rtc-sharedcursor

The rtc-sharedcursor module makes it simple to share and touch mouse events for a target element across the wire one or more peers across a data channel connection.

Example Usage

var quickconnect = require('rtc-quickconnect');
var crel = require('crel');
 
// initialise quickconnect
var qc = quickconnect('https://switchboard.rtc.io/', {
  room: 'test:sharedcursor'
});
 
// create the shared cursor
var cursor = require('rtc-sharedcursor')(qc);
 
// create some test elements
var elements = [
  crel('canvas', { width: 200, height: 200 }),
  crel('canvas', { width: 500, height: 500 }),
  crel('canvas', { width: 20, height: 100 }),
];
 
// randomly select one of the canvases
var target = elements[(Math.random() * elements.length) | 0];
var context = target.getContext('2d');
 
// add our test elements to the dom
elements.forEach(function(el) {
  document.body.appendChild(el);
});
 
// color our target so we know the capture source
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(200, 200, 200)';
context.fillRect(0, 0, target.width, target.height);
 
// attach the cursor the element now it is in the dom and has
// valid DOM bounds
cursor.attach(target);
 
// draw on the target
cursor.on('data', function(id, type, x, y) {
  context.fillStyle = 'rgb(200, 200, 200)';
  context.fillRect(0, 0, target.width, target.height);
  context.fillStyle = type === 'move' ? 'green' : 'red';
  context.fillRect(x - 5, y - 5, 10, 10);
});
 

Running the example in a few different windows, should display something similar to what is shown below:

License(s)

Apache 2.0

Copyright 2015 National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

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