I have a blue circle which is rotating around the red circle and moves on canvas continuously in one direction as long as the button is pressed.
Now I want to draw with the red circle while it is moving when the button is pressed (trace of its path). Problems:
when i try to draw on the canvas by not using clearRect(0,0, canvas.width, canvas.height); the blue circle also starts to draw on the canvas while moving which I don't need. Is it possible to draw with one circle and to not draw with another circle on same canvas?
const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas1');
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
let positionX = 100;
let positionY = 100;
let X = 50;
let Y = 50;
let angle = 0;
let mouseButtonDown = false;
document.addEventListener('mousedown', () => mouseButtonDown = true);
document.addEventListener('mouseup', () => mouseButtonDown = false);
function circle(){
ctx.fillStyle = 'red';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(X, Y, 20, 0, Math.PI*2);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
}
function direction(){
ctx.fillStyle = 'blue';
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(positionX + X, positionY + Y, 10, 0, Math.PI*2);
ctx.closePath();
positionX = 35 * Math.sin(angle);
positionY = 35 * Math.cos(angle);
ctx.fill();
}
function animate(){
if (mouseButtonDown) {
X += positionX / 10;
Y += positionY / 10;
} else {
angle += 0.1;
}
ctx.clearRect(0,0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
circle();
direction();
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
}
animate();#canvas1{
position: absolute;
top:0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="canvas1"></canvas>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>