var strokeWidth = 2; var bufferSize; var svgElement = document.getElementById("svgElement"); var rect = svgElement.getBoundingClientRect(); var path = null; var strPath; var buffer = []; // Contains the last positions of the mouse cursor svgElement.addEventListener("mousedown", function (e) { bufferSize = 1; path = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'path'); path.setAttribute("fill", "none"); path.setAttribute("stroke", "#000"); path.setAttribute("stroke-width", strokeWidth); buffer = []; var pt = getMousePosition(e); appendToBuffer(pt); strPath = "M" + pt.x + " " + pt.y; path.setAttribute("d", strPath); svgElement.appendChild(path); console.log("start-drawing"); }); svgElement.addEventListener("mousemove", function (e) { if (path) { appendToBuffer(getMousePosition(e)); updateSvgPath(); } }); svgElement.addEventListener("mouseup", function () { if (path) { path = null; } console.log("end-drawing"); }); var getMousePosition = function (e) { return { x: e.pageX - rect.left, y: e.pageY - rect.top } }; var appendToBuffer = function (pt) { buffer.push(pt); while (buffer.length > bufferSize) { buffer.shift(); } }; // Calculate the average point, starting at offset in the buffer var getAveragePoint = function (offset) { var len = buffer.length; if (len % 2 === 1 || len >= bufferSize) { var totalX = 0; var totalY = 0; var pt, i; var count = 0; for (i = offset; i < len; i++) { count++; pt = buffer[i]; totalX += pt.x; totalY += pt.y; } return { x: totalX / count, y: totalY / count } } return null; }; var updateSvgPath = function () { var pt = getAveragePoint(0); if (pt) { // Get the smoothed part of the path that will not change strPath += " L" + pt.x + " " + pt.y; // Get the last part of the path (close to the current mouse position) // This part will change if the mouse moves again var tmpPath = ""; for (var offset = 2; offset < buffer.length; offset += 2) { pt = getAveragePoint(offset); tmpPath += " L" + pt.x + " " + pt.y; } // Set the complete current path coordinates path.setAttribute("d", strPath + tmpPath); } }; var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); function sender(){ xhr.open("POST", "/2ndpage", true); xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"); someStuff=document.getElementById("svgElement").innerHTML; xhr.send("data="+someStuff); console.log(someStuff); console.log("I'm sending"); }