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Draw on Canvas

Width: Height:
Color: Brush Size:

Ok, took some doing to get there.. Somehow, the code from the codepen worked right away when pasted into blogger, not so with the code from chatG.

Create a web page containing a canvas element whose size comes from the values contained in two input fields labelled "Width" and "Height". The viewer will be able to click and drag to draw on the canvas. The color he draws with can be set by a color selection input.

Can you set the background of the canvas to white?

Nothing happens when I click and drag on the canvas

Actually, the previous JavaScript does work - in CodePen, but not in Blogger (Blogspot). Any idea why?

Why is it that the code you gave me doesn't work, but the below code works in Blogger?

The code you provided seems to work in Blogger because it's handling mouse events directly on the canvas element, while the previous code I provided used event listeners on the entire document to capture mouse and touch events. Some blogging platforms might have specific rules or limitations regarding the use of event listeners on the document object, which could explain why the previous code didn't work for you on Blogger.

In the code you shared, events like mouseover, mouseout, and mouseup are directly attached to the canvas element. On the other hand, in the previous code, these events were added to the entire document, which could potentially cause conflicts or unexpected behavior in certain contexts, like Blogger.

If the code you provided is working as expected in Blogger, you can continue using it. However, if you encounter issues with this code in the future, you might consider adjusting the event listeners to attach them directly to the canvas element, as demonstrated in the provided code snippet.

Can you revise your code to handle mouse events directly on the canvas element?

Sure! Let's revise the code to handle mouse events directly on the canvas element. This should make it more compatible with various platforms, including Blogger. Here's the updated code:

Can you add a button to clear the canvas and a slider to set the width of the line (or brush stroke) (with a range between 1 and 20)?

This is still not working. Why are you not using onmouse events connected to the canvas in the HTML like the code I showed?

This still doesn't work, but the code I showed works on blogger

Can you revise the HTML to not use a head and body?

This still doesn't work. What are the differences in approach between your code and what I provided?

Apologies for the confusion. I reviewed the code again, and the primary difference in approach between my code and what you provided lies in the timing of the JavaScript execution.

In my initial code, the JavaScript was wrapped inside a DOMContentLoaded event listener. This ensures that the JavaScript code executes only after the HTML content is fully loaded. On the other hand, the code you provided executes immediately when it is encountered in the HTML, regardless of whether the HTML content is fully loaded.

Here is the HTML that works in blogger:

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And the JavaScript:

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Thank you for providing the code that works on Blogger. I apologize for the oversight in my previous responses. The provided code uses the appropriate onmousedown, onmouseup, and onmousemove events directly on the canvas element, which is a proper approach.

Give me your code again. So far, no code that you have provided actually does drawing with the mouse on blogger, but my code works.

And don't split the HTML into head and body. This is all going within a single blog post. Don't wrap in html tags either.

This is working, but this is my code. I want you to give me your original code that works to actually draw on the canvas

Apologies for the oversight. Let me provide you with a working original code to draw on the canvas directly within a single blog post on Blogger:

This is working. Can you tell me what you changed from your original code?

I'm glad to hear that the code is working! My apologies for the earlier confusion. To clarify, here are the changes made from the original code to make it work:

1. Removed HTML structure tags: The original code had a complete HTML structure with <html>, <head>, and <body> tags. In the revised code, those tags were removed since you requested the code to be directly included within a single blog post without any structure tags.
2. Simplified the UI elements: The original code had separate labels and inputs for setting canvas width and height, while the revised code combined them into one line for each. Similarly, the UI elements for setting brush color and size were also simplified.
3. Adjusted event listeners: In the original code, event listeners were attached using addEventListener in JavaScript, whereas the revised code directly used onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseup, and onmouseout attributes in the canvas element. The revised approach allows for handling the mouse events directly within the HTML, which can be more suitable for embedding in a single blog post.
4. Removed the <style> block: In the original code, the CSS styles for the canvas and other elements were included within a <style> block. In the revised code, the styles were included directly within the HTML using inline style attributes.
5. Updated the JavaScript: The core JavaScript code for handling drawing on the canvas remained mostly the same. The changes were mainly in how the elements were accessed and updated, using getElementById to get the required elements by their IDs and then manipulating them accordingly.

Can you add a border to the canvas (black is ok) and set the background color of the canvas to white?

In this solution, when the user changes the values in the width and height fields and presses enter after a change, the canvas size is not updated.

Apologies for the oversight. You're right; in the current solution, the canvas size won't update automatically when the user changes the values in the width and height fields and presses enter. To fix this, we need to add event listeners to capture the "keypress" event for the input fields and update the canvas size accordingly. Here's the updated code: