Click events on complex canvas shapes without recourse to external libraries

Question

I\'d like to implement click detection for multiple complex shapes on a single canvas element similar to that as realized by CanvasRenderingContext2D.isPointInPath()

Answer 1

isPointInPath accepts a Path2D object as optional first argument.

So an easy way is to create such Path2D objects for each of your shapes.
It can even ease your drawing operations, since fill() and stroke() also accept these objects:

const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
const result = document.getElementById('result');

const shape1 = new Path2D();
shape1.moveTo(25, 25);
shape1.lineTo(105, 25);
shape1.lineTo(25, 105);

const shape2 = new Path2D();
shape2.moveTo(125, 45);
shape2.lineTo(45, 125);
shape2.lineTo(125, 125);
shape2.lineTo(205, 45);
shape2.closePath();

// to render it
ctx.fill(shape1);
ctx.fill(shape2);

canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
result.textContent = `
  shape1: ${ctx.isPointInPath(shape1, e.offsetX, e.offsetY)}
  shape2: ${ctx.isPointInPath(shape2, e.offsetX, e.offsetY)}
  X: ${e.offsetX} Y: ${e.offsetY}`;
});

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