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rks
rks

Reputation: 61

How do I share mouse events between multiple canvases?

Say I have below

const canvas1 = document.createElement("canvas");
const canvas2 = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas1.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas2.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas1.height = window.innerHeight;
canvas1.height = window.innerHeight;
canvas1.addEventListener('click', onClickCanvas1);
canvas2.addEventListener('click', onClickCanvas2);

Because both canvases are located exactly the same location, the click event can only be listened to canvas1 or canvas2 (either canvas with more z-index value).

Is there any way to get both canvases to listen to the same mouse event?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 449

Answers (1)

Roko C. Buljan
Roko C. Buljan

Reputation: 205979

Since your canvases are overlapping with a higher z-index, simply assign the "click" to a common parent element

someElementWrapper.addEventListener("click", (ev) => {
  const bcr = ev.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
  const x = ev.clientX - bcr.left; 
  const y = ev.clientY - bcr.top;
  // here pass the x and y coordinates in your app logic. For example:
  updateAllCanvases(x, y);
});

Alternatively, add CSS pointer-events: none; to your own canvas.

<div id="wrapper"> <!-- I LISTEN TO MOUSE/TOUCH EVENTS! YEY -->
  <canvas id="canvas-others"></canvas> <!-- HAS ITS OWN EVENTS -->
  <canvas id="canvas-mine"></canvas>  <!-- HAS POINTER-EVENTS: NONE -->
</div>

Or simply - assign events directly to the 3rd party canvas.

Upvotes: 2

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