I need to be able to create a javascript based drawing/signature box,
and be able to save it. Can someone refer me to a script that will
allow this, or even a 3rd party package for sale? It can't be Java or
ActiveX.
Thank you.
This can be done with a <canvas>.
A <canvas> tag creates a matrix of pixels of the given (width, height:
pixels) dimensions.
You could "sign" in it by drawing while tracking the mouse movements.
And, the drawing can be converted to an image ( .png or .jpg ) by
the .toDataUrl() method.
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/
SafariJSRef/Classes/Canvas.html>
<http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Canvas_tutorial>
<http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-canvas>
HTH,
--Jorge.
This can be done with a <canvas>.
A <canvas> tag creates a matrix of pixels of the given (width, height:
pixels) dimensions.
You could "sign" in it by drawing while tracking the mouse movements.
And, the drawing can be converted to an image ( .png or .jpg ) by
the .toDataUrl() method.
HTH,
--Jorge.
I've been working on something similar, but so far it only works in
FF. Opera 9, Safari 3 and IE (using excanvas) it does not work. No
errors, just nothing get drawn. Maybe someone can look and tell me
what's wrong.
The Test button renders the test code (from the Mozilla canvas site)
but the mouse will only draw no the canvas in FF.
<html>
<head>
<title>Signature Test</title>
<!-- Canvas implementation for IE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="excanvas.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/** Initialize canvas, assigning event handlers. */
function init() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("signature");
canvas.started = false;
canvas.onmousedown = function(event) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.beginPath(pos.x, pos.y);
this.started = true;
}
canvas.onmouseup = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
this.started = false;
}
}
canvas.onmousemove = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.lineTo(pos.x, pos.y);
ctx.stroke();
}
}
}
/** Retrieves elements position on the screen. */
function getElementPosition(element) {
var posX = element.offsetLeft;
var posY = element.offsetTop;
try {
while(element.offsetParent){
posX += element.offsetParent.offsetLeft;
posY += element.offsetParent.offsetTop;
if(element == document..getElementsByTagName('body')[0]){
break
}
else{
element = element.offsetParent;
}
}
}
catch(e) {
alert(e.message);
}
var dims = new Array(0);
dims['x'] = posX;
dims['y'] = posY;
return dims;
}
/** Retrieves the current mouse location relative to the bounds of
the given element. */
function getMousePositionInElement(element, e) {
var elementPosition = getElementPosition(element);
var mousePosition = getMousePosition(e);
var x = mousePosition.x - elementPosition.x;
var y = mousePosition.y - elementPosition.y;
var position = new Array();
position['x'] = x;
position['y'] = y;
return position;
}
/** Gets the mouse location in reference to the page. */
function getMousePosition(e) {
var x = (window.event) ? window.event.clientX : e.pageX;
var y = (window.event) ? window.event.clientY : e.pageY;
var mousePosition = new Array();
mousePosition['x'] = x;
mousePosition['y'] = y;
return mousePosition;
}
function test() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('signature');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
ctx.fillRect(5, 5, 25, 25);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'red';
ctx.strokeRect(20, 20, 25, 25);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.moveTo(1,1);
ctx.lineTo(80,80);
ctx.lineTo(100,20);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue';
ctx.fillStyle = 'black';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(120,50);
ctx.lineTo(150,70);
ctx.lineTo(150,50);
ctx.quadraticCurveTo(150, 150, 80, 80);
ctx.bezierCurveTo(85,25,75,37,75,40);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(180,180,80,80);
ctx.rect(200,200,80,80);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 100, 20, 0, Math.PI, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(150, 0);
ctx.fillRect(0,0,150,150);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F'
ctx.fillRect(15,15,120,120);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF'
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
ctx.fillRect(30,30,90,90);
ctx.fillRect(45,45,60,60);
ctx.fillRect(60,60,30,30);
ctx.restore();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(10, 140);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FD0';
ctx.fillRect(0,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#6C0';
ctx.fillRect(75,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F)';
ctx.fillRect(0,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#F30';
ctx.fillRect(75,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF';
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
for (i=0;i<7;i++){
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(75, 75, 10+(10*i), 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 200, 20, 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1.0;
//ctx.translate(75,75);
for (i=1;i<6;i++){ // Loop through rings (from inside toout)
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgb('+(51*i)+','+(255-51*i)+',255)';
for (j=0;j<i*6;j++){ // draw individual dots
ctx.rotate(Math.PI*2/(i*6));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(0,i*12.5,5,5);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
}
ctx.restore();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init();">
<div style="width: 500px; height: 150px; border: 1px solid
black;">
<canvas id="signature" width="498" height="148"></canvas>
</div>
<input type="button" value="Test" onclick="test();"/>
</body>
</html>
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This can be done with a <canvas>.
A <canvas> tag creates a matrix of pixels of the given (width, height:
pixels) dimensions.
You could "sign" in it bydrawingwhile tracking the mouse movements.
And, thedrawingcan be converted to an image ( .png or .jpg ) by
the .toDataUrl() method.
HTH,
--Jorge.
I've been working on something similar, but so far it only works in
FF. Opera 9, Safari 3 and IE (using excanvas) it does not work. No
errors, just nothing get drawn. Maybe someone can look and tell me
what's wrong.
The Test button renders the test code (from the Mozilla canvas site)
but the mouse will only draw no the canvas in FF.
<html>
<head>
<title>Signature Test</title>
<!-- Canvas implementation for IE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="excanvas.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/** Initialize canvas, assigning event handlers. */
function init() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("signature");
canvas.started = false;
canvas.onmousedown = function(event) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.beginPath(pos.x, pos.y);
this.started = true;
}
canvas.onmouseup = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
this.started = false;
}
}
canvas.onmousemove = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.lineTo(pos.x, pos.y);
ctx.stroke();
}
}
}
/** Retrieves elements position on the screen. */
function getElementPosition(element) {
var posX = element.offsetLeft;
var posY = element.offsetTop;
try {
while(element.offsetParent){
posX += element.offsetParent.offsetLeft;
posY += element.offsetParent.offsetTop;
if(element == document..getElementsByTagName('body')[0]){
break
}
else{
element = element.offsetParent;
}
}
}
catch(e) {
alert(e.message);
}
var dims = new Array(0);
dims['x'] = posX;
dims['y'] = posY;
return dims;
}
/** Retrieves the current mouse location relative to the bounds of
the given element. */
function getMousePositionInElement(element, e) {
var elementPosition = getElementPosition(element);
var mousePosition = getMousePosition(e);
var x = mousePosition.x - elementPosition.x;
var y = mousePosition.y - elementPosition.y;
var position = new Array();
position['x'] = x;
position['y'] = y;
return position;
}
/** Gets the mouse location in reference to the page. */
function getMousePosition(e) {
var x = (window.event) ? window.event.clientX : e.pageX;
var y = (window.event) ? window.event.clientY : e.pageY;
var mousePosition = new Array();
mousePosition['x'] = x;
mousePosition['y'] = y;
return mousePosition;
}
function test() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('signature');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
ctx.fillRect(5, 5, 25, 25);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'red';
ctx.strokeRect(20, 20, 25, 25);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.moveTo(1,1);
ctx.lineTo(80,80);
ctx.lineTo(100,20);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue';
ctx.fillStyle = 'black';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(120,50);
ctx.lineTo(150,70);
ctx.lineTo(150,50);
ctx.quadraticCurveTo(150, 150, 80, 80);
ctx.bezierCurveTo(85,25,75,37,75,40);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(180,180,80,80);
ctx.rect(200,200,80,80);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 100, 20, 0, Math.PI, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(150, 0);
ctx.fillRect(0,0,150,150);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F'
ctx.fillRect(15,15,120,120);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF'
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
ctx.fillRect(30,30,90,90);
ctx.fillRect(45,45,60,60);
ctx.fillRect(60,60,30,30);
ctx.restore();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(10, 140);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FD0';
ctx.fillRect(0,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#6C0';
ctx.fillRect(75,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F)';
ctx.fillRect(0,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#F30';
ctx.fillRect(75,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF';
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
for (i=0;i<7;i++){
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(75, 75, 10+(10*i), 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 200, 20, 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1.0;
//ctx.translate(75,75);
for (i=1;i<6;i++){ // Loop through rings (from inside toout)
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgb('+(51*i)+','+(255-51*i)+',255)';
for (j=0;j<i*6;j++){ // draw individual dots
ctx.rotate(Math.PI*2/(i*6));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(0,i*12.5,5,5);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
}
ctx.restore();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init();">
<div style="width: 500px; height: 150px; border: 1px solid
black;">
<canvas id="signature" width="498" height="148"></canvas>
</div>
<input type="button" value="Test" onclick="test();"/>
</body>
</html>
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This can be done with a <canvas>.
A <canvas> tag creates a matrix of pixels of the given (width, height:
pixels) dimensions.
You could "sign" in it bydrawingwhile tracking the mouse movements.
And, thedrawingcan be converted to an image ( .png or .jpg ) by
the .toDataUrl() method.
HTH,
--Jorge.
I've been working on something similar, but so far it only works in
FF. Opera 9, Safari 3 and IE (using excanvas) it does not work. No
errors, just nothing get drawn. Maybe someone can look and tell me
what's wrong.
The Test button renders the test code (from the Mozilla canvas site)
but the mouse will only draw no the canvas in FF.
<html>
<head>
<title>Signature Test</title>
<!-- Canvas implementation for IE -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="excanvas.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/** Initialize canvas, assigning event handlers. */
function init() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("signature");
canvas.started = false;
canvas.onmousedown = function(event) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.beginPath(pos.x, pos.y);
this.started = true;
}
canvas.onmouseup = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
this.started = false;
}
}
canvas.onmousemove = function(event) {
if (this.started) {
var ctx = this.getContext("2d");
var pos = getMousePositionInElement(this, event);
ctx.lineTo(pos.x, pos.y);
ctx.stroke();
}
}
}
/** Retrieves elements position on the screen. */
function getElementPosition(element) {
var posX = element.offsetLeft;
var posY = element.offsetTop;
try {
while(element.offsetParent){
posX += element.offsetParent.offsetLeft;
posY += element.offsetParent.offsetTop;
if(element == document..getElementsByTagName('body')[0]){
break
}
else{
element = element.offsetParent;
}
}
}
catch(e) {
alert(e.message);
}
var dims = new Array(0);
dims['x'] = posX;
dims['y'] = posY;
return dims;
}
/** Retrieves the current mouse location relative to the bounds of
the given element. */
function getMousePositionInElement(element, e) {
var elementPosition = getElementPosition(element);
var mousePosition = getMousePosition(e);
var x = mousePosition.x - elementPosition.x;
var y = mousePosition.y - elementPosition.y;
var position = new Array();
position['x'] = x;
position['y'] = y;
return position;
}
/** Gets the mouse location in reference to the page. */
function getMousePosition(e) {
var x = (window.event) ? window.event.clientX : e.pageX;
var y = (window.event) ? window.event.clientY : e.pageY;
var mousePosition = new Array();
mousePosition['x'] = x;
mousePosition['y'] = y;
return mousePosition;
}
function test() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('signature');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.fillStyle = 'green';
ctx.fillRect(5, 5, 25, 25);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'red';
ctx.strokeRect(20, 20, 25, 25);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = 1;
ctx.moveTo(1,1);
ctx.lineTo(80,80);
ctx.lineTo(100,20);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
ctx.strokeStyle = 'blue';
ctx.fillStyle = 'black';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(120,50);
ctx.lineTo(150,70);
ctx.lineTo(150,50);
ctx.quadraticCurveTo(150, 150, 80, 80);
ctx.bezierCurveTo(85,25,75,37,75,40);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(180,180,80,80);
ctx.rect(200,200,80,80);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 100, 20, 0, Math.PI, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(150, 0);
ctx.fillRect(0,0,150,150);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F'
ctx.fillRect(15,15,120,120);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF'
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
ctx.fillRect(30,30,90,90);
ctx.fillRect(45,45,60,60);
ctx.fillRect(60,60,30,30);
ctx.restore();
ctx.save();
ctx.translate(10, 140);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FD0';
ctx.fillRect(0,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#6C0';
ctx.fillRect(75,0,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#09F)';
ctx.fillRect(0,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#F30';
ctx.fillRect(75,75,75,75);
ctx.fillStyle = '#FFF';
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
for (i=0;i<7;i++){
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(75, 75, 10+(10*i), 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(200, 200, 20, 0, Math.PI*2, true);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.save();
ctx.globalAlpha = 1.0;
//ctx.translate(75,75);
for (i=1;i<6;i++){ // Loop through rings (from inside toout)
ctx.save();
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgb('+(51*i)+','+(255-51*i)+',255)';
for (j=0;j<i*6;j++){ // draw individual dots
ctx.rotate(Math.PI*2/(i*6));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(0,i*12.5,5,5);
ctx.fill();
}
ctx.restore();
}
ctx.restore();
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="init();">
<div style="width: 500px; height: 150px; border: 1px solid
black;">
<canvas id="signature" width="498" height="148"></canvas>
</div>
<input type="button" value="Test" onclick="test();"/>
</body>
</html>
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Tom, I found this site:http://www.tim-jarrett.com/labs_javascript_whiteboard.php
It shows a sample that works for me in IE7. I had to download all of
the JS files, but it works. However, the pixels are rather large. It
doesn't appear to use the canvas you mention either, so I don't know
how this will work for you (or me, for that matter). Let me know if
you can make heads or tale of this.
If you really need this to work in IE, I'd say, forget the canvas.
It's not implemented in IE, and I don't think that any of the look-
alikes,
i.e. Googles' "explorerCanvas", or
<http://me.eae.net/archive/2005/12/29/canvas-in-ie/>
will let you mutate the canvas into an image : and you need
the .toDataURL() functionality in order to save the drawing.
The link above to the "whiteboard" just fills the DOM with lots of
tiny,
absolutely positioned "divs". How would you obtain a .jpg from that ?
Unless a screen capture may serve you...
...or with some help coming from the server side.
--Jorge.
I don't think it's my code, or it wouldn't work in FF either. Maybe
it's just a matter of waiting for Opera and Safari to catch up with
their implementations of canvas. I'm pretty certain that the excanvas
(Google's attempt at providing a canvas tag) specifically says that it
does not handle some of the methods I need for dynamic writing.
(...) Maybe
it's just a matter of waiting for Opera and Safari to catch up (..)
Hey, Apple *invented* this canvas thingy...
--Jorge.
Darn it! Is that why it doesn't work?!?
Hey, Apple *invented* this canvas thingy...
--Jorge.
Cool. Now it works. In Opera and FF I can get the image data for
remote storage, in Safari I cannot. It does not appear to support
toDataURL().
Cool. Now it works. In Opera and FF I can get the image data for
remote storage, in Safari I cannot. It does not appear to support
toDataURL().
Yes, it does :
<html><head><script>
window.onload= function () {
var b, c;
c= document.createElement("canvas");
c.height= c.width= 10;
b= c.getContext('2d');
alert(c.toDataURL('image/png'));
alert(c.toDataURL('image/jpeg'));};
</script></head><body></body></html>
--Jorge.
Awesome. I get the following in the developer /web inspector:
"Value undefined (result of expression cavas.toDataURL) is not an
object."
It references this line:
var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
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