I have a function to follow the object after the mouse,
and I want to be able to stop and start following at will, without hiding the object.
It almost works as I wanted, and is following the mouse indeed, but I cannot make it move initial position without actually moving the mouse.
E.G. When I trigger the function, the object is still somewhere in another place, until I move the mouse, but what I'm trying to do is to move it the initial position first, before attaching the mousemove event.
Here is how I want to trigger the function:
showtrail();
function showtrail(shit){
//this is how I tried to set the initial position first, but this get me an error:..
//followmouse();
document.onmousemove=followmouse; //and this is how I attach the event.
}
This is a part of the actual function to move the object,
but, I can't get the coordinates if I try to initilize/imitate the first movement.
function followmouse(e){
var xcoord=offsetfrommouse[0]
var ycoord=offsetfrommouse[1]
if (typeof e != "undefined"){ //This- if triggered by mousemove, and it works
xcoord+=e.pageX
ycoord+=e.pageY
}
else { //this was meant for the initial call, but... for some reason
xcoord+=document.body.scrollLeft+event.clientX // it triggers an error,
ycoord+=document.body.scrollTop+event.clientY // saying event.clientX undefined.
}
}
So the event.clientX never seems to work, and I cannot figure out how to get the actual mouse position otherwise..
Please guide..
event.clientX and event.clientY are wrong. They should be e.clientX and e.clientY
A more elegant cross browser way to get xcoord and ycoord in followmouse(e) is:
xcoord = e.pageX||(e.clientX+(document.body.scrollLeft||document.documentElement.scrollLeft));
ycoord = e.pageY||(e.clientY+(document.body.scrollTop||document.documentElement.scrollTop));
Now if I'm getting it right, the object that follows is expected to have an initial absolute position and displayed as a block, meaning that you have initial x and y (left and top). Therefore by using a global bool var for currently following or not you're done.
<style>
...
#trail {position:absolute;left:0;top:0;display:none}
...
</style>
<script>
var following = false;
...
function followmouse(e){
if (!following){
document.getElementById('trail').style.display='none';
return;
}
...
document.getElementById('trail').style.display='block';
}
</script>
By changing display you have the option to move your #trail to its initial position and then follow the mouse, and the option to avoid the move and let it follow the mouse from its latest following position.
EDIT 1:
For this very purpose, I recommend using of requestAnimationFrame API, not classic DOM events. said API is more efficient for creating animations and pausing them.
take a look at this too: requestAnimationFrame for smart animating
This is sad, but true that you can not get mouse's initial position before moving mouse on a webpage. I mean you can't calibrate your object before mousemove event. this is what I will do in a similar project:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var targetID = 'mydiv'; // div that is to follow the mouse
var pauseFollowing = false;
// (must be position:absolute)
var offX = 15; // X offset from mouse position
var offY = 15; // Y offset from mouse position
function mouseX(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageX) return evt.pageX; else if (evt.clientX)return evt.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ? document.documentElement.scrollLeft : document.body.scrollLeft); else return 0;}
function mouseY(evt) {if (!evt) evt = window.event; if (evt.pageY) return evt.pageY; else if (evt.clientY)return evt.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ? document.documentElement.scrollTop : document.body.scrollTop); else return 0;}
function follow(evt) {
if(pauseFollowing) {
//or do something else at pause
return false;
}
var obj = document.getElementById(targetID).style;
obj.visibility = 'visible';
obj.left = (parseInt(mouseX(evt))+offX) + 'px';
obj.top = (parseInt(mouseY(evt))+offY) + 'px';
}
function toggleFollow() {
pauseFollowing = !pauseFollowing;
}
window.onload = function() {
window.onclick = toggleFollow;
document.onmousemove = follow;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mydiv" style="visibility: hidden; top:0; left:0 ;width: 100px; height: 100px; background: #ff0; position: absolute;"></div>
</body>
</html>
Alright that's how I done it.
The best Idea was to always capture a move to set position in a global var.
Now I have an option to display it fixed at any specific place (if I pass coords to showtrail)
or to actually follow the mouse;
I also added an event listener, so if the mouse gets outside the window while following- it will be hidden.
So far it works exactly as I wanted:
var trailimage=["scripts/loading_mouse.gif", 24, 24] //image path, plus width and height
var offsetfrommouse=[2,10] //image x,y offsets from cursor position in pixels. Enter 0,0 for no offset
var global_coord=[0,0]
var follow=false;
if (document.getElementById || document.all)
document.write('<div id="trailimageid" style="z-index: 10;position:absolute;display:none;left:0px;top:0px;width:1px;height:1px"><img src="'+trailimage[0]+'" border="0" width="'+trailimage[1]+'px" height="'+trailimage[2]+'px"></div>')
function gettrailobj(){
if (document.getElementById)
return document.getElementById("trailimageid").style
else if (document.all)
return document.all.trailimagid.style
}
function hidett(){ gettrailobj().display="none"; }
function showtt(){ gettrailobj().display="block"; }
function truebody(){ return (document.body||document.documentElement); }
function showtrail(shit){
if (typeof shit == "undefined"){ //Follow Mouse
follow=true;
setmousepos(global_coord[0],global_coord[1]);
}
else { //Set fixed in specific place
follow=false;
showtt()
gettrailobj().left=shit.left+6+"px"
gettrailobj().top=shit.top-5+"px"
}
}
function hidetrail(){
hidett()
follow=false;
}
function setcoord(e){
var xcoord=offsetfrommouse[0]
var ycoord=offsetfrommouse[1]
var xxcoord = e.pageX||(e.clientX+truebody().scrollLeft);
var yycoord = e.pageY||(e.clientY+truebody().scrollTop);
if (typeof xxcoord != "undefined"&&typeof yycoord != "undefined"){
xcoord+=xxcoord;
ycoord+=yycoord;
global_coord=[xcoord,ycoord];
if (follow) setmousepos(xcoord,ycoord);
}}
function setmousepos(xcoord,ycoord){
var docwidth=truebody().scrollLeft+truebody().clientWidth
var docheight=Math.max(truebody().scrollHeight, truebody().clientHeight)
if ((xcoord+trailimage[1]+3>docwidth || ycoord+trailimage[2]> docheight ||!follow)){
hidett()
}
else{
showtt();
gettrailobj().left=xcoord+"px"
gettrailobj().top=ycoord+"px"
}
}
window.addEventListener("mouseout",
function(e){
mouseX = e.pageX;
mouseY = e.pageY;
if ((mouseY >= 0 && mouseY <= window.innerHeight)
&& (mouseX >= 0 && mouseX <= window.innerWidth)){
return false;
}else{
if (follow) hidett()
}
},
false);
document.onmousemove=setcoord;
Related
I have a section of code that I have been fooling around with. The goal of the code is to have four buttons, when you press the open button a window is opened in the top left corner of the screen, when you press the move button the window is supposed to move in an infinite loop around the screen starting in the positive X direction and moving clockwise. I am having an issue with the window moving in the negative X direction. Whenever the widow reaches the bottom righthand corner of my computer screen it will just stop. I do not know how to fix it, I just figured I would put a negative symbol before the direction that I want it to move. The moving function is under var moveWindow.
<html>
<head>
<script>
var aWindow;
var current = 0;
function openWindow() {
aWindow = window.open("", "", "width=400, height = 200");
aWindow.document.write("This is my new Window");
}
function closeWindow(){
if(aWindow) {
aWindow.close();
}
}
var moveWindow = function windowMove() {
var rightLimit = screen.width -400;
var topLimit = screen.height - screen.availHeight;
var bottomLimit = screen.height - 200;
if (aWindow) {
if (aWindow.screenY <= topLimit && aWindow.screenX != rightLimit) {
aWindow.moveBy(100, 0)
}
else if (aWindow.screenX <= rightLimit && aWindow.screenY != topLimit) {
aWindow.moveBy(0, 100)
}
else if (aWindow.screenY <= topLimit && aWindow.screenX != rightLimit) {
aWindow.move(-100, 0)
}
else if (aWindow.screenX <= rightLimit && aWindow.screenX != topLimit) {
aWindow.move(0, -100)
}
}
}
function startWindow(){
timer = setInterval(moveWindow, 350);
}
function stopWindow() {
clearInterval(startWindow)
}
</script>
</head>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="openWindow();">Open</button>
<button onclick="closeWindow();">Close</button>
<button onclick="startWindow();">Move</button>
<button onclick="stopWindow();">Stop</button>
</body>
</html>
There are several issues with your conditions:
The inequality (!=) will often be true also when you reached the border. This is because the window does not stop exactly at the offset you had planned for it.
The outer window size is greater than 400x200 pixels, as there are borders. This makes the values you currently have for rightLimit (and other such variables) too tight.
You are testing for topLimit but never for bottomLimit. Also there is no provision for something like leftLimit.
You pass the wrong variable to clearInterval
Because of several metrics which influence the position of the popup window (like border, minimum distance from the screen's end, ...etc), it will be hard to determine where exactly it bumps into a side. As Windows will not let the popup window go outside of the screen, it will be easier to just let the popup window move and see if it actually did move. In case it didn't, then you know the side was reached and the direction should change.
It will also be easier the maintain the current direction in a variable instead of trying to detect what the current direction is based on the coordinates.
For detecting whether the window actually moved, you need a small time delay to allow the move to happen, so I would introduce a setTimeout for that. But otherwise the code can be much simplified:
var aWindow;
var current = 0; // We will use this to denote the current direction
function openWindow() {
aWindow = window.open("", "", "width=400, height = 200");
aWindow.document.write("This is my new Window");
}
function closeWindow(){
if (aWindow) {
aWindow.close();
}
}
var moveWindow = function windowMove() {
if (aWindow) {
var x = aWindow.screenX;
var y = aWindow.screenY;
aWindow.moveBy([100,0,-100,0][current], [0,100,0,-100][current]);
setTimeout(function () {
if (x === aWindow.screenX && y === aWindow.screenY) { // nothing moved
current = (current + 1) % 4; // next direction
windowMove(); // call an extra time to make the move in the next direction
}
}, 50);
}
}
var timer; // better declare it
function startWindow(){
timer = setInterval(moveWindow, 350);
}
function stopWindow() {
clearInterval(timer); // <--- timer
}
Is it possible to know if mouse has left specific portion of the window? The values are given below:
var cursorX;
var cursorY;
document.onmousemove = function(e){
cursorX = e.pageX;
cursorY = e.pageY;
}
document.addEventListener('mouseout', function(e) {
var dims = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
var top = window.scrollY + dims.top;
var left = dims.left;
var width = dims.width;
var bottom = dims.height;
if (what condition should be here) {
console.log('yes mouse has left that portion')
document.getElementById('div-in-the-end-of-body').style .display = 'none';
}
});
For example values of dims in console log are ClientRect {top: 155.375, right: 621, bottom: 540.375, left: 313, width: 308…}
Here is visual of what I'm trying to achieve.
Edit: That div at the end of the body has absolute position and it hovers on the images. If I hover at that div images consider mouse has left it and hides the div. This is the reason I want to do it this way.
Edit # 2: Here is the solution
elem.onmouseout=function(){
var dims = this.getBoundingClientRect();
var top = window.scrollY + dims.top;
var left = dims.left;
var width = dims.width;
var bottom = dims.height;
if(top > 10 || left > 10 || width > 10 || bottom > 10){
document.getElementById('div-in-the-end-of-body').style .display = 'none';
}
}
Have a look at the mouseout event. Alternatively, you could capture mouse events as soon as your mouse has entered your specific region.
You can bind event listeners to the "regions" you want to check. As your regions are objects in javascript, there are event listeners built in or you can using obj.call to call functions not belong to the object you created. For instance,
let rects[] // this is your list of regions
for (let rect of rects) {
rect.onMouseMove((e) => {
// do something when mouse cursor is moving
})
rect.onMouseEnter((e) => {
// do somthing when mouse cursor enters the area
})
rect.onMouseLeave((e) => {
// do something when mouse cursor exits the area
})
}
Ok, I've figured out the solution. Here is working code for those who might need.
elem.onmouseout=function(){
var dims = this.getBoundingClientRect();
var top = window.scrollY + dims.top;
var left = dims.left;
var width = dims.width;
var bottom = dims.height;
if(top > 10 || left > 10 || width > 10 || bottom > 10){
console.log('yay!! ship has left the dock')
}
}
This question already has answers here:
Moveable/draggable <div>
(9 answers)
Closed 5 years ago.
I want to create a movable/draggable div in native javascript without using jquery and libraries. Is there a tutorial or anythign?
OK, here's my personal code that I use for lightweight deployments (projects where using a library is either not allowed or overkill for some reason). First thing first, I always use this convenience function so that I can pass either an id or the actual dom element:
function get (el) {
if (typeof el == 'string') return document.getElementById(el);
return el;
}
As a bonus, get() is shorter to type than document.getElementById() and my code ends up shorter.
Second realize that what most libraries are doing is cross-browser compatibility. If all browsers behave the same the code is fairly trivial. So lets write some cross-browser functions to get mouse position:
function mouseX (e) {
if (e.pageX) {
return e.pageX;
}
if (e.clientX) {
return e.clientX + (document.documentElement.scrollLeft ?
document.documentElement.scrollLeft :
document.body.scrollLeft);
}
return null;
}
function mouseY (e) {
if (e.pageY) {
return e.pageY;
}
if (e.clientY) {
return e.clientY + (document.documentElement.scrollTop ?
document.documentElement.scrollTop :
document.body.scrollTop);
}
return null;
}
OK, the two functions above are identical. There're certainly better ways to write them but I'm keeping it (relatively) simple for now.
Now we can write the drag and drop code. The thing I like about this code is that everything's captured in a single closure so there are no global variables or helper functions littering the browser. Also, the code separates the drag handle from the object being dragged. This is useful for creating dialog boxes etc. But if not needed, you can always assign them the same object. Anyway, here's the code:
function dragable (clickEl,dragEl) {
var p = get(clickEl);
var t = get(dragEl);
var drag = false;
offsetX = 0;
offsetY = 0;
var mousemoveTemp = null;
if (t) {
var move = function (x,y) {
t.style.left = (parseInt(t.style.left)+x) + "px";
t.style.top = (parseInt(t.style.top) +y) + "px";
}
var mouseMoveHandler = function (e) {
e = e || window.event;
if(!drag){return true};
var x = mouseX(e);
var y = mouseY(e);
if (x != offsetX || y != offsetY) {
move(x-offsetX,y-offsetY);
offsetX = x;
offsetY = y;
}
return false;
}
var start_drag = function (e) {
e = e || window.event;
offsetX=mouseX(e);
offsetY=mouseY(e);
drag=true; // basically we're using this to detect dragging
// save any previous mousemove event handler:
if (document.body.onmousemove) {
mousemoveTemp = document.body.onmousemove;
}
document.body.onmousemove = mouseMoveHandler;
return false;
}
var stop_drag = function () {
drag=false;
// restore previous mousemove event handler if necessary:
if (mousemoveTemp) {
document.body.onmousemove = mousemoveTemp;
mousemoveTemp = null;
}
return false;
}
p.onmousedown = start_drag;
p.onmouseup = stop_drag;
}
}
There is a reason for the slightly convoluted offsetX/offsetY calculations. If you notice, it's just taking the difference between mouse positions and adding them back to the position of the div being dragged. Why not just use the mouse positions? Well, if you do that the div will jump to the mouse pointer when you click on it. Which is a behavior I did not want.
You can try this
HTML
<div id="one" style="height:50px; width:50px; border:1px solid #ccc; background:red;">
</div>
Js Script for draggable div
window.onload = function(){
draggable('one');
};
var dragObj = null;
function draggable(id)
{
var obj = document.getElementById(id);
obj.style.position = "absolute";
obj.onmousedown = function(){
dragObj = obj;
}
}
document.onmouseup = function(e){
dragObj = null;
};
document.onmousemove = function(e){
var x = e.pageX;
var y = e.pageY;
if(dragObj == null)
return;
dragObj.style.left = x +"px";
dragObj.style.top= y +"px";
};
Check this Demo
This code corrects the position of the mouse (so the dragged object doesn't jump when you start dragging) and works with touch screens/phones as well
var dragObj = null; //object to be moved
var xOffset = 0; //used to prevent dragged object jumping to mouse location
var yOffset = 0;
window.onload = function()
{
document.getElementById("menuBar").addEventListener("mousedown", startDrag, true);
document.getElementById("menuBar").addEventListener("touchstart", startDrag, true);
document.onmouseup = stopDrag;
document.ontouchend = stopDrag;
}
function startDrag(e)
/*sets offset parameters and starts listening for mouse-move*/
{
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
dragObj = e.target;
dragObj.style.position = "absolute";
var rect = dragObj.getBoundingClientRect();
if(e.type=="mousedown")
{
xOffset = e.clientX - rect.left; //clientX and getBoundingClientRect() both use viewable area adjusted when scrolling aka 'viewport'
yOffset = e.clientY - rect.top;
window.addEventListener('mousemove', dragObject, true);
}
else if(e.type=="touchstart")
{
xOffset = e.targetTouches[0].clientX - rect.left; //clientX and getBoundingClientRect() both use viewable area adjusted when scrolling aka 'viewport'
yOffset = e.targetTouches[0].clientY - rect.top;
window.addEventListener('touchmove', dragObject, true);
}
}
function dragObject(e)
/*Drag object*/
{
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
if(dragObj == null) return; // if there is no object being dragged then do nothing
else if(e.type=="mousemove")
{
dragObj.style.left = e.clientX-xOffset +"px"; // adjust location of dragged object so doesn't jump to mouse position
dragObj.style.top = e.clientY-yOffset +"px";
}
else if(e.type=="touchmove")
{
dragObj.style.left = e.targetTouches[0].clientX-xOffset +"px"; // adjust location of dragged object so doesn't jump to mouse position
dragObj.style.top = e.targetTouches[0].clientY-yOffset +"px";
}
}
function stopDrag(e)
/*End dragging*/
{
if(dragObj)
{
dragObj = null;
window.removeEventListener('mousemove', dragObject, true);
window.removeEventListener('touchmove', dragObject, true);
}
}
div{height:400px; width:400px; border:1px solid #ccc; background:blue; cursor: pointer;}
<div id="menuBar" >A</div>
<div draggable=true ondragstart="event.dataTransfer.setData('text/plain', '12345')">
drag me
</div>
<div ondragover="return false;" ondrop="this.innerHTML=event.dataTransfer.getData('text/plain')">
drop on me
</div>
I am trying to monitor dragStart and dragEvent javascript, in order to conclude its direction, UP or DOWN.
However i could not get any detail in arguments passed by the event -- that help to conclude.
Is there any better way to check drag direction , up or down?
Note:
my problem is specifically happening at mojo javascript at webos
Thanks,
-iwan
I didn't know about dragStart and dragEvent, but why not use onmousedown, onmousemove and onmouseup?
I made a modified version of http://dunnbypaul.net/js_mouse/. The direction is displayed in #status when you drag the image. Tested and works in IE5.5, IE6, IE7, IE8, Safari 5, Chrome 6 and Navigator 9. Works with Strict Doctype (probably other Doctypes also, didn't test them).
JavaScript:
var dragobj = null;
function getCurY(e) {
if (!e) e = window.event;
if (e.pageX || e.pageY)
return e.pageY;
else if (e.clientX || e.clientY)
return e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
}
function drag(context, e) {
dragobj = context;
document.onmousedown = function() { return false };
document.onmouseup = function() {
if (dragobj) dragobj = null;
document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'Direction: n/a';
}
var graby = getCurY(e);
var oriy = dragobj.offsetTop;
document.onmousemove = function(e) {
if (dragobj) {
dragobj.style.position = 'absolute';
var newy = oriy + getCurY(e) - graby;
var dir = newy > parseInt(dragobj.style.top, 10) ? 'down' : 'up';
dragobj.style.top = newy + 'px';
document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'Direction: ' + dir;
}
return false;
}
}
HTML:
<p onmousedown="drag(this, event)">
<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3FKHnFg8cA/Td56DmfliyI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/fTCFNCTs7iE/s1600/trollface%255B1%255D.jpg" alt="Trollface" />
</p>
<p id="status" style="position:absolute; top:0">Direction: n/a</p>
It won't tell you the direction, but you can get the position of the element you're dragging and figure out which direction it's going.
This might be helpful: http://dunnbypaul.net/js_mouse/.
You want to use dragOver. You could do something like this if you're only interested in vertical position:
Javascript:
<script type="text/javascript">
function getPosY(event) {
console.log(event.clientY);
}
</script>
HTML:
<body ondragover="getPosY(event)">
EDIT: Here's a jsfiddle. Make sure your js console is open.
You could have your function compare the clientY values to determine which direction the mouse is moving.
I've attached a focus listener to window (using prototype syntax):
Event.observe( window, 'focus', focusCb.bindAsEventListener( this ) );
I want to determine the mouse position when the window is focused. Unfortunately, in my focusCb method, I don't seem to have access to pageX, pageY, clientX or clientY.
Using quirksmode code:
function doSomething(e) {
var posx = 0;
var posy = 0;
if (!e) var e = window.event;
if (e.pageX || e.pageY) {
posx = e.pageX;
posy = e.pageY;
}
else if (e.clientX || e.clientY) {
posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft
+ document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop
+ document.documentElement.scrollTop;
}
// posx and posy contain the mouse position relative to the document
// Do something with this information
}
I always get 0, 0.
I thought the focus event would have the mouse position information.
Why doesn't the focus event have this information?
More importantly, how should get I get the mouse position when the window is focused?
IE has clientX and clientY in the event object; though it may be the only one.
Yeah, this is looking pretty horrible. See the section on this page about Mouse Position. I think he does a pretty thorough job of examining it.
Okay, I see you're actually already using his script. Sigh.
Depending on the circumstances, it might not exactly be what you're looking for, but you could, after the focus, wait for the next mousemove event and use that coordinates, something along this line:
var x = 0, y = 0, window_got_focus = false;
window.onfocus = function () { window_got_focus = true };
document.onmousemove = function (event) {
if (window_got_focus) {
window_got_focus = false;
x = event.clientX;
y = event.clentY;
}
};
Drawback is, of course, that you get the coordinates only as soon as the user moves the mouse after focussing.
You can capture the window onclick event and throw the position into a globally scoped variable.
EDIT: Also if you're using prototype you should have access to the pointerX and pointerY methods of the event object.
call doSomething() function on mouse move
document.onmousemove = function (e)
{
doSomething(e);
};