FabricJS - Clip object to bounding box
How to use a rect as a bounding box for an image or text to allow for a clipping region or bounding box.
by itsazzad
HTML
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/1.2.1/lodash.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fabric.js/1.4.8/fabric.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://promincproductions.com/gaTrackingJSFiddle.js"></script>
<canvas id="c" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
CSS
#c {
border:0px solid #ccc;
}
JavaScript
var img01URL = 'https://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo4w.png';
var img02URL = 'http://fabricjs.com/lib/pug.jpg';
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas('c');
// Note the use of the `originX` and `originY` properties, which we set
// to 'left' and 'top', respectively. This makes the math in the `clipTo`
// functions a little bit more straight-forward.
var clipPoly = new fabric.Polygon([
{ x: 180, y: 10 },
{ x: 300, y: 50 },
{ x: 300, y: 180 },
{ x: 180, y: 220 }
], {
originX: 'left',
originY: 'top',
left: 180,
top: 10,
width: 200,
height: 200,
fill: '#DDD', /* use transparent for no fill */
strokeWidth: 0,
selectable: false
});
// We give these `Rect` objects a name property so the `clipTo` functions can
// find the one by which they want to be clipped.
clipPoly.set({
clipFor: 'pug'
});
canvas.add(clipPoly);
var clipRect2 = new fabric.Rect({
originX: 'left',
originY: 'top',
left: 10,
top: 10,
width: 150,
height: 150,
fill: '#DDD', /* use transparent for no fill */
strokeWidth: 0,
selectable: false
});
// We give these `Rect` objects a name property so the `clipTo` functions can
// find the one by which they want to be clipped.
clipRect2.set({
clipFor: 'logo'
});
canvas.add(clipRect2);
function findByClipName(name) {
return _(canvas.getObjects()).where({
clipFor: name
}).first()
}
// Since the `angle` property of the Image object is stored
// in degrees, we'll use this to convert it to radians.
function degToRad(degrees) {
return degrees * (Math.PI / 180);
}
var clipByName = function (ctx) {
this.setCoords();
var clipObj = findByClipName(this.clipName);
var scaleXTo1 = (1 / this.scaleX);
var scaleYTo1 = (1 / this.scaleY);
ctx.save();
var ctxLeft = -( this.width / 2 ) + clipObj.strokeWidth;
var ctxTop = -( this.height / 2 ) + clipObj.strokeWidth;
var ctxWidth = clipObj.width -...