Draw points on canvas with image
How to draw points on canvas with a background image
by firegroove
HTML
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Draw points in the hen ! Remember this example uses a method that will work in almost all devices.
Even if you make zoom in the page, the points will be rendered correctly according to the image and canvas size.<br> Have fun !. This example uses jQuery
</p>
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<canvas id="canvas" width="690" height="651" style="cursor:crosshair;background:url(http://www.mundoanimalia.com/images/articles/66/58/06/7f6ffaa6bb0b408017b62254211691b5/gallina.jpg)"></canvas>
JavaScript
$("#canvas").click(function(e){
getPosition(e);
});
var pointSize = 3;
function getPosition(event){
var rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
var x = event.clientX - rect.left;
var y = event.clientY - rect.top;
drawCoordinates(x,y);
}
function drawCoordinates(x,y){
var ctx = document.getElementById("canvas").getContext("2d");
ctx.fillStyle = "#ff2626"; // Red color
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, pointSize, 0, Math.PI * 2, true);
ctx.fill();
}