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Raphaël (JavaScript library)

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Raphaël
Developer(s)Dmitry Baranovskiy
Initial releaseAugust 8, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-08)[1]
Stable release
2.3.0 / August 14, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-08-14)[2]
Repository
Written inJavaScript
LicenseMIT License
Websitedmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/

Raphaël, named for Italian painter Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino,[3] is a cross-browser JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It will use SVG for most browsers, but will use VML for older versions of Internet Explorer. Raphaël currently[as of?] supports Chrome 5.0+ Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+.

Use

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Raphaël is used by first creating an instance of the Raphaël object, which manages the creation of the canvas. The following examples create a canvas that is 320 pixels wide and 200 pixels high:[citation needed]

// top left of canvas at the viewport's 10,50 coordinate
var r = Raphael(10, 50, 320, 200);

// top left of canvas at the  top left corner of the #example element (in elements where dir="ltr")
var r = Raphael(document.getElementById("example"), 320, 200);

// same as above
var r = Raphael("example", 320, 200);

Once the Raphaël object has been instantiated, its various drawing, resizing and animation methods may be called to build up a vector graphic. This library includes support of Cùfon fonts, a format that turns a given font into a set of vector paths. It is extensible through plugins.[citation needed]

Usage

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The widget is used on the Washington Post and the Times Online websites.[citation needed]

Raphaël is also used by iCloud.com, and by Mass Relevance in the White House.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Raphaël—JavaScript library".
  2. ^ "Releases · DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ "An Intro to Raphaël".
  4. ^ Raphaël in White House: “we (@massrelevance) used @raphaeljs 2.0 for the map viz used during the #AskObama event today http://t.co/EcqROIi”

Further reading

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