Moving the dynamically drawn rectangle inside the canvas using MouseMove event

Question

I'm trying to move a dynamically drawn rectangle inside the canvas. I’m able to draw the rectangle dynamically with in the canvas and while trying to move the rectangle inside the canvas I’m facing problem

XAML :

   <Grid x:Name="Gridimage1" Margin="0,0,411,100">
      <Image Name="image1" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Stretch="Fill" VerticalAlignment="Top"></Image>
        <Canvas x:Name="BackPanel" Margin="20,67,0,0" Height="317" Width="331">
           <Rectangle x:Name="selectionRectangle" Stroke="LightBlue" Fill="#220000FF"/>
        </Canvas>
   </Grid>

C# :

After drawing the rectangle dynamically I'm adding the below mouse events.

selectionRectangle.MouseLeftButtonDown += new MouseButtonEventHandler(Rect1_MouseDown);
selectionRectangle.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(Rectangle_MouseMove_1);
selectionRectangle.MouseUp += new MouseButtonEventHandler(Rect1_MouseUp); 
     # region "rectangle move"
    private bool drag = false;
    private Point startPt;
    private int wid;
    private int hei;
    private Point lastLoc;
    private double CanvasLeft, CanvasTop;
    private void Rect1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        drag = true;
        Cursor = Cursors.Hand;
        startPt = e.GetPosition(BackPanel);
        wid = (int)selectionRectangle.Width;
        hei = (int)selectionRectangle.Height;
        lastLoc = new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(selectionRectangle), Canvas.GetTop(selectionRectangle));
       Mouse.Capture((IInputElement)sender);
    }

    private void Rectangle_MouseMove_1(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            if (drag)
            {
                    var newX = (startPt.X + (e.GetPosition(BackPanel).X - startPt.X));
                    var newY = (startPt.Y + (e.GetPosition(BackPanel).Y - startPt.Y));
                    Point offset = new Point((startPt.X - lastLoc.X), (startPt.Y - lastLoc.Y));
                    CanvasTop = newY - offset.Y;
                    CanvasLeft = newX - offset.X;
                    selectionRectangle.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, CanvasTop);
                    selectionRectangle.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, CanvasLeft);               

            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);    
        }

    }
    private void Rect1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
    {
        drag = false;
        Cursor = Cursors.Arrow;
        Mouse.Capture(null);
    }
    #endregion

Problem: I'm able to move the rectangle all over the window. I want only to move the rectangle inside the canvas margin.

I'm able to move the rectangle outside the canvas

Solution 1

You should be able to get the Bounds of your selectionRectangle and see if they exceed the Width and/or Height of your canvas before committing the drag operation.

selectionRectangle.MouseMove += new MouseEventHandler(Rectangle_MouseMove_1);

private bool drag = false;
private Point startPt;
private int wid;
private int hei;
private Point lastLoc;
private double CanvasLeft, CanvasTop;

private void Rectangle_MouseMove_1(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        if (drag)
        {
                var newX = (startPt.X + (e.GetPosition(BackPanel).X - startPt.X));
                var newY = (startPt.Y + (e.GetPosition(BackPanel).Y - startPt.Y));
                Point offset = new Point((startPt.X - lastLoc.X), (startPt.Y - lastLoc.Y));
                CanvasTop = newY - offset.Y;
                CanvasLeft = newX - offset.X;

                // check if the drag will pull the rectangle outside of it's host canvas before performing
                // TODO: protect against lower limits too...
               if ((CanvasTop + selectionRectangle.Height > BackPanel.Height) || (CanvasLeft + selectionRectangle.Width > BackPanel.Width) || CanvasTop < 0 || CanvasLeft < 0)
                    {
                        return;
                    }
                selectionRectangle.SetValue(Canvas.TopProperty, CanvasTop);
                selectionRectangle.SetValue(Canvas.LeftProperty, CanvasLeft);               

        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);    
    }

}

Solution 2

if ((CanvasTop + selectionRectangle.ActualHeight > BackPanel.ActualHeight))
{
    CanvasTop = BackPanel.ActualHeight - selectionRectangle.ActualHeight;
}

if (CanvasLeft + selectionRectangle.ActualWidth > BackPanel.ActualWidth)
{
    CanvasLeft = BackPanel.ActualWidth - selectionRectangle.ActualWidth;
}

if (CanvasTop < 0)
{
    CanvasTop = 0;
}

if (CanvasLeft < 0)
{
    CanvasLeft = 0;
} 

Comments

[Jay]

working great but few changes I'm making in your answer added --> (CanvasTop < 0 || CanvasLeft < 0).

[Chris Badman]

Great! There'll probably be other things you'll have to protect against as you play around with it, but you get the general idea of how to.