Click on the example window to add points. You can move them by dragging, and remove them pressing supr or backspace.
This block is a Canvas version of the Spline Editor by Mike Bostock. To get all the parts together, I read these two nice tutorials: Working with D3.js and Canvas: When and How by [Irene Ros] and (https://bocoup.com/about/bocouper/irene-ros) and D3 and Canvas in 3 steps by lars verspohl. The first one covers the use of D3 with canvas maintaining the enter/update/remove pattern, and the second, the selection of the elements on the canvas.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.hiddenCanvas { display: none; }
</style>
<body>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var width = 960,
height = 500;
var points = [];
var dragged = null,
selected = null;
d3.select(window)
.on("mousemove", mousemove)
.on("mouseup", mouseup)
.on("keydown", keydown);
var canvas = d3.select("body").append("canvas")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.on("mousedown", mousedown);
var hiddenCanvas = d3.select("body")
.append('canvas')
.classed('hiddenCanvas', true)
.attr('width', width)
.attr('height', height);
var context = canvas.node().getContext("2d");
var hiddenContext = hiddenCanvas.node().getContext("2d");
var colourToNode = {};
var line = d3.line()
.curve(d3.curveNatural)
.context(context);
var line2 = d3.line()
.curve(d3.curveNatural);
var detachedContainer = document.createElement("custom");
var dataContainer = d3.select(detachedContainer);
function redraw(){
var circle = dataContainer.selectAll("custom.circle")
.data(points, function(d) { return d; });
circle.enter().append("custom")
.classed("circle", true)
.attr("r", 1e-6)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return d[0]; })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return d[1]; })
.attr("r", 6.5)
.attr('fillStyleHidden', function(d) {
var newColor = genColor();
colourToNode[newColor] = this;
return newColor;
});
circle
.classed("selected", function(d) {return d === selected; })
.attr("cx", function(d) { return d[0]; })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return d[1]; });
circle.exit().remove();
if (d3.event) {
d3.event.preventDefault();
d3.event.stopPropagation();
}
}
function drawCanvas(){
context.clearRect(0,0,canvas.attr("width"),canvas.attr("height"));
hiddenContext.clearRect(0,0,hiddenCanvas.attr("width"),hiddenCanvas.attr("height"));
context.beginPath();
context.lineWidth = 1.5;
context.strokeStyle = "steelblue";
line(points);
context.stroke();
var elements = dataContainer.selectAll("custom.circle");
elements.each(function(d){
var node = d3.select(this);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(node.attr("cx"), node.attr("cy"), node.attr("r"), 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
context.lineWidth = 1.5;
if(!node.classed("selected")){
context.strokeStyle = "rgba(70,130,180,0.7)";
context.stroke();
} else {
context.fillStyle = "rgba(255,127,14,0.2)";
context.fill();
context.strokeStyle = "rgba(255,127,14,0.7)";
context.stroke();
}
hiddenContext.beginPath();
hiddenContext.arc(node.attr("cx"), node.attr("cy"), node.attr("r"), 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
hiddenContext.lineWidth = 1.5;
hiddenContext.strokeStyle = node.attr("fillStyleHidden");
hiddenContext.fillStyle = node.attr("fillStyleHidden");
hiddenContext.fill();
hiddenContext.stroke();
});
}
function mouseup() {
if (!dragged) return;
mousemove();
dragged = null;
}
function keydown(){
if (!selected) return;
switch (d3.event.keyCode) {
case 8: // backspace
case 46: { // delete
var i = points.indexOf(selected);
points.splice(i, 1);
selected = points.length ? points[i > 0 ? i - 1 : 0] : null;
redraw();
break;
}
}
}
function mousedown() {
var mousePos = d3.mouse(canvas.node());
var col = hiddenContext.getImageData(mousePos[0], mousePos[1], 1, 1).data;
if(col[3] == 255){
var colKey = 'rgb(' + col[0] + ',' + col[1] + ',' + col[2] + ')';
var nodeData = d3.select(colourToNode[colKey]);
selected = dragged = nodeData.datum();
} else {
points.push(selected = dragged = d3.mouse(canvas.node()));
}
redraw();
}
function mousemove() {
if (!dragged) return;
var m = d3.mouse(canvas.node());
dragged[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(width, m[0]));
dragged[1] = Math.max(0, Math.min(height, m[1]));
redraw();
}
/*
var t = d3.timer(function(elapsed) {
if (elapsed > 1000) t.stop();
drawCanvas();
});*/
d3.timer(drawCanvas);
//https://medium.freecodecamp.org/d3-and-canvas-in-3-steps-8505c8b27444
var nextCol = 1;
function genColor(){
var ret = [];
if(nextCol < 16777215){
ret.push(nextCol & 0xff); // R
ret.push((nextCol & 0xff00) >> 8); // G
ret.push((nextCol & 0xff0000) >> 16); // B
nextCol += 1;
}
var col = "rgb(" + ret.join(',') + ")";
return col;
}
</script>