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Point DIV at Another DIV (Angle Between Two Points)

  1. const dot = document.createElement('div')
  2. Object.assign(dot.style, {
  3.   position: 'absolute',
  4.   left: '100px', 
  5.   top: '100px',
  6.   width: '10px', 
  7.   height: '10px',
  8.   transform: 'translate(-5px, -5px)',
  9.   background: 'black'
  10. });
  11. document.body.appendChild(dot);
  12.  
  13. const pointer = document.createElement('div');
  14. Object.assign(pointer.style, {
  15.   position: 'absolute',
  16.   left: '-10px', 
  17.   top: '-5px',
  18.   width: '20px', 
  19.   height: '10px',
  20.   background: 'red'
  21. });
  22. document.body.appendChild(pointer);
  23.  
  24. // desktop only (`touchmove` needed for mobile)
  25. document.addEventListener('mousemove', (e) => {
  26.   const dx = parseFloat(dot.style.left) - e.clientX;
  27.   const dy = parseFloat(dot.style.top) - e.clientY;
  28.   const angle = Math.atan2(dy, dx) / Math.PI * 180;
  29.  
  30.   pointer.style.transform = `
  31.     translate(${e.clientX}px, ${e.clientY}px)
  32.     rotate(${angle}deg)
  33.   `;
  34. });

Moving your mouse around the page, you’ll notice the red div always points at the black div. (more…)

No Scrolling on Mobile

  1. document.addEventListener('touchmove', 
  2.   e => e.preventDefault(), { passive: false });
  3.   document.body.innerHTML = 'Hi, no page scrolling here...';

It’s common to want to prevent page scrolling on mobile. Here is an easy way to do it.

Rectangle Path with SVG

  1. const rectPath = rect =>
  2.   `M ${rect.left} ${rect.top}
  3.   L ${rect.right} ${rect.top}
  4.     ${rect.right} ${rect.bottom}
  5.     ${rect.left} ${rect.bottom}
  6.     ${rect.left} ${rect.top} `;
  7.  
  8. const el = document.body.appendChild(
  9.   document.createElement('div'));
  10.  
  11. el.innerHTML = `
  12.   <svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 550 496">
  13.     <path d="
  14.     ${rectPath({left: 20, top: 10, right: 100, bottom: 100})}
  15.     ${rectPath({left: 50, top: 50, right: 200, bottom: 200})}
  16.     ${rectPath({left: 150, top: 20, right: 250, bottom: 100})}
  17.     ${rectPath({left: 150, top: 120, right: 250, bottom: 230})}
  18.     " stroke="black" fill="red" fill-rule="evenodd" vector-effect="non-scaling-stroke"/>
  19.  
  20.     <path d="
  21.     ${rectPath({left: 10, top: 220, right: 100, bottom: 300})}
  22.     ${rectPath({left: 20, top: 250, right: 150, bottom: 350})}
  23.     " stroke="white" fill="#64a7ff" fill-rule="nonzero" vector-effect="non-scaling-stroke"/>
  24.  
  25.     <path d="
  26.     ${rectPath({left: 350, top: 10, right: 450, bottom: 150})}
  27.     " fill="#2e9997" />
  28.   </svg>
  29.   <style>
  30.     svg, div, body, html {
  31.       overflow: visible; 
  32.       height: 100%; 
  33.       width: 100%;
  34.       margin: 0; padding: 0;
  35.     }
  36.   </style>
  37. `;

In this snippet rectPath creates a rectangle with “move to” and “line to” commands to be used in conjunction with SVG paths.

// javascript // paths // svg

Wobbling Ball With Canvas

  1. // same as yesterday but with canvas instead of svg
  2. const canvas = document.createElement('canvas'),
  3.       c = canvas.getContext('2d');
  4. document.body.appendChild(canvas);
  5. document.body.style.margin = 0;
  6.  
  7. let w = window.innerWidth,
  8.     h = window.innerHeight,
  9.     x = w / 2,
  10.     y = h / 2,
  11.     vx = vy = dx = dy = 0,
  12.     damp = 0.99, div = 8, ticks = 0, 
  13.     wobbleChance = 0.03,
  14.     startTick = 50;
  15.  
  16. function loop() {
  17.  
  18.   w = window.innerWidth;
  19.   h = window.innerHeight;
  20.   radius = w * 0.05;
  21.   diam = radius * 2;
  22.   diam2x = diam * 2;
  23.  
  24.   if (x > w){
  25.     vx *= -1;
  26.     dx *= -1;
  27.     x = w;
  28.   } else if (x < 0){
  29.     vx *= -1;
  30.     dx *= -1;
  31.     x = 0;
  32.   }
  33.  
  34.   if (y > h) {
  35.     vy *= -1;
  36.     dy *= -1;
  37.     y = h;
  38.   } else if (y < 0) {
  39.     vy *= -1;
  40.     dy *= -1;
  41.     y = 0
  42.   } 
  43.  
  44.   if (
  45.     Math.random() < wobbleChance || 
  46.     ticks === startTick) {
  47.       dx += Math.random() * 10 - 5;
  48.       dy += Math.random() * 10 - 5;
  49.   }
  50.  
  51.   dx *= damp;
  52.   dy *= damp;
  53.  
  54.   vx += (dx - vx) / div;
  55.   vy += (dy - vy) / div;
  56.  
  57.   x += vx;
  58.   y += vy;
  59.  
  60.   // in most cases these days you
  61.   // just clear the whole canvas, but for
  62.   // this example we clear a rectangle around 
  63.   // the circle 
  64.   c.clearRect(
  65.     x - diam, 
  66.     y - diam, 
  67.     diam2x, 
  68.     diam2x
  69.   );
  70.  
  71.   // draw the path
  72.   c.fillStyle = 'red'
  73.   c.beginPath();
  74.   c.arc(x, y, radius, 0, Math.PI * 2, false);
  75.   c.fill();
  76.  
  77.   ticks++;
  78.   window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
  79. }
  80. loop();
  81.  
  82. function resize() {
  83.   canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
  84.   canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
  85. }
  86. resize();
  87. window.addEventListener('resize', resize);

A wobbling ball with canvas.

Wobbling Ball with SVG

  1. const el = document.body.appendChild(
  2.   document.createElement('div'));
  3.  
  4. el.innerHTML = `
  5.   <svg width="100%" height="100%">
  6.     <circle 
  7.      id="circ" 
  8.      cx="0" cy="0" r="50"
  9.      fill="red" style="will-change: transform;"/>
  10.   </svg>
  11.   <style>
  12.     svg, div, body, html {
  13.       overflow: visible; 
  14.       height: 100%; 
  15.       width: 100%;
  16.       margin: 0; padding: 0;
  17.     }
  18.   </style>
  19.   `;
  20.  
  21. let w = window.innerWidth,
  22.     h = window.innerHeight,
  23.     x = w / 2,
  24.     y = h / 2,
  25.     vx = vy = dx = dy = 0,
  26.     damp = 0.99, div = 8, ticks = 0, 
  27.     wobbleChance = 0.03,
  28.     startTick = 50;
  29.  
  30. function loop() {
  31.   w = window.innerWidth;
  32.   h = window.innerHeight;
  33.  
  34.   if (x > w){
  35.     vx *= -1;
  36.     dx *= -1;
  37.     x = w;
  38.   } else if (x < 0){
  39.     vx *= -1;
  40.     dx *= -1;
  41.     x = 0;
  42.   }
  43.  
  44.   if (y > h) {
  45.     vy *= -1;
  46.     dy *= -1;
  47.     y = h;
  48.   } else if (y < 0) {
  49.     vy *= -1;
  50.     dy *= -1;
  51.     y = 0
  52.   } 
  53.  
  54.   if (
  55.     Math.random() < wobbleChance || 
  56.     ticks === startTick) {
  57.       dx += Math.random() * 10 - 5;
  58.       dy += Math.random() * 10 - 5;
  59.   }
  60.  
  61.   dx *= damp;
  62.   dy *= damp;
  63.  
  64.   vx += (dx - vx) / div;
  65.   vy += (dy - vy) / div;
  66.  
  67.   x += vx;
  68.   y += vy;
  69.  
  70.   circ.setAttribute('transform', `translate(${x} ${y})`);
  71.  
  72.   ticks++;
  73.   window.requestAnimationFrame(loop);
  74. }
  75. loop();
  76.  
  77. function resize() {
  78.   const radius = Math.min(w, h) * .05;
  79.  
  80.   // `window.circ` is the global id (⌐■_■)
  81.   circ.r.baseVal.value = radius;
  82. }
  83. resize();
  84. window.addEventListener('resize', resize);

A wobbling ball with svg.

snippet.zone ~ 2021-24 /// {s/z}