Draw rectangle on canvas with mouse

Draws rectangle with mouse drag

by KomathiKarunakaran

HTML

<canvas id="canvas" width="800" height="500"></canvas>
<div id="output"></div>

CSS

canvas {
    cursor: crosshair;
    border: 1px solid #000000;
}

JavaScript

//Canvas
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
//Variables
var canvasx = $(canvas).offset().left;
var canvasy = $(canvas).offset().top;
var last_mousex = last_mousey = 0;
var mousex = mousey = 0;
var mousedown = false;

//Mousedown
$(canvas).on('mousedown', function(e) {
    last_mousex = parseInt(e.clientX-canvasx);
	last_mousey = parseInt(e.clientY-canvasy);
    mousedown = true;
});

//Mouseup
$(canvas).on('mouseup', function(e) {
    mousedown = false;
});

//Mousemove
$(canvas).on('mousemove', function(e) {
    mousex = parseInt(e.clientX-canvasx);
	mousey = parseInt(e.clientY-canvasy);
    if(mousedown) {
        ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height); //clear canvas
        ctx.beginPath();
        var width = mousex-last_mousex;
        var height = mousey-last_mousey;
        ctx.rect(last_mousex,last_mousey,width,height);
        ctx.strokeStyle = 'black';
        ctx.lineWidth = 10;
        ctx.stroke();
    }
    //Output
    $('#output').html('current: '+mousex+', '+mousey+'<br/>last: '+last_mousex+', '+last_mousey+'<br/>mousedown: '+mousedown);
});