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Lisa
Lisa

Reputation: 416

Display text over Canvas only onmouseover

I have created a triangle shaped image mask with the Canvas element. I have a field of text which I want to display at the bottom line of this triangle when mouse over. I can´t figure out how to make the text display only when hovering.

I am a beginner at this... Any help appriciated!

This is the code I got so far:

HTML code:

<body>
    <a href="#"><canvas id="canvas" width=300 height=300></canvas></a>
  </body>

Javascript:

function masks() {

    var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
    var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");

    var img=new Image();
    img.onload=function(){
        draw(ctx,img,"Hello!");
    }
    img.src="canvas01.png";
    function draw(ctx,img,text){
        ctx.beginPath();
        ctx.moveTo(canvas.width / 2, 0);
        ctx.lineTo(canvas.width, canvas.height);            
        ctx.lineTo(0, canvas.height);
        ctx.closePath();                                          
        ctx.clip();                        
        ctx.drawImage(img,0,0);
        if(text){
            ctx.fillStyle = "#f30";
            ctx.fillRect(0,canvas.height-20,canvas.width,20);
            ctx.fillStyle = "black";
            ctx.font="14pt Verdana";
            var textWidth=ctx.measureText(text).width;
            ctx.fillText(text,(canvas.width-textWidth)/2,canvas.height-3); 
        }

    }

};

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9411

Answers (1)

markE
markE

Reputation: 105035

Here's how...

You can draw your text when the user's mouse is over the canvas element using:

        canvas.addEventListener("mouseover",function(){
            draw(ctx,img,"Hello!");
        });

You can clear the text when the user's mouse has moved outside the canvas element using:

        canvas.addEventListener("mouseout",function(){
            draw(ctx,img);
        });

Note that your draw function now clears the canvas in preparation for redrawing:

    function draw(ctx,img,text){
        ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
        ctx.save();
        ctx.beginPath();
        ctx.moveTo(canvas.width / 2, 0);
        ctx.lineTo(canvas.width, canvas.height);            
        ctx.lineTo(0, canvas.height);
        ctx.closePath();                                          
        ctx.clip();                        
        ctx.drawImage(img,0,0);
        if(text){
            ctx.fillStyle = "#f30";
            ctx.fillRect(0,canvas.height-20,canvas.width,20);
            ctx.fillStyle = "black";
            ctx.font="14pt Verdana";
            var textWidth=ctx.measureText(text).width;
            ctx.fillText(text,(canvas.width-textWidth)/2,canvas.height-3);
        }
        ctx.restore();
    }

Here is code and a Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/m1erickson/Q4TKC/

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
    body{ background-color: ivory; padding:10px; }
    #canvas{border:1px solid lightgray;}
</style>

<script>
window.onload=function(){

    var canvas=document.getElementById("canvas");
    var ctx=canvas.getContext("2d");

    var img=new Image();
    img.onload=function(){

        canvas.addEventListener("mouseover",function(){
            draw(ctx,img,"Hello!");
        });
        canvas.addEventListener("mouseout",function(){
            draw(ctx,img);
        });

        draw(ctx,img);
    }
    img.src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/139992952/stackoverflow/sky-bg2.jpg";


    function draw(ctx,img,text){
        ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
        ctx.save();
        ctx.beginPath();
        ctx.moveTo(canvas.width / 2, 0);
        ctx.lineTo(canvas.width, canvas.height);            
        ctx.lineTo(0, canvas.height);
        ctx.closePath();                                          
        ctx.clip();                        
        ctx.drawImage(img,0,0);
        if(text){
            ctx.fillStyle = "#f30";
            ctx.fillRect(0,canvas.height-20,canvas.width,20);
            ctx.fillStyle = "black";
            ctx.font="14pt Verdana";
            var textWidth=ctx.measureText(text).width;
            ctx.fillText(text,(canvas.width-textWidth)/2,canvas.height-3);
        }
        ctx.restore();
    }

};  // end window.onload

</script>

</head>

<body>
    <canvas id="canvas" width=300 height=300></canvas>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 3

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