HTML SVG connect
jQuery plugin for drawing paths between arbitrary HTML elements (with SVG).
Install
Load jQuery and the plugin:
<script src="jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="jquery.html-svg-connect.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
or install with npm:
npm install html-svg-connect
Usage
Attach it to your container element on DOM ready, and define your paths as an array. Each path is an object with the start and end elements defined as CSS selector IDs:
(The elements don't have to be different; you can specify that any one element connects with any number of different elements.)
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$("#svgContainer").HTMLSVGconnect({
paths: [
{ start: "#red", end: "#aqua" },
{ start: "#purple", end: "#green" }
]
});
});
</script>
This will draw an SVG graphic with two pipes between the respective elements, and recalculate them as the window re-sizes.
Options
These are defined as properties at the same level as the paths property.
Name | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
stroke | string | Path colour | #000000 |
strokeWidth | integer | Path thickness (px) | 10 |
orientation | string | Whether the path begins/ends from the side of the element or from the top/bottom. Options: [horizontal | vertical | auto] | auto |
offset | integer | Number of pixels added to the path before the first curve. | 0 |
class | string | Path class (css) name. | empty |
The global options can also be overridden on a per path basis:
{
stroke: "#00FF00",
strokeWidth: 12,
class: "",
paths: [
{ start: "#red", end: "#aqua", stroke: "#FF0000", strokeWidth: 8 },
{ start: "#purple", end: "#green", orientation: "vertical", offset: 20, class: "dashed-blue" }
]
}
Author
Owain Lewis / A115
Based on work by alojzije: connectHTMLelements_SVG.png