vlandham · August 27, 2015 16:31
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">

  <title>2D Picking with canvas</title>
  <meta name="description" content="">
  <meta name="author" content="Yannick Assogba">
  <script src="//rawgit.com/mrdoob/stats.js/master/build/stats.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dat-gui/0.5/dat.gui.js"></script>

 </head>

 <body>
  <div id='container'>
  </div>

  <script src="index.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
 /**
 * This example uses a hidden canvas to demonstrate a technique for
 * simulating DOM click events while rendering to a canvas.
 *
 * The basic technique is to render your visual markers twice, the second
 * time on a hidden canvas where each marker gets a unique color. We can then
 * look up that color to get back to the data in question.
 *
 * Open your web console and click on the squares to see their original
 * indices in the data array.
 */

 window.addEventListener('load', function(){

  var data = [];

  var stats = new Stats();
  stats.setMode( 0 ); // 0: fps, 1: ms, 2: mb

  // align top-left
  stats.domElement.style.position = 'absolute';
  stats.domElement.style.left = '0px';
  stats.domElement.style.top = '0px';

  document.body.appendChild( stats.domElement );

  var controls = {count:100};

  var gui = new dat.GUI();
  var controller = gui.add(controls, 'count', 0, 40000).step(100);
  controller.onChange(function(value) {
    data = makeData(value);
  });

  var width = 960;
  var height = 500;

  var mouse = {};
  var overIndex = -1;

  var mainCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");

  mainCanvas.setAttribute('width',  width);
  mainCanvas.setAttribute('height', height);

  var container = document.querySelector("#container");
  container.appendChild(mainCanvas);

  // A map to lookup nodes by color used in the hidden canvas.
  var colToNode = {};

  /*
    Generate the data.
   */
  function makeData(count) {
    var data = [];
    for(var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
      var obj = {
        x: Math.random() * (width - 20),
        y: Math.random() * (height - 20),
        xVel: (Math.random() * 0.5) * (Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1),
        yVel: (Math.random() * 0.5) * (Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1),
        width: 15,
        height: 15,
        index: i
      };
      data.push(obj);
    }
    return data;
  }

  /*
    Updates the nodes on each frame to make them bounce around the screen.
   */
  function update(data) {
    var numElements = data.length;
    for(var i = 0; i < numElements; i++) {
      var node = data[i];
      node.x += node.xVel;
      node.y += node.yVel;

      if(node.x > width || node.x < 0) {
        node.xVel *= -1;
      }
      if(node.y > height || node.y < 0) {
        node.yVel *= -1;
      }
    }
  }


  /*
    Generates the next color in the sequence, going from 0,0,0 to 255,255,255.
   */
  var nextCol = 1;
  function genColor(){
    var ret = [];
    // via http://stackoverflow.com/a/15804183
    if(nextCol < 16777215){
      ret.push(nextCol & 0xff); // R
      ret.push((nextCol & 0xff00) >> 8); // G
      ret.push((nextCol & 0xff0000) >> 16); // B

      nextCol += 100; // This is exagerated for this example and would ordinarily be 1.
    }
    var col = "rgb(" + ret.join(',') + ")";
    return col;
  }

  /*
   * Returns true if a x/y point is over a given rectangle
   */
  function isOver(point, rect) {

    return (point.x) && (point.y) && (point.y > rect.y) && (point.y < (rect.y + rect.height)) && (point.x > rect.x) && (point.x < rect.x + rect.width);
  }

  function draw(data, canvas) {

    var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);

    var overIndexSet = false;
    var numElements = data.length;

    for(var i = 0; i < numElements; i++) {
      var node = data[i];

      if(isOver(mouse, node)) {
        overIndex = i;
        overIndexSet = true;
        ctx.fillStyle = 'steelblue';
      } else if(node.renderCol) {
        ctx.fillStyle = node.renderCol;
      } else {
        ctx.fillStyle = 'DimGray';
      }

      // Draw the actual rectangle
      ctx.fillRect(node.x, node.y, node.width, node.height);
    }

    // if not over anything during this draw
    // clear overIndex
    if(!overIndexSet) {
      overIndex = -1;
    }
  }

  function getMousePos(canvas, evt) {
    var rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect(), root = document.documentElement;

    // return relative mouse position
    var mouseX = evt.clientX - rect.left - root.scrollLeft;
    var mouseY = evt.clientY - rect.top - root.scrollTop;
    return {
      x: mouseX,
      y: mouseY
    };
  }

  function setMouse(e) {
    mouse = getMousePos(mainCanvas, e);
  }

  function handleClick(e) {
    console.log(overIndex);
    if (overIndex >= 0) {
      var node = data[overIndex];
      node.renderCol = 'orange';
    }
  }

  mainCanvas.addEventListener("mousemove", setMouse);
  mainCanvas.addEventListener("click", handleClick);

  // Generate the data and start the draw loop.

  data = makeData(100); // Increase this number to get more boxes
  function animate() {
    stats.begin();
    draw(data, mainCanvas);
    update(data);
    stats.end();
    window.requestAnimationFrame(animate);
  }
  window.requestAnimationFrame(animate);



 }, false);
	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

	<title>2D Picking with canvas</title>
	<meta name="description" content="">
	<meta name="author" content="Yannick Assogba">
	<script src="//rawgit.com/mrdoob/stats.js/master/build/stats.min.js"></script>
	<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dat-gui/0.5/dat.gui.js"></script>

	</head>

	<body>
	<div id='container'>
	</div>

	<script src="index.js"></script>
	</body>
	</html>
	/**
	* This example uses a hidden canvas to demonstrate a technique for
	* simulating DOM click events while rendering to a canvas.
	*
	* The basic technique is to render your visual markers twice, the second
	* time on a hidden canvas where each marker gets a unique color. We can then
	* look up that color to get back to the data in question.
	*
	* Open your web console and click on the squares to see their original
	* indices in the data array.
	*/

	window.addEventListener('load', function(){

	var data = [];

	var stats = new Stats();
	stats.setMode( 0 ); // 0: fps, 1: ms, 2: mb

	// align top-left
	stats.domElement.style.position = 'absolute';
	stats.domElement.style.left = '0px';
	stats.domElement.style.top = '0px';

	document.body.appendChild( stats.domElement );

	var controls = {count:100};

	var gui = new dat.GUI();
	var controller = gui.add(controls, 'count', 0, 40000).step(100);
	controller.onChange(function(value) {
	data = makeData(value);
	});

	var width = 960;
	var height = 500;

	var mouse = {};
	var overIndex = -1;

	var mainCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");

	mainCanvas.setAttribute('width', width);
	mainCanvas.setAttribute('height', height);

	var container = document.querySelector("#container");
	container.appendChild(mainCanvas);

	// A map to lookup nodes by color used in the hidden canvas.
	var colToNode = {};

	/*
	Generate the data.
	*/
	function makeData(count) {
	var data = [];
	for(var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
	var obj = {
	x: Math.random() * (width - 20),
	y: Math.random() * (height - 20),
	xVel: (Math.random() * 0.5) * (Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1),
	yVel: (Math.random() * 0.5) * (Math.random() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1),
	width: 15,
	height: 15,
	index: i
	};
	data.push(obj);
	}
	return data;
	}

	/*
	Updates the nodes on each frame to make them bounce around the screen.
	*/
	function update(data) {
	var numElements = data.length;
	for(var i = 0; i < numElements; i++) {
	var node = data[i];
	node.x += node.xVel;
	node.y += node.yVel;

	if(node.x > width \|\| node.x < 0) {
	node.xVel *= -1;
	}
	if(node.y > height \|\| node.y < 0) {
	node.yVel *= -1;
	}
	}
	}


	/*
	Generates the next color in the sequence, going from 0,0,0 to 255,255,255.
	*/
	var nextCol = 1;
	function genColor(){
	var ret = [];
	// via http://stackoverflow.com/a/15804183
	if(nextCol < 16777215){
	ret.push(nextCol & 0xff); // R
	ret.push((nextCol & 0xff00) >> 8); // G
	ret.push((nextCol & 0xff0000) >> 16); // B

	nextCol += 100; // This is exagerated for this example and would ordinarily be 1.
	}
	var col = "rgb(" + ret.join(',') + ")";
	return col;
	}

	/*
	* Returns true if a x/y point is over a given rectangle
	*/
	function isOver(point, rect) {

	return (point.x) && (point.y) && (point.y > rect.y) && (point.y < (rect.y + rect.height)) && (point.x > rect.x) && (point.x < rect.x + rect.width);
	}

	function draw(data, canvas) {

	var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
	ctx.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);

	var overIndexSet = false;
	var numElements = data.length;

	for(var i = 0; i < numElements; i++) {
	var node = data[i];

	if(isOver(mouse, node)) {
	overIndex = i;
	overIndexSet = true;
	ctx.fillStyle = 'steelblue';
	} else if(node.renderCol) {
	ctx.fillStyle = node.renderCol;
	} else {
	ctx.fillStyle = 'DimGray';
	}

	// Draw the actual rectangle
	ctx.fillRect(node.x, node.y, node.width, node.height);
	}

	// if not over anything during this draw
	// clear overIndex
	if(!overIndexSet) {
	overIndex = -1;
	}
	}

	function getMousePos(canvas, evt) {
	var rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect(), root = document.documentElement;

	// return relative mouse position
	var mouseX = evt.clientX - rect.left - root.scrollLeft;
	var mouseY = evt.clientY - rect.top - root.scrollTop;
	return {
	x: mouseX,
	y: mouseY
	};
	}

	function setMouse(e) {
	mouse = getMousePos(mainCanvas, e);
	}

	function handleClick(e) {
	console.log(overIndex);
	if (overIndex >= 0) {
	var node = data[overIndex];
	node.renderCol = 'orange';
	}
	}

	mainCanvas.addEventListener("mousemove", setMouse);
	mainCanvas.addEventListener("click", handleClick);

	// Generate the data and start the draw loop.

	data = makeData(100); // Increase this number to get more boxes
	function animate() {
	stats.begin();
	draw(data, mainCanvas);
	update(data);
	stats.end();
	window.requestAnimationFrame(animate);
	}
	window.requestAnimationFrame(animate);



	}, false);