Custom Interactions

Example of a custom interaction.

This example demonstrates creating a custom interaction by subclassing ol.interaction.Pointer. Note that the built in interaction ol.interaction.Translate might be a better option for moving features.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Custom Interactions</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/css/ol.css" type="text/css">
    <!-- The line below is only needed for old environments like Internet Explorer and Android 4.x -->
    <script src=""></script>
    <script src="https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/build/ol.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
    <script>
      /**
       * Define a namespace for the application.
       */
      var app = {};


      /**
       * @constructor
       * @extends {ol.interaction.Pointer}
       */
      app.Drag = function() {

        ol.interaction.Pointer.call(this, {
          handleDownEvent: app.Drag.prototype.handleDownEvent,
          handleDragEvent: app.Drag.prototype.handleDragEvent,
          handleMoveEvent: app.Drag.prototype.handleMoveEvent,
          handleUpEvent: app.Drag.prototype.handleUpEvent
        });

        /**
         * @type {ol.Pixel}
         * @private
         */
        this.coordinate_ = null;

        /**
         * @type {string|undefined}
         * @private
         */
        this.cursor_ = 'pointer';

        /**
         * @type {ol.Feature}
         * @private
         */
        this.feature_ = null;

        /**
         * @type {string|undefined}
         * @private
         */
        this.previousCursor_ = undefined;

      };
      ol.inherits(app.Drag, ol.interaction.Pointer);


      /**
       * @param {ol.MapBrowserEvent} evt Map browser event.
       * @return {boolean} `true` to start the drag sequence.
       */
      app.Drag.prototype.handleDownEvent = function(evt) {
        var map = evt.map;

        var feature = map.forEachFeatureAtPixel(evt.pixel,
            function(feature) {
              return feature;
            });

        if (feature) {
          this.coordinate_ = evt.coordinate;
          this.feature_ = feature;
        }

        return !!feature;
      };


      /**
       * @param {ol.MapBrowserEvent} evt Map browser event.
       */
      app.Drag.prototype.handleDragEvent = function(evt) {
        var deltaX = evt.coordinate[0] - this.coordinate_[0];
        var deltaY = evt.coordinate[1] - this.coordinate_[1];

        var geometry = this.feature_.getGeometry();
        geometry.translate(deltaX, deltaY);

        this.coordinate_[0] = evt.coordinate[0];
        this.coordinate_[1] = evt.coordinate[1];
      };


      /**
       * @param {ol.MapBrowserEvent} evt Event.
       */
      app.Drag.prototype.handleMoveEvent = function(evt) {
        if (this.cursor_) {
          var map = evt.map;
          var feature = map.forEachFeatureAtPixel(evt.pixel,
              function(feature) {
                return feature;
              });
          var element = evt.map.getTargetElement();
          if (feature) {
            if (element.style.cursor != this.cursor_) {
              this.previousCursor_ = element.style.cursor;
              element.style.cursor = this.cursor_;
            }
          } else if (this.previousCursor_ !== undefined) {
            element.style.cursor = this.previousCursor_;
            this.previousCursor_ = undefined;
          }
        }
      };


      /**
       * @return {boolean} `false` to stop the drag sequence.
       */
      app.Drag.prototype.handleUpEvent = function() {
        this.coordinate_ = null;
        this.feature_ = null;
        return false;
      };


      var pointFeature = new ol.Feature(new ol.geom.Point([0, 0]));

      var lineFeature = new ol.Feature(
          new ol.geom.LineString([[-1e7, 1e6], [-1e6, 3e6]]));

      var polygonFeature = new ol.Feature(
          new ol.geom.Polygon([[[-3e6, -1e6], [-3e6, 1e6],
            [-1e6, 1e6], [-1e6, -1e6], [-3e6, -1e6]]]));


      var map = new ol.Map({
        interactions: ol.interaction.defaults().extend([new app.Drag()]),
        layers: [
          new ol.layer.Tile({
            source: new ol.source.TileJSON({
              url: 'https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.geography-class.json?secure'
            })
          }),
          new ol.layer.Vector({
            source: new ol.source.Vector({
              features: [pointFeature, lineFeature, polygonFeature]
            }),
            style: new ol.style.Style({
              image: new ol.style.Icon(/** @type {olx.style.IconOptions} */ ({
                anchor: [0.5, 46],
                anchorXUnits: 'fraction',
                anchorYUnits: 'pixels',
                opacity: 0.95,
                src: 'https://openlayers.org/en/v4.6.4/examples/data/icon.png'
              })),
              stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
                width: 3,
                color: [255, 0, 0, 1]
              }),
              fill: new ol.style.Fill({
                color: [0, 0, 255, 0.6]
              })
            })
          })
        ],
        target: 'map',
        view: new ol.View({
          center: [0, 0],
          zoom: 2
        })
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>