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Write Text Anywhere With HTML5 Canvas 1 - blogpost
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example1.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<canvas id="c"></canvas><!-- the canvas -->
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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example10.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background: #111;
color:#eee;
}
#c {
width: 640px;
height: 360px;
border:1px solid #111;
float:left;
background:#eee;
}
#main{
width:650px;
margin:auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<canvas id="c"></canvas><!-- the canvas -->
</div>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="text.js"></script><!-- Library to help text -->
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#c').mousedown(function(e){
if ($('#textAreaPopUp').length == 0) {
var mouseX = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft + $("#c").position().left;
var mouseY = e.pageY - this.offsetTop;
//append a text area box to the canvas where the user clicked to enter in a comment
var textArea = "<div id='textAreaPopUp' style='position:absolute;top:"+mouseY+"px;left:"+mouseX+"px;z-index:30;'><textarea id='textareaTest' style='width:100px;height:50px;'></textarea>";
var saveButton = "<input type='button' value='save' id='saveText' onclick='saveTextFromArea("+mouseY+","+mouseX+");'></div>";
var appendString = textArea + saveButton;
$("#main").append(appendString);
} else {
$('textarea#textareaTest').remove();
$('#saveText').remove();
$('#textAreaPopUp').remove();
var mouseX = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft + $("#c").position().left;
var mouseY = e.pageY - this.offsetTop;
//append a text area box to the canvas where the user clicked to enter in a comment
var textArea = "<div id='textAreaPopUp' style='position:absolute;top:"+mouseY+"px;left:"+mouseX+"px;z-index:30;'><textarea id='textareaTest' style='width:100px;height:50px;'></textarea>";
var saveButton = "<input type='button' value='save' id='saveText' onclick='saveTextFromArea("+mouseY+","+mouseX+");'></div>";
var appendString = textArea + saveButton;
$("#main").append(appendString);
}
});
function saveTextFromArea(y,x){
//get the value of the textarea then destroy it and the save button
var text = $('textarea#textareaTest').val();
$('textarea#textareaTest').remove();
$('#saveText').remove();
$('#textAreaPopUp').remove();
//get the canvas and add the text functions
var canvas = document.getElementById('c');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var cw = canvas.clientWidth;
var ch = canvas.clientHeight;
canvas.width = cw;
canvas.height = ch;
//break the text into arrays based on a text width of 100px
var phraseArray = getLines(ctx,text,100);
// this adds the text functions to the ctx
CanvasTextFunctions.enable(ctx);
var counter = 0;
//set the font styles
var font = "sans";
var fontsize = 16;
ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(237,229,0,1)";
ctx.shadowOffsetX = 2;
ctx.shadowOffsetY = 2;
ctx.shadowBlur = 1;
ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0,0,0,1)";
//draw each phrase to the screen, making the top position 20px more each time so it appears there are line breaks
$.each(phraseArray, function() {
//set the placement in the canvas
var lineheight = fontsize * 1.5;
var newline = ++counter;
newline = newline * lineheight;
var topPlacement = y - $("#c").position().top + newline;
var leftPlacement = x - $("#c").position().left;
text = this;
//draw the text
ctx.drawText(font, fontsize, leftPlacement, topPlacement, text);
ctx.save();
ctx.restore();
});
//reset the drop shadow so any other drawing don't have them
ctx.shadowOffsetX = 0;
ctx.shadowOffsetY = 0;
ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0,0,0,0)";
}
function getLines(ctx,phrase,maxPxLength) {
//break the text area text into lines based on "box" width
var wa=phrase.split(" "),
phraseArray=[],
lastPhrase="",
l=maxPxLength,
measure=0;
ctx.font = "16px sans-serif";
for (var i=0;i<wa.length;i++) {
var w=wa[i];
measure=ctx.measureText(lastPhrase+w).width;
if (measure<l) {
lastPhrase+=(" "+w);
}else {
phraseArray.push(lastPhrase);
lastPhrase=w;
}
if (i===wa.length-1) {
phraseArray.push(lastPhrase);
break;
}
}
return phraseArray;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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example2.css
#c {
width: 640px;
height: 360px;
}
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example3.js
//steal the mousedown event for the canvas for one time - you can use a regular click if you want - this was to interact with some other code in my project
$('#c').mousedown(function(e){
if ($('#textAreaPopUp').length == 0) {
var mouseX = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft + $("#c").position().left;
var mouseY = e.pageY - this.offsetTop;
//append a text area box to the canvas where the user clicked to enter in a comment
var textArea = "<div id='textAreaPopUp' style='position:absolute;top:"+mouseY+"px;left:"+mouseX+"px;z-index:30;'><textarea id='textareaTest' style='width:100px;height:50px;'></textarea>";
var saveButton = "<input type='button' value='save' id='saveText' onclick='saveTextFromArea("+mouseY+","+mouseX+");'></div>";
var appendString = textArea + saveButton;
$("#main").append(appendString);
} else {
$('textarea#textareaTest').remove();
$('#saveText').remove();
$('#textAreaPopUp').remove();
var mouseX = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft + $("#c").position().left;
var mouseY = e.pageY - this.offsetTop;
//append a text area box to the canvas where the user clicked to enter in a comment
var textArea = "<div id='textAreaPopUp' style='position:absolute;top:"+mouseY+"px;left:"+mouseX+"px;z-index:30;'><textarea id='textareaTest' style='width:100px;height:50px;'></textarea>";
var saveButton = "<input type='button' value='save' id='saveText' onclick='saveTextFromArea("+mouseY+","+mouseX+");'></div>";
var appendString = textArea + saveButton;
$("#main").append(appendString);
}
});
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example4.js
var mouseX = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft + $("#c").position().left;
var mouseY = e.pageY - this.offsetTop;
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example5.js
function saveTextFromArea(y,x){
//get the value of the textarea then destroy it and the save button
var text = $('textarea#textareaTest').val();
$('textarea#textareaTest').remove();
$('#saveText').remove();
//get the canvas and add the text functions
var canvas = document.getElementById('c');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var cw = canvas.clientWidth;
var ch = canvas.clientHeight;
canvas.width = cw;
canvas.height = ch;
//break the text into arrays based on a text width of 100px
var phraseArray = getLines(ctx,text,100);
// this adds the text functions to the ctx
CanvasTextFunctions.enable(ctx);
var counter = 0;
//set the font styles
var font = "sans";
var fontsize = 16;
ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(237,229,0,1)";
ctx.shadowOffsetX = 2;
ctx.shadowOffsetY = 2;
ctx.shadowBlur = 1;
ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0,0,0,1)";
//draw each phrase to the screen, making the top position 20px more each time so it appears there are line breaks
$.each(phraseArray, function() {
//set the placement in the canvas
var lineheight = fontsize * 1.5;
var newline = ++counter;
newline = newline * lineheight;
var topPlacement = y - $("#c").position().top + newline;
var leftPlacement = x - $("#c").position().left;
text = this;
//draw the text
ctx.drawText(font, fontsize, leftPlacement, topPlacement, text);
ctx.save();
ctx.restore();
});
//reset the drop shadow so any other drawing don't have them
ctx.shadowOffsetX = 0;
ctx.shadowOffsetY = 0;
ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0,0,0,0)";
}
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example6.js
//break the text into arrays based on a text width of 100px
var phraseArray = getLines(ctx,text,100);
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example7.js
// this adds the text functions to the ctx
CanvasTextFunctions.enable(ctx);
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example8.js
//draw each phrase to the screen, making the top position 20px more each time so it appears there are line breaks
$.each(phraseArray, function() {
//set the placement in the canvas
var lineheight = fontsize * 1.5;
var newline = ++counter;
newline = newline * lineheight;
var topPlacement = y - $("#c").position().top + newline;
var leftPlacement = x - $("#c").position().left;
text = this;
//draw the text
ctx.drawText(font, fontsize, leftPlacement, topPlacement, text);
ctx.save();
ctx.restore();
});
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example9.js
function getLines(ctx,phrase,maxPxLength) {
//break the text area text into lines based on "box" width
var wa=phrase.split(" "),
phraseArray=[],
lastPhrase="",
l=maxPxLength,
measure=0;
ctx.font = "16px sans-serif";
for (var i=0;i<wa.length;i++) {
var w=wa[i];
measure=ctx.measureText(lastPhrase+w).width;
if (measure<l) {
lastPhrase+=(" "+w);
}else {
phraseArray.push(lastPhrase);
lastPhrase=w;
}
if (i===wa.length-1) {
phraseArray.push(lastPhrase);
break;
}
}
return phraseArray;
}
@deepaksharma21
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I need text.js

@shiva1989
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refer this for text.js

http://oldstatic.travisberry.com/demos/canvas-text-demo/text.js

@xraymemory
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The old text is overwritten each time - you can only have the text from one textarea on the screen at a time. Is there a way to remedy this?

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