jQWidgets jqxDraw path() Method

Last Updated : 29 Jan, 2022

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxDraw is a small jQuery-based plugin that is used to draw shapes and texts using VML, SVG and HTML5

The path() method is used for creating a path element for the specified jqxDraw widget.

Syntax:

var path = Instance.path(path, attributes);

Parameters: This method accepts two parameters that are illustrated below:

path: This path parameter accepts some line commands such as “MoveTo: M x,y”, “LineTo: L x,y”, “Cubic curve: C x1,y1,x2,y2,x,y”, and “Close path: Z”
attributes: This is the specified attribute.

Return values: This method returns the path object.

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdraw.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxDraw path() Method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
          "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" 
          type="text/css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src= 
            "scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src= 
            "jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src= 
            "jqwidgets/jqxdraw.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" src= 
            "jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
        <h3>jQWidgets jqxDraw path() Method</h3> 
        <div id="jqx_Draw"
             style="height:200px; width:700px;"> 
        </div> 
        <input type="button" id="Button" 
               style="padding:5px 15px; margin-top:40px;" 
               value="Create the path element"> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $('#jqx_Draw').jqxDraw({ 
                    renderEngine: 'HTML5' 
                }); 
                var Instance =  
                    $('#jqx_Draw').jqxDraw('getInstance'); 
                $("#Button").click(function () { 
                    
                  // Creating a path with Supported 
                  // line commands 
                  // MoveTo: M x,y (Here, M 150, 150) 
                  // LineTo: L x,y (Here, L 250, 270) 
                  // Cubic curve: C x1,y1,x2,y2,x,y  
                  // (Here, C 250, 220 280, 270 250, 250) 
                  // Close path: Z 
                  // Parameter for filling with green color 
                  var path = Instance.path( 
        "M 150, 150 L 250, 270 C 250, 220 280, 270 250, 250", { 
                      fill: 'green' 
                    }); 
                  Instance.refresh(); 
                }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>