Against all odds I was able to figure out this part of it!
function customPanByZoomAtEnd(amount, endZoomLevel, animationTime){ // {x: 1, y: 2}
if(typeof animationTime == "undefined"){
animationTime = 300; // ms
}
var animationStepTime = 15 // one frame per 30 ms
, animationSteps = animationTime / animationStepTime
, animationStep = 0
, intervalID = null
, stepX = amount.x / animationSteps
, stepY = amount.y / animationSteps;
intervalID = setInterval(function(){
if (animationStep++ < animationSteps) {
panZoomInstance.panBy({x: stepX, y: stepY})
} else {
// Cancel interval
if(typeof endZoomLevel != "undefined"){
var viewPort = $(".svg-pan-zoom_viewport")[0];
viewPort.style.transition = "all " + animationTime / 1000 + "s ease";
panZoomInstance.zoom(endZoomLevel);
setTimeout(function(){
viewPort.style.transition = "none";
$("svg")[0].style.pointerEvents = "all"; // re-enable the pointer events after auto-panning/zooming.
panZoomInstance.enablePan();
panZoomInstance.enableZoom();
panZoomInstance.enableControlIcons();
panZoomInstance.enableDblClickZoom();
panZoomInstance.enableMouseWheelZoom();
}, animationTime + 50);
}
clearInterval(intervalID)
}
}, animationStepTime)
}
function panToElem(targetElem) {
var initialSizes = panZoomInstance.getSizes();
var initialLoc = panZoomInstance.getPan();
var initialBounds = targetElem.getBoundingClientRect();
var initialZoom = panZoomInstance.getZoom();
var initialCX = initialBounds.x + (initialBounds.width / 2);
var initialCY = initialBounds.y + (initialBounds.height / 2);
var dX = (initialSizes.width / 2) - initialCX;
var dY = (initialSizes.height / 2) - initialCY;
customPanByZoomAtEnd({x: dX, y: dY}, 2, 700);
}
The key was in calculating the difference between the center of the viewport width & height from panZoomInstance.getSizes() and the center of the target element's client bounding rectangle.
Now the issue is trying to make an animated zoom. For now I've made it do a zoom to a specified location with a command at the end of the panning animation and set some css to make the zoom a smooth transition. The css gets removed after some time interval so normal zooming and panning isn't affected. In my attempts to make the zoom a step animation it always appeared to zoom past the intended max point.