How to lock the horizontal movement of Textbox using FabricJS?

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to lock the horizontal movement of a Textbox using FabricJS. Just as we can specify the position, colour, opacity and dimension of a textbox object in the canvas, we can also specify whether we want it to move only in the Y-axis. This can be done by using the lockMovementX property.

Syntax

new fabric.Textbox(text: String, { lockMovementX: Boolean }: Object)

Parameters

text ? This parameter accepts a String which is the text string that we want to display inside our textbox.
options (optional) ? This parameter is an Object which provides additional customizations to our textbox. 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 lockMovementX is a property

Options Keys

lockMovementX ? This property accepts a Boolean value. If we assign it a ?true' value, then the object will no longer be able to move in the horizontal direction.

Example 1

Default behaviour of a Textbox object in the canvas

Let's see a code example to understand how we can move our textbox object in the X-axis or the Y-axis freely when lockMovementX property is not assigned a "true" value.



<!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>Default behaviour of a Textbox object in the canvas</h2>
	<p>Drag the textbox across the X-axis and Y-axis and observe that movement is allowed in both directions.</p>
	<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
	<script>
		// Initiate a canvas instance
		var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
		canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
		canvas.setHeight(250);

		// Initiate a textbox object
		var textbox = new fabric.Textbox("Time is the soul of this world.", {
			backgroundColor: "#fffff0",
			width: 400,
			left: 110,
			top: 70,
			fill: "violet",
			strokeWidth: 2,
			stroke: "pink",
			textAlign: "center",
		});

		// Add it to the canvas
		canvas.add(textbox);
	</script>
</body>
</html>

Example 2

Passing lockMovementX as key with "true" value

In this example, we will see how we can lock the horizontal movement of a textbox object. By assigning the lockMovementX property a "true" value, we essentially cease movement in the horizontal direction.



<!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>Passing lockMovementX as key with "true" value</h2>
	<p>Drag the Textbox across the X-axis and Y-axis and observe that movement is no longer allowed in the horizontal direction</p>
	<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
	<script>
		// Initiate a canvas instance
		var canvas = new fabric.Canvas("canvas");
		canvas.setWidth(document.body.scrollWidth);
		canvas.setHeight(250);

		// Initiate a textbox object
		var textbox = new fabric.Textbox("Time is the soul of this world.", {
			backgroundColor: "#fffff0",
			width: 400,
			left: 110,
			top: 70,
			fill: "violet",
			strokeWidth: 2,
			stroke: "pink",
			textAlign: "center",
			lockMovementX: "true",
		});

		// Add it to the canvas
		canvas.add(textbox);
	</script>
</body>
</html>

Rahul Gurung

Updated on: 2022-08-02T12:01:55+05:30

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