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Simple Way to Validate CSS Colors

  1. function isColor(col) {
  2.   const cache = isColor[col]
  3.   if (cache != null) {
  4.     console.log('- reading cache')
  5.     return cache
  6.   }
  7.   isColor.el.style = ''
  8.   isColor.el.style.color = col
  9.   return isColor[col] = !!isColor.el.style.color
  10. }
  11. isColor.el = document.createElement('div')
  12.  
  13.  
  14. console.log('is "red" a color?', isColor('red'))
  15. console.log('from the cache: ', isColor('red'))
  16.  
  17. console.log('is "rgbx(1, 2, 3)" a color?', isColor('rgbx(1, 2, 3)'))
  18.  
  19. console.log('is "#0f0" a color?', isColor('#0f0'))
  20.  
  21. console.log('is "hsl(192, 50%, 50%)" a color?', isColor('hsl(192, 50%, 50%)'))
  22. console.log('from the cache: ', isColor('hsl(192, 50%, 50%)'))
  23.  
  24. console.log('is "lab(2000.1337% -8.6911 -159.131231 / .987189732)" ?',
  25.   isColor('lab(2000.1337% -8.6911 -159.131231 / .987189732)'))
  26.  
  27. console.log('is "snippetZone" ?', isColor('snippetZone'))

I find this technique is usually good enough to validate colors…

// color // css // dom // graphics // hacks // hex // html // javascript // tricks

Parametric Equation for Rectangle

  1. // from http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/69099/equation-of-a-rectangle
  2. const rect = (px, py, rx, ry, t) => ({
  3.   x: px + rx + rx * (Math.abs(Math.cos(t)) * Math.cos(t) + Math.abs(Math.sin(t)) * Math.sin(t)),
  4.   y: py + ry + ry * (Math.abs(Math.cos(t)) * Math.cos(t) - Math.abs(Math.sin(t)) * Math.sin(t))
  5. })
  6.  
  7. const SIZE = 200
  8.  
  9. const c = document.body.appendChild(
  10.   Object.assign(document.createElement`canvas`,
  11.     { width: SIZE, height: SIZE }
  12.   )).getContext`2d`
  13.  
  14. c.fillStyle = 'black'
  15. c.fillRect(0, 0, SIZE, SIZE)
  16.  
  17. let t = 0
  18. setInterval(() => {
  19.   const { x, y } = rect(20, 20, 60, 70, t)
  20.   c.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 0, 0, .1)'
  21.   c.fillRect(x, y, 10, 10)
  22.   t += .05
  23. }, 16)

Wanted to know how to do this for something back in 2015. Great math stackexchange answer here: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/69099/equation-of-a-rectangle

Could be optimized but leaving as is to match:

x = p(|cos t|cos t + |sin t| sin t)
y = p(|cos t|cos t - |sin t| sin t)

One small change here is to add the width and height to the offset so that it draws from the upper left hand corner instead of the center…

Divide Rectangle Into Smaller Rectangles

  1. const rand = num => ~~(Math.random() * num)
  2.  
  3. let rectNum = 2 + rand(10)
  4. let rectCount = 0
  5.  
  6. document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div')).innerText =
  7.   'click anywhere to regenerate'
  8.  
  9. function reset() {
  10.   ;[...document.querySelectorAll('.rect')].forEach(rect => rect.remove())
  11.   rectNum = 2 + rand(10)
  12.   rectCount = 0
  13.   newRect(300, 300, 50, 50)
  14. }
  15. reset()
  16. onpointerup = reset
  17.  
  18. function newRect(w, h, xp, yp) {
  19.   const rect = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'))
  20.  
  21.   rect.classList.add('rect')
  22.   rectCount++
  23.  
  24.   Object.assign(rect.style, {
  25.     position: 'absolute',
  26.     left: `${xp}px`,
  27.     top: `${yp}px`,
  28.     width: `${w}px`,
  29.     height: `${h}px`,
  30.     outline: `1px solid black`,
  31.   })
  32.  
  33.   const props = {
  34.     x: xp,
  35.     y: yp,
  36.     height: h,
  37.     width: w,
  38.     seed: rand(3),
  39.     divide() {
  40.       const div = 2 + rand(5 * Math.random() * Math.random())
  41.       if (rand(2) == rand(2)) {
  42.         const newHeight = this.height / div
  43.  
  44.         newRect(this.width, this.height - newHeight, this.x, this.y)
  45.         newRect(this.width, newHeight, this.x, this.y + this.height - newHeight)
  46.       } else {
  47.         const newWidth = w / div
  48.         newRect(this.width - newWidth, this.height, this.x, this.y)
  49.         newRect(newWidth, this.height, this.x + this.width - newWidth, this.y)
  50.       }
  51.       rect.remove()
  52.     },
  53.   }
  54.   window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
  55.     if (rectCount < rectNum) {
  56.       props.divide()
  57.     } else {
  58.       console.log('DONE!')
  59.     }
  60.   })
  61. }

This snippet comes to mind from time to time – one easy way to divide a rectangle into smaller rectangles- I actually went back and looked it up as it was an answer to a student question from 2006. The original one was written in ActionScript 2. Have a look:

  1. var wormNum:Number = 123;
  2. var wormCount:Number = 0;
  3. newWorm(400, 400, 0, 0);
  4. this.onEnterFrame = function() {
  5. 	if (wormCount < wormNum) {
  6. 		for (var props:String in this) {
  7. 			if (this[props]._x != undefined) {
  8. 				this[props].divide();
  9. 			}
  10. 		}
  11. 	}
  12. };
  13. function newWorm(w, h, xp, yp) {
  14. 	var currWorm:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("box"+wormCount, this.getNextHighestDepth());
  15. 	wormCount++;
  16. 	box(w, h, currWorm, random(0xFFFFFF));
  17. 	currWorm._x = xp;
  18. 	currWorm._y = yp;
  19. 	currWorm.seed = random(3);
  20. 	currWorm.divide = function() {
  21. 		var div = random(4)+(1+Math.random()*1);
  22. 		if (random(2) == random(2)) {
  23. 			// divide vertically
  24. 			var nh:Number = this._height/div;
  25. 			newWorm(this._width, this._height-nh, this._x, this._y);
  26. 			newWorm(this._width, nh, this._x, this._y+this._height-nh);
  27. 		} else {
  28. 			// divide horizonatlly
  29. 			var nw:Number = this._width/div;
  30. 			newWorm(this._width-nw, this._height, this._x, this._y);
  31. 			newWorm(nw, this._height, this._x+this._width-nw, this._y);
  32. 		}
  33. 		this.removeMovieClip();
  34. 	};
  35. }
  36. function box(w:Number, h:Number, mc:MovieClip, col:Number):Void {
  37. 	with (mc) {
  38. 		lineStyle(0, 0, 20);
  39. 		beginFill(col, 10);
  40. 		moveTo(0, 0);
  41. 		lineTo(w, 0);
  42. 		lineTo(w, h);
  43. 		lineTo(0, h);
  44. 		endFill();
  45. 	}
  46. }

Don’t remember why I called them worms instead of rectangles, some AS2 types floating around…

Little Grid

  1. const NUM = 9
  2. const col = 3
  3. const size = 30
  4. const pad = 10
  5. const box = (x, y) => Object.assign(
  6.   document.body.appendChild(
  7.     document.createElement('div')
  8.   ).style, {
  9.     position: 'absolute',
  10.     width: size + 'px', 
  11.     height: size + 'px',
  12.     top: y + 'px', 
  13.     left: x + 'px',
  14.     background: 'red'
  15. })
  16.  
  17. const off = (size + pad)
  18. for (let i = 0; i < NUM; i++) {
  19.   const x = (i % col) * off
  20.   const y = parseInt(i / col, 10) * off
  21.   box(x, y)
  22. }

Mutation Observer

  1. // Select the node that will be observed for mutations
  2. const targetNode = document.getElementById('some-id');
  3.  
  4. // Options for the observer (which mutations to observe)
  5. const config = { attributes: true, childList: true, subtree: true };
  6.  
  7. // Callback function to execute when mutations are observed
  8. const callback = function(mutationsList, observer) {
  9.     // Use traditional 'for loops' for IE 11 (goodbye IE11!!!!)
  10.     for(const mutation of mutationsList) {
  11.         if (mutation.type === 'childList') {
  12.             console.log('A child node has been added or removed.');
  13.         }
  14.         else if (mutation.type === 'attributes') {
  15.             console.log('The ' + mutation.attributeName + ' attribute was modified.');
  16.         }
  17.     }
  18. };
  19.  
  20. // Create an observer instance linked to the callback function
  21. const observer = new MutationObserver(callback);
  22.  
  23. // Start observing the target node for configured mutations
  24. observer.observe(targetNode, config);
  25.  
  26. // Later, you can stop observing
  27. observer.disconnect();

This is pure gold if you haven’t used it… (from MDN)

// dom // events // graphics // html // javascript // ui
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