I'm currently trying to get a similar touch/stylus behaviour to Squid (the notetaking app). I have used the PointerEvent API and it all works, except for one annoying issue:
After I put down the stylus or the finger, it draws a stroke for the next ~0.3 seconds, but after that, no more pointermove events are fired as long as the pointer is down.
here's my code:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Draw</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="canvas" width="500px" height="500px" style=" position: absolute;border: 2px solid red;"></canvas>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
index.js
var canvas = document.querySelector("#canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.fillStyle = "white"
var pos = {}
canvas.addEventListener("pointerdown", function (e) {
pos.x = e.pageX;
pos.y = e.pageY;
});
canvas.addEventListener("pointermove", function (e) {
console.log(e.pressure)
switch (e.pointerType) {
case "pen":
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(pos.x, pos.y);
ctx.lineTo(e.pageX, e.pageY);
ctx.stroke();
pos.x = e.pageX;
pos.y = e.pageY;
break;
case "touch":
ctx.fillRect(e.pageX - 10, e.pageY - 10, 20, 20);
break;
}
});
index.css is just a css reset
I'm really confused over this and can't seem to find anyone else who had this problem. Any help would be appreciated!
I'm currently trying to get a similar touch/stylus behaviour to Squid (the notetaking app). I have used the PointerEvent API and it all works, except for one annoying issue:
After I put down the stylus or the finger, it draws a stroke for the next ~0.3 seconds, but after that, no more pointermove events are fired as long as the pointer is down.
here's my code:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Draw</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="canvas" width="500px" height="500px" style=" position: absolute;border: 2px solid red;"></canvas>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
index.js
var canvas = document.querySelector("#canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.fillStyle = "white"
var pos = {}
canvas.addEventListener("pointerdown", function (e) {
pos.x = e.pageX;
pos.y = e.pageY;
});
canvas.addEventListener("pointermove", function (e) {
console.log(e.pressure)
switch (e.pointerType) {
case "pen":
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(pos.x, pos.y);
ctx.lineTo(e.pageX, e.pageY);
ctx.stroke();
pos.x = e.pageX;
pos.y = e.pageY;
break;
case "touch":
ctx.fillRect(e.pageX - 10, e.pageY - 10, 20, 20);
break;
}
});
index.css is just a css reset
I'm really confused over this and can't seem to find anyone else who had this problem. Any help would be appreciated!
Share Improve this question asked Dec 25, 2021 at 19:54 leonhmaleonhma 1921 silver badge10 bronze badges1 Answer
Reset to default 12Just add touch-action: none; to your canvas's style attribute.
After ~0.3 seconds starts touch events as page scrolling.