Zoom image to cursor breaks when mouse is moved

Question

This is a followup question to How to zoom to mouse pointer while using my own mousewheel smoothscroll?

I am using css transforms to zoom an image to the mouse pointer. I am also using my own smooth scroll algorithm to interpolate and provide momentum to the mousewheel.

With Bali Balo's help in my previous question I have managed to get 90% of the way there.

You can now zoom the image all the way in to the mouse pointer while still having smooth scrolling as the following JSFiddle illustrates:

http://jsfiddle.net/qGGwx/7/

However, the functionality is broken when the mouse pointer is moved.

To further clarify, If I zoom in one notch on the mousewheel the image is zoomed around the correct position. This behavior continues for every notch I zoom in on the mousewheel, completely as intended. If however, after zooming part way in, I move the mouse to a different position, the functionality breaks and I have to zoom out completely in order to change the zoom position.

The intended behavior is for any changes in mouse position during the zooming process to be correctly reflected in the zoomed image.

The two main functions that control the current behavior are as follows:

self.container.on('mousewheel', function (e, delta) {
        var offset = self.image.offset();

        self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
        self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;

        if (!self.running) {
            self.running = true;
            self.animateLoop();
        }
        self.delta = delta
        self.smoothWheel(delta);
        return false;
    });

This function collects the current position of the mouse at the current scale of the zoomed image.

It then starts my smooth scroll algorithm which results in the next function being called for every interpolation:

zoom: function (scale) {

    var self = this;
    self.currentLocation.x += ((self.mouseLocation.x - self.currentLocation.x) / self.currentscale);
    self.currentLocation.y += ((self.mouseLocation.y - self.currentLocation.y) / self.currentscale);

    var compat = ['-moz-', '-webkit-', '-o-', '-ms-', ''];
    var newCss = {};
    for (var i = compat.length - 1; i; i--) {
        newCss[compat[i] + 'transform'] = 'scale(' + scale + ')';
        newCss[compat[i] + 'transform-origin'] = self.currentLocation.x + 'px ' + self.currentLocation.y + 'px';
    }
    self.image.css(newCss);


    self.currentscale = scale;
},

This function takes the scale amount (1-10) and applies the css transforms, repositioning the image using transform-origin.

Although this works perfectly for a stationary mouse position chosen when the image is completely zoomed out; as stated above it breaks when the mouse cursor is moved after a partial zoom.

Huge thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Answer 1

Before you check this fiddle out; I should mention:

First of all, within your .zoom() method; you shouldn't divide by currentscale:

self.currentLocation.x += ((self.mouseLocation.x - self.currentLocation.x) / self.currentscale);
self.currentLocation.y += ((self.mouseLocation.y - self.currentLocation.y) / self.currentscale);

because; you already use that factor when calculating the mouseLocation inside the initmousewheel() method like this:

self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;

So instead; (in the .zoom() method), you should:

self.currentLocation.x += (self.mouseLocation.x - self.currentLocation.x);
self.currentLocation.y += (self.mouseLocation.y - self.currentLocation.y);

But (for example) a += b - a will always produce b so the code above equals to:

self.currentLocation.x = self.mouseLocation.x;
self.currentLocation.y = self.mouseLocation.y;

in short:

self.currentLocation = self.mouseLocation;

Then, it seems you don't even need self.currentLocation. (2 variables for the same value). So why not use mouseLocation variable in the line where you set the transform-origin instead and get rid of currentLocation variable?

newCss[compat[i] + 'transform-origin'] = self.mouseLocation.x + 'px ' + self.mouseLocation.y + 'px';

Secondly, you should include a mousemove event listener within the initmousewheel() method (just like other devs here suggest) but it should update the transform continuously, not just when the user wheels. Otherwise the tip of the pointer will never catch up while you're zooming out on "any" random point.

self.container.on('mousemove', function (e) {
    var offset = self.image.offset();
    self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
    self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;
    self.zoom(self.currentscale);
});

So; you wouldn't need to calculate this anymore within the mousewheel event handler so, your initmousewheel() method would look like this:

initmousewheel: function () {
    var self = this;

    self.container.on('mousewheel', function (e, delta) {
        if (!self.running) {
            self.running = true;
            self.animateLoop();
        }
        self.delta = delta;
        self.smoothWheel(delta);
        return false;
    });

    self.container.on('mousemove', function (e) {
        var offset = self.image.offset();
        self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
        self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;
        self.zoom(self.currentscale); // <--- update transform origin dynamically
    });
}

One Issue:

This solution works as expected but with a small issue. When the user moves the mouse in regular or fast speed; the mousemove event seems to miss the final position (tested in Chrome). So the zooming will be a little off the pointer location. Otherwise, when you move the mouse slowly, it gets the exact point. It should be easy to workaround this though.

Other Notes and Suggestions:

• You have a duplicate property (prevscale).
• I suggest you always use JSLint or JSHint (which is available on jsFiddle too) to validate your code.
• I highly suggest you to use closures (often refered to as Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE)) to avoid the global scope when possible; and hide your internal/private properties and methods.

Answer 2

Actually, not too complicated. You just need to separate the mouse location updating logic from the zoom updating logic. Check out my fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/qGGwx/41/

All I have done here is add a 'mousemove' listener on the container, and put the self.mouseLocation updating logic in there. Since it is no longer required, I also took out the mouseLocation updating logic from the 'mousewheel' handler. The animation code stays the same, as does the decision of when to start/stop the animation loop.

here's the code:

    self.container.on('mousewheel', function (e, delta) {
        if (!self.running) {
            self.running = true;
            self.animateLoop();
        }
        self.delta = delta
        self.smoothWheel(delta);
        return false;
    });

    self.container.on('mousemove', function (e) {
        var offset = self.image.offset();

        self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
        self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;
    });

Answer 3

Add a mousemover method and call it in the init method:

mousemover: function() {
    var self = this;
    self.container.on('mousemove', function (e) {

        var offset = self.image.offset();

        self.mouseLocation.x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale;
        self.mouseLocation.y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;

        self.zoom(self.currentscale);
    });
},

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/powtac/qGGwx/34/

Answer 4

Zoom point is not exactly right because of scaling of an image (0.9 in ratio). In fact mouse are pointing in particular point in container but we scale image. See this fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/qGGwx/99/ I add marker with position equal to transform-origin. As you can see if image size is equal to container size there is no issue. You need this scaling? Maybe you can add second container? In fiddle I also added condition in mousemove

if(self.running && self.currentscale>1 && self.currentscale != self.lastscale) return;

That is preventing from moving image during zooming but also create an issue. You can't change zooming point if zoom is still running.

Answer 5

Extending @jordancpaul's answer I have added a constant mouse_coord_weight which gets multiplied to delta of the mouse coordinates. This is aimed at making the zoom transition less responsive to the change in mouse coordinates. Check it out http://jsfiddle.net/7dWrw/

I have rewritten the onmousemove event hander as:

    self.container.on('mousemove', function (e) {
        var offset = self.image.offset();
        console.log(offset);

        var x = (e.pageX - offset.left) / self.currentscale,
            y = (e.pageY - offset.top) / self.currentscale;

        if(self.running) {
            self.mouseLocation.x += (x - self.mouseLocation.x) * self.mouse_coord_weight;
            self.mouseLocation.y += (y - self.mouseLocation.y) * self.mouse_coord_weight;
        } else {
            self.mouseLocation.x = x;
            self.mouseLocation.y = y;
        }

    });