2.557,22.215,2.557 z" />
<polygon points="20.337,32.279 12.274,24.947 14.642,22.344 19.745,26.985 30.005,12.311 32.888,14.327" />
</g>
</svg>
<!--Header-->
<div id="header">My Graphic</div>
<!--The Graphic being used-->
<svg id="checkSVG" viewBox="0 0 44.429 44.429">
<use id="checkUse" xlink:href="#unchecked-icon"></use>
</svg>
</body>
</html>

IE9 SVG blurry when resizing

I have an incredibly odd case of IE9 displaying blurry graphics when the <svg> is floated next to another element.
Here's the simplest case I could come up with that is similar to our application:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<head>
<meta content="IE=Edge,chrome=1" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible">
<title>IE9 SVG Resize Issue</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
var i = 0;
var increaseWidth = function() {
var w = 500 + i++;
window.resizeTo(w, 500);
document.getElementById('currentWidth').innerHTML = w + 'px';
};
document.getElementById('btn').addEventListener('click', increaseWidth);
increaseWidth();
};
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="float: left; width: 20%">
Left
</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 80%">
<svg width="200" height="200" version="1.1">
<rect fill="#fff" stroke="#000" x="0.5" y="0.5" width="100" height="100" />
</svg>
</div>
<span style="color: #999; display: block">NOTE: In IE9 you can only have one tab open to resize the window</span>
<button type="button" id="btn">Increase Width</button>
<span id="currentWidth" style="color: #666; font-size: 15pt"></span>
</body>
</html>
Here's a gallery that shows resizing the window from 500px to 507px. You can see that the lines of the rectangle go from blurry to crisp when resizing by one pixel. The bug seems to occur when having the two columns with a percentage width. It can also happen when the div containing the svg overflows onto a new line (things become slightly blurry). FWIW, in the actual application we're using Raphael.js.
Is there a known issue associated with this and is there an easy fix to keep the lines crisp (with the usual offset by 0.5px fix)?

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