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A example canvas component for drawing in an angular 6 app using rxjs 6.
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import { | |
AfterViewInit, | |
Component, | |
ElementRef, | |
Input, | |
OnDestroy, | |
ViewChild | |
} from '@angular/core'; | |
import { fromEvent } from 'rxjs'; | |
import { pairwise, switchMap, takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators'; | |
@Component({ | |
selector: 'app-drawing-board', | |
template: `<canvas #canvas></canvas>`, | |
styles: [ | |
` | |
canvas { | |
border: 1px solid #000; | |
} | |
` | |
] | |
}) | |
export class DrawingBoardComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy { | |
@Input() width = 512; | |
@Input() height = 418; | |
@ViewChild('canvas') canvas: ElementRef; | |
cx: CanvasRenderingContext2D; | |
drawingSubscription: Subscription; | |
constructor() {} | |
ngAfterViewInit() { | |
// get the context | |
const canvasEl: HTMLCanvasElement = this.canvas.nativeElement; | |
this.cx = canvasEl.getContext('2d'); | |
// set the width and height | |
canvasEl.width = this.width; | |
canvasEl.height = this.height; | |
// set some default properties about the line | |
this.cx.lineWidth = 3; | |
this.cx.lineCap = 'round'; | |
this.cx.strokeStyle = '#000'; | |
// we'll implement this method to start capturing mouse events | |
this.captureEvents(canvasEl); | |
} | |
captureEvents(canvasEl: HTMLCanvasElement) { | |
// this will capture all mousedown events from teh canvas element | |
this.drawingSubscription = fromEvent(canvasEl, 'mousedown') | |
.pipe( | |
switchMap(e => { | |
// after a mouse down, we'll record all mouse moves | |
return fromEvent(canvasEl, 'mousemove').pipe( | |
// we'll stop (and unsubscribe) once the user releases the mouse | |
// this will trigger a 'mouseup' event | |
takeUntil(fromEvent(canvasEl, 'mouseup')), | |
// we'll also stop (and unsubscribe) once the mouse leaves the canvas (mouseleave event) | |
takeUntil(fromEvent(canvasEl, 'mouseleave')), | |
// pairwise lets us get the previous value to draw a line from | |
// the previous point to the current point | |
pairwise() | |
); | |
}) | |
) | |
.subscribe((res: [MouseEvent, MouseEvent]) => { | |
const rect = canvasEl.getBoundingClientRect(); | |
// previous and current position with the offset | |
const prevPos = { | |
x: res[0].clientX - rect.left, | |
y: res[0].clientY - rect.top | |
}; | |
const currentPos = { | |
x: res[1].clientX - rect.left, | |
y: res[1].clientY - rect.top | |
}; | |
// this method we'll implement soon to do the actual drawing | |
this.drawOnCanvas(prevPos, currentPos); | |
}); | |
} | |
drawOnCanvas( | |
prevPos: { x: number; y: number }, | |
currentPos: { x: number; y: number } | |
) { | |
// incase the context is not set | |
if (!this.cx) { | |
return; | |
} | |
// start our drawing path | |
this.cx.beginPath(); | |
// we're drawing lines so we need a previous position | |
if (prevPos) { | |
// sets the start point | |
this.cx.moveTo(prevPos.x, prevPos.y); // from | |
// draws a line from the start pos until the current position | |
this.cx.lineTo(currentPos.x, currentPos.y); | |
// strokes the current path with the styles we set earlier | |
this.cx.stroke(); | |
} | |
} | |
ngOnDestroy() { | |
// this will remove event lister when this component is destroyed | |
this.drawingSubscription.unsubscribe(); | |
} | |
} |
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What about undo and redo not performing in this component