chamfer.js v1.0.0

Make any HTML element to have chamfered borders/stroke and, optionally, a solid fill.

DEMO

Usage

Include chamfer.js, and optionally include ResizeObserver.js

<script src="dist/chamfer.js"></script>
<script src="dist/ResizeObserver.js"></script>

Then choose the method to create the chamfer:

Method 1: ChamferBg(el, options) - it creates a chamfered background using Canvas API and set it as the CSS background-image of the element.

Method 2: ChamferEnvelop(el, options) - it appends 4 CSS based triangle DOM elements around the target, making the chamfer overlay.

Call ChamferBg/ChamferEnvelop(el:Element, [options:Object]) for each element to chamfer:

var el = document.getElementById('box');
ChamferBg(el, {
	size: 20,
	sw: 6,
	sc: '#447aec',
	fc: '#21ceff',
	tl: false,
	br: false,
	resize_observe: true
});

The following options and their default values are available:

{
	size: 5,	// chamfer size
	sw: 1,		// stroke width
	sc: 'black',	// stroke color,
	fc: undefined,	// fill color
	fp: undefined,	// URL of an image to use as fill pattern

	tl: true,	// chamfer top-left corner?
	tr: true,	// chamfer top-right corner?
	bl: true,	// chamfer bottom-left corner?
	br: true,	// chamfer bottom-right corner?

	resize_observe: false
	// turn on resize_observe observer?
	// this will observe whenever the element
	// resizes and will refresh the background
}

You will need to set resize_observe to true and include ResizeObserver.js if you use method 1 and your element may change its size at runtime, because then it will need to recreate the chamfered background.

Real-life usage samples

• http://atcommander.io/
• Your site here! If you are using Chamfer.js in your site, I would be glad to put it in this list. To do it just create an new issue with the URL.

TODO

• Allow to choose the angle of the chamfer
• Allow to set individual stroke color for each border
• Allow to set the fill as a gradients
• Allow to set stroke style (ex.: dashed)