FabricJS and AngularJS – copy and paste object with custom attribute - angularjs

Question

I'm using some custom attributes while I'm creating my objects. For example in this case "name" and "icon":
$scope.addRoundRect = function () {
var coord = getRandomLeftTop();
var roundrect = (new fabric.Rect({
left: coord.left,
top: coord.top,
fill: '#' + getRandomColor(),
width: 250,
height: 250,
opacity: 1,
scaleX: 1,
scaleY: 1,
angle: 0,
rx: 10,
ry: 10,
strokeWidth: 0,
name: "Rounded Rectangle",
icon: "crop-square"
}));
canvas.add(roundrect).setActiveObject(roundrect);
};
This is my copy/paste function. As you can see I have already tried to paste the relevant attributes – bu I think that they are simply not cloned with the object:
function copy() {
canvas.getActiveObject().clone(function (cloned) {
_clipboard = cloned;
});
}
function paste() {
_clipboard.clone(function (clonedObj) {
canvas.discardActiveObject();
clonedObj.set({
left: clonedObj.left + 10,
top: clonedObj.top + 10,
evented: true,
name: clonedObj.name,
icon: clonedObj.icon,
});
if (clonedObj.type === 'activeSelection') {
clonedObj.canvas = canvas;
clonedObj.forEachObject(function (obj) {
canvas.add(obj);
});
clonedObj.setCoords();
} else {
canvas.add(clonedObj);
}
canvas.setActiveObject(clonedObj);
canvas.requestRenderAll();
});
To make it short: is there a way to clone and paste also this attributes without having to modify the source (ie. impleneting a full fledged custom attribute in the JSO serialization)?

Answer 1

var canvas = new fabric.Canvas('c');
var roundrect = new fabric.Rect({
left: 50,
top: 30,
fill: 'blue',
width: 250,
height: 250,
opacity: 1,
scaleX: 1,
scaleY: 1,
angle: 0,
rx: 10,
ry: 10,
strokeWidth: 0,
name: "Rounded Rectangle",
icon: "crop-square"
});
canvas.add(roundrect).setActiveObject(roundrect);
var customProperties = 'name icon'.split(' ');
function copy() {
canvas.getActiveObject().clone(function(cloned) {
console.log(cloned);
_clipboard = cloned;
}, customProperties);
}
function paste() {
// clone again, so you can do multiple copies.
_clipboard.clone(function(clonedObj) {
canvas.discardActiveObject();
clonedObj.set({
left: clonedObj.left + 10,
top: clonedObj.top + 10,
evented: true,
});
if (clonedObj.type === 'activeSelection') {
// active selection needs a reference to the canvas.
clonedObj.canvas = canvas;
clonedObj.forEachObject(function (obj) {
canvas.add(obj);
});
// this should solve the unselectability
clonedObj.setCoords();
} else {
canvas.add(clonedObj);
}
canvas.setActiveObject(clonedObj);
canvas.requestRenderAll();
console.log(clonedObj);
_clipboard = clonedObj;
},customProperties);
}
canvas {
border: blue dotted 2px;
}
<script src="https://rawgit.com/kangax/fabric.js/master/dist/fabric.min.js"></script>
<button onclick='copy()'>copy</button>
<button onclick='paste()'>paste</button><br>
<canvas id="c" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
object.clone accepts callback function and any additional property you want to include as another parameter. You can send your name and icon as properties to include.
And in paste you no need to clone that object if you are doing so, make sure there also send you are including your additional properties.