I have a fixed HTML5 canvas with dimensions 300x300. I'm resizing other images on the page to have maximum widths/heights of 300px (depending on which dimension is larger) via Javascript.
This doesn't actually resize the source images, though, and when I draw them on the canvas, the original size is used.
Is there a way to:
AND
(Think making a 300x300 Photoshop file where you drop in various images and they resize to fit)
Is this even possible with Javascript/canvas?
EDIT
Here is the code I ended up using based on the accepted answer:
var ssItems = [exampleUrls], //array of image paths
imgHolder = document.getElementById("img-holder");
for (var i = 0; i < ssItems.length; i++) {
var img = new Image(),
imgSrc = "/ItemImages/Large/" + ssItems[i] + ".jpg",
imgW,
imgH;
img.src = imgSrc;
img.onload = function () {
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.setAttribute("class", "img-canvas");
canvas.setAttribute("width", "300");
canvas.setAttribute("height", "300");
imgHolder.appendChild(canvas);
imgW = (canvas.height * this.width) / this.height;
imgH = (canvas.width * this.height) / this.width;
if (this.height > this.width) {
ctx.drawImage(this, canvas.width / 2 - imgW / 2, 0, imgW, canvas.height);
} else {
ctx.drawImage(this, 0, canvas.height / 2 - imgH / 2, canvas.width, imgH);
}
}
I have created the fiddle that tries to match the scenario explained above.
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var image = new Image();
image.src = 'http://www.menucool.com/slider/jsImgSlider/images/image-slider-2.jpg';
// calculates width and height with respect to canvas
var width = (canvas.height * image.width) / image.height;
var height = (canvas.width * image.height) / image.width;
// takes width or height full choosing the larger value and centers the image
if(image.height > image.width){
ctx.drawImage(image, canvas.width / 2 - width / 2, 0, width, canvas.height);
}else{
ctx.drawImage(image, 0, canvas.height / 2 - height / 2, canvas.width, height);
}
You can take a look into it : https://jsfiddle.net/q8qodgmn/1/