Drawing Ellipse on Canvas with "negative" width/height using mouse events - c#

On MouseDownEvent I set upper left corner of Ellipse I'm trying to draw.
public MyCircle(Point location)
{
ellipseObject = new Ellipse
{
Stroke = Brushes.Black,
StrokeThickness = 2,
Margin = new Thickness(location.X, location.Y, 0, 0)
};
}
Then on MouseMoveEvent I update Width and Height properties and it works fine as long as I don't move mouse above or/and to the left of my Ellipse upper left corner, in that case I'm getting exception that these properties can't be negative (which of course makes perfect sense).
public void Draw(Point location)
{
if (ellipseObject != null)
{
ellipseObject.Width = location.X - ellipseObject.Margin.Left;
ellipseObject.Height = location.Y - ellipseObject.Margin.Top;
}
}
The problem doesn't exist with drawing lines:
public void Draw(Point location)
{
lineObject.X2 = location.X;
lineObject.Y2 = location.Y;
}
I know it's trivial, but I'm completely stuck on this. How should I handle drawing Ellipses?

I had this EXACT problem when trying to create a crop tool. Problem is that you need to create if statements for when the cursor goes negative X or negative Y from your starting point. For starters, you'll need to have a global Point that you mark as your 'start' point. Also specify a global current point position that we'll talk about in a minute.
public Point startingPoint;
public Point currentPoint;
Then, make sure you have an onMouseDown event on whatever control you are trying to put the ellipse on.
private void control_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
startingPoint.X = e.X;
startingPoint.Y = e.Y;
}
Then, you need to create if statements in your MouseMove event to check with point (current mouse position, or starting point) has a lower X/Y value
private void control_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
//The below point is what we'll draw the ellipse with.
Point ellipsePoint;
Ellipse ellipseObject = new Ellipse();
currentPoint.X = e.X;
currentPoint.Y = e.Y;
//Then we need to get the proper width/height;
if (currentPoint.X >= startingPoint.X)
{
ellipsePoint.X = startingPoint.X;
ellipseObject.Width = currentPoint.X - startingPoint.X;
}
else
{
ellipsePoint.X = currentPoint.X;
ellipseObject.Width = startingPoint.X - currentPoint.X;
}
if (currentPoint.Y >= startingPoint.Y)
{
ellipsePoint.Y = startingPoint.Y;
ellipseObject.Height = currentPoint.Y - startingPoint.Y;
}
else
{
ellipsePoint.Y = currentPoint.Y;
ellipseObject.Height = startingPoint.Y - currentPoint.Y;
}
ellipseObject.Stroke = Brushes.Black;
ellipseObject.StrokeThickness = 2;
ellipseObject.Margin = new Thickness(ellipsePoint.X, ellipsePoint.Y, 0, 0);
}
Hope this helps!

Save the origin point separately and set the X and Y properties of the Ellipse's Margin to the mouse position and the Width and Height to the distances between the mouse and origin point.
Untested:
public MyCircle(Point location)
{
ellipseObject = new Ellipse
{
Stroke = Brushes.Black,
StrokeThickness = 2,
Margin = new Thickness(location.X, location.Y, 0, 0)
Tag = new Point(location.X, location.Y)
};
}
public void Draw(Point location)
{
if (ellipseObject != null)
{
Point o = (Point)ellipseObject.Tag;
double x = Math.Min(location.X, o.Left);
double y = Math.Min(location.Y, o.Top);
double width = Math.Abs(Math.Max(location.X, o.Left) - x);
double height = Math.Abs(Math.Max(location.Y, o.Top) - y);
ellipseObject.Margin.X = x;
ellipseObject.Margin.Y = y;
ellipseObject.Width = width;
ellipseObject.Height = height;
}
}

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Polyline is drawn wrong position on Canvas

I am simulating painting as same as Paint app in Windows, but can select stroke after drawing.
I draw a polyline by dragging mouse to paint on canvas, but sometimes suddenly a very straight line is drawn.
I checked the point collection of polyline, it is correct.
private Polyline _drawingLine;
private Ellipse _ellipse;
private void CanvasDrawStudentScreen_MouseMove(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Get point before mouse changes position
Point position = new Point(e.GetPosition(CanvasDrawStudentScreen).X, e.GetPosition(CanvasDrawStudentScreen).Y);
if (_ellipse == null)
{
_ellipse = new Ellipse()
{
Width = 10,
Height = 10,
Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Blue),
Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Blue),
};
_ellipse.MouseDown += _ellipse_MouseDown;
CanvasDrawStudentScreen.Children.Add(_ellipse);
}
Canvas.SetLeft(_ellipse, position.X - 5);
Canvas.SetTop(_ellipse, position.Y - 5);
// Get list point when mouse move
if (e.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed)
{
_drawingLine.Points.Add(new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(_ellipse) + 5, Canvas.GetTop(_ellipse) + 5));
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
private void _ellipse_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
// Get point
System.Windows.Point startPosition = e.GetPosition(CanvasDrawStudentScreen);
var points = new PointCollection
{
startPosition
};
// Draw at start position
_drawingLine = new Polyline
{
Stroke = Brushes.Black,
StrokeThickness = 10,
Points = points,
};
CanvasDrawStudentScreen.Children.Add(_drawingLine);
Mouse.Capture(_ellipse);
e.Handled = true;
}
private void CanvasDrawStudentScreen_MouseUp(object sender, System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
try
{
// Get point before mouse changes position
var position = e.GetPosition(CanvasDrawStudentScreen);
// Reset temporary drawn objects
_drawingLine = null;
_ellipse.ReleaseMouseCapture();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
}
Could someone please explain me why this issue happened and guide me how to fix it?
Polyline with wrong position on canvas
In order to avoid "spiky" vertices, set the Polyline's StrokeLineJoin to Round or Bevel:
_drawingLine = new Polyline
{
Stroke = Brushes.Black,
StrokeThickness = 10,
StrokeLineJoin = PenLineJoin.Round,
Points = points,
};

Mapping points of zoomed chart to original chart in windows form

I have a custom written chart control. My charts are displaying time on x-axis and current on y-axis. What I want is, selected zoom. So when user clicks and drag mouse over chart it shows selection rectangle and selects particular area on chart and updates the chart to display points of only selected area.
My problem is, I can zoom in for the first time and it shows me correct results on updated chart. with correctly updated x coordinates. But when I do it again (anytime after 1st zoom in) points are always off.
All I want is when user selects another area on already zoom in chart it should do further zoom in with updated x coordinates.
What I tried: From proper observation of my chart zoom in behavior I found that every time when I click on chart that point is mapped to my original chart width and not updated width(updated width I found as (endingXPoints - beginingXPoints) when I do zoom). So I have to map points according to updated width. But That does not work. I still do not get correct zoom in. Also I tried using scaling factor as chart size is changing but still result is not correct.
So my question how to map the points of zoomed chart on my original chart. I am doing this in windows form and using custom written library.
I just began my career as developer and still in learning process. Any suggestion will be great help to me. Thank you
Here is my mouse_up event, if that code helps. I have try to add as many comments as possible. In this code I am saving previous points clicked on stack and using it to get scale factor and get the scaled
private void chart_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
Point p1, p2;
//when mouse up occurs it first checks, with isMousePressed, if mouse was pressed or not
if (isMousepressed)
{
isMousepressed = false;
isMouseEventOccured = true;
int xLeft = chartA.GetLeftDistToXaxis;//left distance from starting of control to x axis
int xWidth = chartA.chartWidth;//actual x-axis width shown on control
int yBottom = chartA.yTopPadding + chartA.chartHeight;//bottom distance from starting of control to y axis
//if no start - end points are selected then do nothing and return
if (endSelectionPoint == Point.Empty || beginSelectionPoint == Point.Empty) return;
//if start point is same as end point, do noting and return and if selection is made on left side of Y axis do nothing
if (endSelectionPoint.X == beginSelectionPoint.X) return;
if (endSelectionPoint.Y == beginSelectionPoint.Y) return;
if (beginSelectionPoint.X < xLeft && endSelectionPoint.X < xLeft) return;//avoid left chart area
if (beginSelectionPoint.Y > yBottom && endSelectionPoint.Y > yBottom) return;//avoid bottom chart area
endSelectionPoint.X = e.X;
endSelectionPoint.Y = e.Y;
//when all of the above conditions are false, we have two different start/end points which is not empty. map it & draw rectangle
p1 = ((Control)sender).PointToScreen(beginSelectionPoint);
p2 = ((Control)sender).PointToScreen(endSelectionPoint);
//draw selection rectangle
ControlPaint.DrawReversibleFrame(chartA.getRectangleForPoints(p1, p2), Color.Black, FrameStyle.Dashed);
//checking the begin and end value of x-y coordinates to see if they are on chart. if not then set the boundaries
//check it for begin coordinates
if (beginSelectionPoint.X < xLeft) { beginSelectionPoint.X = xLeft; }
if (beginSelectionPoint.X > (xLeft + chartA.Width)) { return; /*beginSelectionPoint.X = (xLeft + chartA.Width);*/ }
//if (beginSelectionPoint.Y < yBottom) { beginSelectionPoint.Y = yBottom; }
//if (beginSelectionPoint.Y > (yBottom + chartA.Height)) { beginSelectionPoint.Y = (yBottom + chartA.Height); }
//check it for end coordinates
if (endSelectionPoint.X > (xLeft + chartA.Width)) { endSelectionPoint.X = (xLeft + chartA.Width); }
if (endSelectionPoint.X < xLeft) { endSelectionPoint.X = xLeft; }
//if (endSelectionPoint.Y < yBottom) { endSelectionPoint.Y = yBottom; }
//if (endSelectionPoint.Y > (yBottom + chartA.Height)) { endSelectionPoint.Y = (yBottom + chartA.Height); }
//actual x-y value on chart.....x->corresponding time; y-> corresponding Amperage
xStart = 10 * chartA.MouseToXProportion(beginSelectionPoint.X );//multiplied with 10 to get the correct x values, if not used values in 0.+
yStart = chartA.MouseToYProportion(beginSelectionPoint.Y);
xEnd = 10 * chartA.MouseToXProportion(endSelectionPoint.X);
yEnd = chartA.MouseToYProportion(endSelectionPoint.Y);
if (zoomStack.Count != 0)
{
Point prevZoomPtEnd = (Point)zoomStack.Pop();
Point prevZoomPtStart = (Point)zoomStack.Pop();
double oldWidth = prevZoomPtEnd.X - prevZoomPtStart.X;
double zoomedWidth = endSelectionPoint.X - beginSelectionPoint.X;
double scaleFactor = zoomedWidth / oldWidth;
xStart = 10 * (chartA.MouseToXProportion(beginSelectionPoint.X) * scaleFactor);
xEnd = 10 * (chartA.MouseToXProportion(endSelectionPoint.X) * scaleFactor);
zoomStack.Push(beginSelectionPoint);
zoomStack.Push(endSelectionPoint);
}
else
{
zoomStack.Push(beginSelectionPoint);
zoomStack.Push(endSelectionPoint);
}
double xTemp;
if (xStart > xEnd) { xTemp = xEnd; xEnd = xStart; xStart = xTemp; }
//call updatechart() with start and end points on graph being p1/p2 or beginselection/endselection
updateChart(lastSelectedProfile, lastSelectedWeldIndex, xStart, xEnd);
}
else return;
}
Do you have to map the points? The chart's built in zoom should handle zooming correctly without trying to re-invent the wheel. The code below should be enough, hold left click and drag to zoom into the range.
private void setUserSelection(Chart cht)
{
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorX.IsUserSelectionEnabled = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorX.IsUserEnabled = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorX.LineColor = Color.Transparent;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorX.SelectionColor = Color.Lime;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorX.Interval = 0;
cht.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.ScaleView.Zoomable = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].AxisX2.ScaleView.Zoomable = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorY.IsUserSelectionEnabled = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorY.IsUserEnabled = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorY.LineColor = Color.Transparent;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorY.SelectionColor = Color.Lime;
cht.ChartAreas[0].CursorY.Interval = 0;
cht.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.ScaleView.Zoomable = true;
cht.ChartAreas[0].AxisY2.ScaleView.Zoomable = true;
}
To zoom out back one zoom, you'll need to add the following code somewhere. In my example below I have mine on the mouse right click.
private void chart1_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Right)
{
chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.ScaleView.ZoomReset(1);
chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.ScaleView.ZoomReset(1);
}
}

Draw a connector between shapes in wpf

I am creating some shapes from code behind dynamically and adding them to a Grid and further add the Grid to Canvas.
So when I double click on a shape I should be able to add some text which works fine. Now lets say I have two shapes on the Canvas and when I try to draw a line between these shapes for some reason the first shape gets pulled away to the bottom and the line starts from the middle of first shape.
I want the shape not to change the position and the line should start from the bottom of first shape. Please see the image for my problem.
Please help with your thoughts. Here is my code. Also I tried numerous posts eg: Getting the top left coordinates of a WPF UIElement.
But none of them seem to help.
private void CvsSurface_OnDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e) //In this event I am creating a shape dynamically and adding to a grid which is then added to a canvas.
{
Shape result = null;
Object droppedData = e.Data; //This part is not important
/*Translate Drop Point in reference to Stack Panel*/
Point dropPoint = e.GetPosition(this.cvsSurface);
//Console.WriteLine(dropPoint);
//Label lbl = new Label();
//lbl.Content = draggedItem.Content;
UIElement element = draggedItem.Content as UIElement;
Shape s = element as Shape;
if (s is Ellipse)
{
Ellipse ellipse = new Ellipse()
{
Height = s.Height,
Width = s.Width,
Fill = s.Fill
};
result = ellipse;
}
else if (s is Rectangle)
{
Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle()
{
Height = s.Height,
Width = s.Width,
Fill = s.Fill
};
result = rectangle;
}
Grid sp = new Grid();
sp.Children.Add(result);
sp.MouseLeftButtonDown += Sp_MouseLeftButtonDown;
sp.MouseLeftButtonUp += Sp_MouseLeftButtonUp;
//sp.PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp += Sp_PreviewMouseLeftButtonUp;
//sp.MouseLeftButtonUp += Sp_MouseLeftButtonUp;
cvsSurface.Children.Add(sp);
Canvas.SetLeft(sp, dropPoint.X);
Canvas.SetTop(sp, dropPoint.Y);
}
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{
bool mouserelease = System.Windows.Input.Mouse.LeftButton == MouseButtonState.Pressed;
if (!mouserelease)
{
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y2 = e.GetPosition(stackpanel).Y;
Line l = new Line();
l.X1 = x1;
l.Y1 = y1;
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l.Y2 = y2;
l.Margin = new Thickness(0, 19, 0, 0);
l.Stroke = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Black);
l.StrokeThickness = 2;
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{
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{
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Height = 180,
Width = 400,
MaxHeight = 180,
MaxWidth = 400
};
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Shape not drawing at mouse position on inkcanvas C# WPF

I use the following code to draw a square on an inkcanvas at the position of the mouse. But it doesn't draw the shape at the centre of the mouse position, instead slightly to the right and much lower as demonstrated by the following image:
Additionally I would like to stop the pen from drawing when I click to add a shape to the canvas.
How can I correct the positioning and stop the pen drawing?
private void inkCanvas_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
cursorCoords.Content = Mouse.GetPosition(Application.Current.MainWindow);
// Get the x and y coordinates of the mouse pointer.
System.Windows.Point position = e.GetPosition(this);
pX = position.X;
pY = position.Y;
}
private Stroke NewRectangle(double dTop, double dLeft, double dWidth, double dHeight)
{
double T = dTop;
double L = dLeft;
double W = dWidth;
double H = dHeight;
StylusPointCollection strokePoints = new StylusPointCollection();
strokePoints.Add(new StylusPoint(L, T));
strokePoints.Add(new StylusPoint(L + W, T));
strokePoints.Add(new StylusPoint(L + W, T + H));
strokePoints.Add(new StylusPoint(L, T + H));
strokePoints.Add(new StylusPoint(L, T));
Stroke newStroke = new Stroke(strokePoints);
return newStroke;
}
private void inkCanvas_PreviewMouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
if (tool == 3) // shape tool
{
switch (chosenShape)
{
case "square":
Stroke oS = NewRectangle(pY, pX, size, size);
DrawingAttributes attribs = new DrawingAttributes();
attribs.Color = shapeColour;//Colors.LimeGreen;
attribs.Height = 5.0;
attribs.Width = 5.0;
attribs.FitToCurve = false;
oS.DrawingAttributes = attribs;
inkCanvas.Strokes.Add(oS);
break;
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}
}
In your code this refers to window?
// Get the x and y coordinates of the mouse pointer.
System.Windows.Point position = e.GetPosition(this);
If so then position is the cursor position relatively to the window and not to the inkCanvas
Try
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Selecting part of image on windows form

I'm making instrument to select part of image. I have PictrureBox, and simple way to make it :
void StartPanel(object sender, MouseEventArgs args)
{
xStart = args.X;
yStart = args.Y;
panelStarted = true;
pan.Location = new Point(xStart, yStart);
}
void FinishPanel(object sender, MouseEventArgs args)
{
xFinish = args.X;
yFinish = args.Y;
panelStarted = false;
}
void UpdatePanel(object sender, MouseEventArgs args)
{
if (panelStarted)
{
int x = args.X;
int y = args.Y;
int newxstart = xStart;
int newystart = yStart;
int neww = 0;
int newh = 0;
if (x >= xStart)
neww = x - xStart;
else
{
neww = xStart - x;
newxstart = x;
}
if (y >= yStart)
newh = y - yStart;
else
{
newh = yStart - y;
newystart = y;
}
pan.Size = new Size(neww, newh);
pan.Location = new Point(newxstart, newystart);
}
}
When I move mouse right and down, it is absolutely ok. But when I move it left or up I can see blinks at my area. So I have understood, that it is because when I move mouse left or up, my panel is redrawed, because Panel.Location is changed, and when I move mouse right and down, location is not changed, only size is changed, so it is not redrawed, just some pixels are added to panel. What is standart solution for this?
It's not easy trying to see what you are trying to do, but I guess you are using a panel as a draggable control to drag over the picturebox surface capturing the portion of image below (like a lens) - yes?
If so, then this is not the best way to do it. It is better to just draw a rectangle on the picturebox surface and "drag" that around - this is simple with just using the mouse events to sets the top left corner and use the onpaint to draw the unfilled rectangle over the image. Capturing the image when you are ready is simple too using whatever event you wish, then copy the image giving the same positions to the new bitmap.
Putting one control over another often causes flickers - even with double buffering. It also takes far more code.
Since you are describing a drawing issue when resizing the panel, probably the easiest fix is to replace the panel you are using with one that is double buffered and will invalidate on resize a event:
public class BufferedPanel : Panel {
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this.DoubleBuffered = true;
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