Moving an object along a straight line at a constant speed from point A to B

Question

I know this has been asked a few times before, but there has been no answer that actually works that I can find. There is a similar one, but the speed varies dependi

Answer 1

Live Demo

Below are the basics required to get what you need working,

var tx = targetX - x,
    ty = targetY - y,
    dist = Math.sqrt(tx*tx+ty*ty),
    rad = Math.atan2(ty,tx),
    angle = rad/Math.PI * 180;;

    velX = (tx/dist)*thrust;
    velY = (ty/dist)*thrust;

player.x += velX
player.y += velY

This is a demo I did a while back which sounds like what you are looking for, I added the ability to click in order to change the target based off of your issue.

window.addEventListener('mouseup', function(e) {
    targetX  = e.pageX;
    targetY = e.pageY;
});

var ctx = document.getElementById("canvas").getContext("2d"),
    x = 300,
    y = 0,
    targetX = Math.random()*300,
    targetY = Math.random()*300,
    velX = 0,
    velY = 0,
    thrust = 5;


function draw(){   
    var tx = targetX - x,
        ty = targetY - y,
        dist = Math.sqrt(tx*tx+ty*ty),
        rad = Math.atan2(ty,tx),
        angle = rad/Math.PI * 180;;

    velX = (tx/dist)*thrust;
    velY = (ty/dist)*thrust;

    // stop the box if its too close so it doesn't just rotate and bounce
    if(dist > 1){
      x += velX;
      y += velY;
    }

    ctx.fillStyle = "#fff";
    ctx.clearRect(0,0,400,400);
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.rect(x, y, 10, 10);
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.fill();

    ctx.fillStyle = "#ff0";
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.rect(targetX, targetY, 10, 10);
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.fill();

    setTimeout(function(){draw()}, 30);   
}

draw();