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How to set the border opacity of a Circle while moving using FabricJS?
In this tutorial, we are going to set the border opacity of Circle while moving using FabricJS. Circle is one of the various shapes provided by FabricJS. In order to create a circle, we will have to create an instance of fabric.Circle class and add it to the canvas. We can change the opacity of circle while moving it around in the canvas by using the borderOpacityWhenMoving property.
Syntax
new fabric.Circle({ borderOpacityWhenMoving: Number }: Object)
Parameters
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options (optional) ? This parameter is an Object which provides additional customizations to our circle. Using this parameter, properties such as colour, cursor, stroke width and a lot of other properties can be changed related to the object of which borderOpacityWhenMoving is a property.
Options Keys
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borderOpacityWhenMoving ? This property accepts a Number that specifies how opaque we want the borders to be while moving the circle around. It allows us to control the opacity of the borders while moving a circle object. The default value is 0.4.
Example 1: Default Behavior
Displaying the default behaviour of borderOpacityWhenMoving property
Let's see an example that shows the default behaviour of borderOpacityWhenMoving property. When we select our circle object and move it around the canvas, the selection border changes its opacity from 1 (fully opaque) to 0.4 which makes it look a bit translucent.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Adding the Fabric JS Library-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fabric.js/510/fabric.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Setting the border opacity of Circle while moving using FabricJS</h2>
<p>Select the object and move it around. Notice that the opacity of the outline border reduces slightly while moving the object. This is the default behavior. Here we have not used the <b>borderOpacityWhenMoving</b> property.</p>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<script>
// Initiate a canvas instance
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
var cir = new fabric.Circle({
left: 215,
top: 100,
fill: "",
radius: 50,
stroke: "#c154c1",
strokeWidth: 5,
borderColor: "#966fd6",
});
// Adding it to the canvas
canvas.add(cir);
canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
canvas.setHeight(250);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: Custom Border Opacity
Passing borderOpacityWhenMoving as key
Let's see an example to assign a value to the borderOpacityWhenMoving property. In this case we have assigned the value as 0. This tells us that when we move our circle around, the border opacity will change to 0 and will not be visible.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Adding the Fabric JS Library-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fabric.js/510/fabric.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>How to set the border opacity of Circle while moving using FabricJS?</h2>
<p>Select the object and move it around. You will notice that the border opacity becomes 0 when moving the object. Here we have set <b>borderOpacityWhenMoving</b> to 0.</p>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<script>
// Initiate a canvas instance
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
var cir = new fabric.Circle({
left: 215,
top: 100,
fill: "",
radius: 50,
stroke: "#c154c1",
strokeWidth: 5,
borderColor: "#966fd6",
borderOpacityWhenMoving: 0,
});
// Adding it to the canvas
canvas.add(cir);
canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
canvas.setHeight(250);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Key Points
- The borderOpacityWhenMoving property only affects the visibility of selection borders during object movement
- Values range from 0 (completely transparent) to 1 (fully opaque)
- The default value is 0.4, providing subtle visual feedback during drag operations
- Setting the value to 0 makes borders invisible while moving, which can create a cleaner user experience
Conclusion
The borderOpacityWhenMoving property in FabricJS provides fine control over the visual feedback during object manipulation. By adjusting this property, you can create more polished and user-friendly canvas interactions.
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