@core-graphics/size

JS utility for managing width and height values

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

Core Graphics - Size

Simple JavaScript utility to create and manipulate sizes (width + height)

Size class is a structure that helps to manage an element's width and height values. It is used in the Rect class but can also be used standalone.

Size represents a width and height value.

The problem

  1. Given the width and height of an element, you want to get its aspect ratio, longest side or shortest side.
  2. You want to modify an element's size but keep its aspect ratio.

Installation

yarn add @core-graphics/size
# or
npm i @core-graphics/size

Usage

Creating a size

import { Size } from "@core-graphics/size"

// Create a new instance of a size
const size = new Size({ width: 30, height: 30 })

// Create a size equal width and height
const size = Size.square(40) // { width: 40, height, 40 }

// Create a size from a given radius
const size = Size.fromRadius(4)

Identities and Special Values

Size has a zero property, which defines its identity value.

Size.zero // {width: 0, height: 0}

You can also create initialize an empty size by calling Size.init(). This will create a size with width and height values set to 0

const size = Size.init()
size.values // {width: 0, height: 0}

Size Properties

You can access the computed values of the size like width, height, aspectRatio, longestSize, shortestSize, isEmpty.

// Given this size
const size = new Size({ width: 60, height: 30 })

size.width // 60
size.height // 30

size.longestSide // 60
size.shortestSide // 30

size.aspectRatio // 2

size.isEmpty // false

Transforming Size

The Size class includes methods to transform its values

Flipping the size

Flipping involves swapping the width and height values such that the width becomes height and vice-versa.

const size = new Size({ width: 60, height: 30 })
size.flip() // { width: 30, height: 60 }

Changing the size

You can change the size (width or/and height) by using the .set() method. This method provides an optional argument to lock the aspect ratio of the size.

const size = new Size({ width: 60, height: 30 })
size.set({ width: 120 }) // { width: 120, height: 30 }
// or with lock aspect ratio active
size.set({ width: 120 }, true) // { width: 120, height: 60 }

Inspiration

Most of the code was inspired by SwiftUI, .NET and Flutter's approach to creating geometric primitives that made it easier to manage UI interactions.

Contribution

Yes please! See the contributing guidelines for details.

Licence

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license.