Distance From Vector2D

[amcdnl]

The Point2D has a distanceFrom function - it would be useful if the Vector2D has a similar function.

Example: I have a SVG rect and a mouse event and I want to know the distance from any point in the rect.

[thelonious]

Hi @amcdnl,

I may be misunderstanding what you're looking for, so I want to confirm...

It sounds like you're converting the current mouse position and a corner on the rectangle to a vector. To find the distance between those two points using the vector, you can get the vector's length. Would that work for you?

[lysz210]

@amcdnl I think you're using vectors instead of point. Use points to map mouse pointer positions. Maybe I'm wrong but I think of vector as what you need to move p1 to p2. For example P1(0,0), if i apply v(1,2) to p1 it results in p2(1,2), then if I apply v2(1,1) to p2 it results in p3(2,3) so there isn't a distance between 2 vector because it's a third v3(2,3). This is because if apply v3 to p1 I'll get p3.

[amcdnl]

This is what I was looking for ( I wrote this myself ) - https://github.com/reaviz/reaflow/blob/master/src/helpers/useProximity.ts#L93-L113