Would it be possible to add setGlobalCompositeOperation like

public native void setGlobalCompositeOperation(String operation) /-{

(this.@com.google.gwt.widgetideas.graphics.client.impl.GWTCanvasImplDefault::canvasContext).globalCompositeOperation = operation;

}-/;

I think this is not possible or easy for IE, but for other browsers it would be great. I use a different implementation for IE anyway. My problem is just, I have no way to set this for Firefox other than to patch GWTCanvas. If the implementation for IE just does nothing, that would be enough.

For me the IE implementation doesn't look right (at least for this demo - haven't seen the source), blurry squares, strokes too thin, etc...

I've done something similar, take a look at http://code.google.com/p/gwt-canvas/

It is not complete, however it looks almost pixel-perfect on IE for me. So please feel free to merge it into GWTCanvas (or the other way around) if it helps ;)

I've downloaded the latest version of the incubator to try the GWTCanvas out, but:

com.google.gwt.widgetideas.graphics

doesn't seem to appear anymore? Where is the canvas class located now?

Thanks

I' like to ask the same question as markww. It doesn't look to be anywhere. And It looks an amazing job!

thanks, Dirso

dirsow, it's not in the compiled jar they have up on the site. I had to build the whole incubator myself, it's in the trunk of the repository!

So this is dependent on the canvas element support being present correct? This will not work in hosted mode on the linux platform because GWT currently uses the antiquated mozilla 1.7 for its rendering (correct me if i'm wrong).

@dolcraith

You are correct. We are working on addressing that though :). For now, if you have access to a Mac, you should be able to develop in hosted mode just fine. Otherwise (and I realize that this is non-optimal) you will have to debug in web mode.

I want draw line on a piece of image, how did i do?

Is it possible for a GWTCanvas to receive any events, such as mouse or click events?

@eroberts00

I extended the GWTCanvas class to implement mouse listening events:

public final class Canvas extends GWTCanvas {

    private MouseListener listener;

    public Canvas() {
        super(620, 620);
	sinkEvents(Event.MOUSEEVENTS);
    }

    @Override
    public void onBrowserEvent(Event event) {
        super.onBrowserEvent(event);
        if (listener != null) {
            int x = event.getClientX() - getAbsoluteLeft();
            int y = event.getClientY() - getAbsoluteTop();
            switch (event.getTypeInt()) {
                case Event.ONMOUSEDOWN:
                    listener.onMouseDown(this, x, y);
                    break;
                case Event.ONMOUSEMOVE:
                    listener.onMouseMove(this, x, y);
                    break;
                case Event.ONMOUSEUP:
                    listener.onMouseUp(this, x, y);
                    break;
            }				
        }
    }

    public void setListener(MouseListener listener) {
        this.listener = listener;
    }
}

@nvaneijck

Thanks, that worked great.

How do you render/draw Text using GWTCanvas?

I have added click events and multiple listeners to nvaneijck's contribution:

import com.google.gwt.user.client.Event;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.ClickListener;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.ClickListenerCollection;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.MouseListener;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.MouseListenerCollection;
import com.google.gwt.widgetideas.graphics.client.GWTCanvas;

public class Canvas extends GWTCanvas {
  private MouseListenerCollection mouseListeners;
  private ClickListenerCollection clickListeners;

  public Canvas() {
    super();
  }

  public Canvas(int coordX, int coordY) {
    super(coordX, coordY);
  }

  public Canvas(int coordX, int coordY, int pixelX, int pixelY) {
    super(coordX, coordY, pixelX, pixelY);
  }

  @Override
  public void onBrowserEvent(Event event) {
    super.onBrowserEvent(event);
    if ((clickListeners != null && clickListeners.size() > 0) ||
        (mouseListeners != null && mouseListeners.size() > 0)) {
      int x = event.getClientX() - getAbsoluteLeft();
      int y = event.getClientY() - getAbsoluteTop();
      switch (event.getTypeInt()) {
        case Event.ONCLICK:
          if (clickListeners != null) {
            clickListeners.fireClick(this);
          }
          break;
        case Event.ONMOUSEDOWN:
          if (mouseListeners != null) {
            mouseListeners.fireMouseDown(this, x, y);
          }
          break;
        case Event.ONMOUSEMOVE:
          if (mouseListeners != null) {
            mouseListeners.fireMouseMove(this, x, y);
          }
          break;
        case Event.ONMOUSEUP:
          if (mouseListeners != null) {
            mouseListeners.fireMouseUp(this, x, y);
          }
          break;
      }
    }
  }
  
  public void addClickListener(ClickListener listener) {
    if (clickListeners == null) {
      clickListeners = new ClickListenerCollection();
      sinkEvents(Event.ONCLICK);
    }
    clickListeners.add(listener);
  }
  
  public void addMouseListener(MouseListener listener) {
    if (mouseListeners == null) {
      mouseListeners = new MouseListenerCollection();
      sinkEvents(Event.MOUSEEVENTS);
    }
    mouseListeners.add(listener);
  }
  
  public void removeClickListener(ClickListener listener) {
    if (clickListeners != null) {
      clickListeners.remove(listener);
    }
  }
  
  public void removeMouseListener(MouseListener listener) {
    if (mouseListeners != null) {
      mouseListeners.remove(listener);
    }
  }
}

Rendering on canvas is fast on firefox/chrome, but on IE it is extremely slow. I found that GWTCanvas's vml implementation on IE is the cause: passing the string to browser every time you want to render something. I suggest GWTCanvas can have some "compile list" function as OpenGL, so that we can manipulate the attribute of some compile element rather than pass string to browser every time. I think some dojo code may inspire GWTCanvas developer:

var node = document.createElement("div");
document.body.appendChild(node);
var surfaceWidth = 120;
var surfaceHeight = 220;
var surface = dojo.gfx.createSurface(node,surfaceWidth, surfaceHeight);
var rect = { x: 100, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100 };
var circle = { cx: 150, cy: 160, r: 50 };
var group = surface.createGroup();
var blueRect = group.createRect(rect)
    .setFill([0, 0, 255, 0.5]) .applyTransform(dojo.gfx.matrix.identity); 

var greenCircle = group.createCircle(circle)
    .setFill([0, 255, 0, 1.0]) .setStroke({color: "black", width: 4, cap:   "butt", join: 4}) .applyTransform(dojo.gfx.matrix.identity); 

this piece of code is copy from: http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/create-cross-browser-vector-graphics

Is this likely to go into 1.5, or will we have to wait for 1.6?

I would like to congratulate nvaneijck, for the mouse listner implementation, and srfarley for improving it. It helped me a lot in a college project. Thanks!

Hi - I have the same question/need as stated above: can I somehow render text on the gwtcanvas? Thanks a lot! Axel

In GWT 1.6, the classes srfarley uses are deprecated. The new event system is a lot cleaner. Here's an example for mouse down events:

import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.HasMouseDownHandlers;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseDownEvent;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.MouseDownHandler;
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.HandlerRegistration;
import com.google.gwt.widgetideas.graphics.client.GWTCanvas;

public class Canvas extends GWTCanvas implements HasMouseDownHandlers {

  public Canvas() {
    super();
  }

  public Canvas(int coordX, int coordY) {
    super(coordX, coordY);
  }

  public Canvas(int coordX, int coordY, int pixelX, int pixelY) {
    super(coordX, coordY, pixelX, pixelY);
  }

  public HandlerRegistration addMouseDownHandler(MouseDownHandler handler) {
  	return addDomHandler(handler, MouseDownEvent.getType());
  }
}

Then you can add an extended handler class and it'll get fired by GWT for you. In the callback functions, use getAbsoluteLeft() and getAbsoluteTop() as in nvaneijck's original to convert from screen coordinates to canvas coordinates.

Hi all,

Check out my application using gwt canvas : its http://gwt-mind-mapping.appspot.com/

Its only a alpha prototype version.

Thx

Hi, How can I make a canvas transparent to a lower level canvas? I mean two or more canvases one upon another. Thx

If anybody is interested in drawing text in GWTCanvas take a look at the Google code project swtbcanvasfont

Hi,

Does anyone know if the library has been distributed to a maven repo?

Many thx

I have recently created a project gwt-g2d (http://code.google.com/p/gwt-g2d/) that branches off from gwt-canvas and provide some newer features for canvas, such as text drawing, shadow, and pixel manipulation. The IE implementation uses excanvas and is working reasonably well (text drawing and linear gradient are working). It works best on Firefox 3.5 and Safari, but also pretty decently on Chrome and to some extent Opera. You can see the demo here (http://gwt-g2d.appspot.com/)

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with key events over GWTCanvas on Web mode. I add KeyPress? and KeyDown? events to canvas and they work fine in Hosted Mode, but when I compile to WebMode? KeyEvents? just don't work.

The MouseEvents? works fine in both Hosted and WebMode?... Can anyone help me?

I've done a simple app to demonstrate that... You can download it from http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1353013/GWT_Canvas_Demo.rar

You just have to right setup the gxt and gwt-incubator on the app built-path. I hope someone can help me.

Thanks, Cheers.

Hi ,

Is it possible to render the drawings on a gwtcanvas to a png image format or a pdf format?

Thx

Is it possible to draw text? I like to draw a rectangle - and on top of the rectagle draw a text such as 'OK' or 'Cancel'.