Add view cube

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "supersplat",
-    "version": "0.23.0",
+    "version": "0.24.0",
     "author": "PlayCanvas<support@playcanvas.com>",
     "homepage": "https://playcanvas.com/supersplat/editor",
     "description": "3D Gaussian Splat Editor",

src/editor.ts

@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ const registerEditorEvents = (events: Events, editHistory: EditHistory, scene: S
         }
     });
 
+    // handle camera align events
+    events.on('camera.align', (axis: string) => {
+        switch (axis) {
+            case 'px': scene.camera.setAzimElev(90, 0); break;
+            case 'py': scene.camera.setAzimElev(0, -90); break;
+            case 'pz': scene.camera.setAzimElev(0, 0); break;
+            case 'nx': scene.camera.setAzimElev(270, 0); break;
+            case 'ny': scene.camera.setAzimElev(0, 90); break;
+            case 'nz': scene.camera.setAzimElev(180, 0); break;
+        }
+    });
+
     events.on('select.all', () => {
         selectedSplats().forEach((splat) => {
             const splatData = splat.splatData;

src/scene-config.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const sceneConfig = {
         enableZoom: true,
         dampingFactor: 0.2,
         minPolarAngle: 0,
-        maxPolarAngle: 2.8,
+        maxPolarAngle: Math.PI,
         minZoom: 0.001,
         maxZoom: 2.0,
         initialAzim: -45,

src/scene.ts

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class Scene {
 
         this.forEachElement(e => e.onPreRender());
 
-        this.events.fire('prerender');
+        this.events.fire('prerender', this.camera.entity.getWorldTransform());
 
         // debug - display scene bound
         if (this.config.debug.showBound) {

src/style.scss

@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ body {
     height: 100%;
 }
 
+#view-cube-container {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 140px;
+    height: 140px;
+    right: 0px;
+    top: 0px;
+}
+
 #brush-select-canvas {
     display: none;
     position: absolute;

src/tools/transform-tool.ts

@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ class TransformTool {
                 const w = canvas.clientWidth;
                 const h = canvas.clientHeight;
                 this.gizmo.size = 1200 / Math.max(w, h);
+
+                // FIXME:
+                // this is a temporary workaround to undo gizmo's own auto scaling.
+                // once gizmo's autoscaling code is removed, this line can go too.
+                // @ts-ignore
+                this.gizmo._deviceStartSize = Math.min(scene.app.graphicsDevice.width, scene.app.graphicsDevice.height);
             }
         };
 

src/ui/editor.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { Element, Container, Label } from 'pcui';
+import { Container, Label } from 'pcui';
 import { ControlPanel } from './control-panel';
 import { DataPanel } from './data-panel';
 import { Toolbar } from './toolbar';
 import { Events } from '../events';
 import { Popup } from './popup';
+import { ViewCube } from './view-cube';
+import { Mat4 } from 'playcanvas';
 import logo from './playcanvas-logo.png';
 
 class EditorUI {
@@ -78,6 +80,13 @@ class EditorUI {
         canvasContainer.append(filenameLabel);
         canvasContainer.append(toolsContainer);
 
+        // view axes container
+        const viewCube = new ViewCube(events);
+        canvasContainer.append(viewCube);
+        events.on('prerender', (cameraMatrix: Mat4) => {
+            viewCube.update(cameraMatrix);
+        });
+
         // control panel
         const controlPanel = new ControlPanel(events, remoteStorageMode);
 
@@ -131,7 +140,9 @@ class EditorUI {
         canvas.height = Math.ceil(canvasContainer.dom.offsetHeight * pixelRatio);
 
         // disable context menu globally
-        document.addEventListener('contextmenu', event => event.preventDefault());
+        document.addEventListener('contextmenu', (event: MouseEvent) => {
+            event.preventDefault();
+        }, true);
 
         // whenever the canvas container is clicked, set keyboard focus on the body
         canvasContainer.dom.addEventListener('pointerdown', (event: PointerEvent) => {

src/ui/view-cube.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+import { Container } from 'pcui';
+import { Mat4, Vec3 } from 'playcanvas';
+import { Events } from '../events';
+
+const vecx = new Vec3();
+const vecy = new Vec3();
+const vecz = new Vec3();
+const mat4 = new Mat4();
+
+class ViewCube extends Container {
+    update: (cameraMatrix: Mat4) => void;
+
+    constructor(events: Events, args = {}) {
+        args = {
+            ...args,
+            id: 'view-cube-container'
+        };
+
+        super(args);
+
+        // construct svg elements
+        const svg = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "svg");
+        svg.id = 'view-cube-svg';
+
+        const group = document.createElementNS(svg.namespaceURI, 'g');
+        svg.appendChild(group);
+
+        const circle = (color: string, fill: boolean, text?: string) => {
+            const result = document.createElementNS(svg.namespaceURI, 'g') as SVGElement;
+
+            const circle = document.createElementNS(svg.namespaceURI, 'circle') as SVGCircleElement;
+            circle.setAttribute('fill', color);
+            circle.setAttribute('fill-opacity', fill ? '1' : '0.14');
+            circle.setAttribute('stroke', color);
+            circle.setAttribute('stroke-width', '2');
+            circle.setAttribute('r', '10');
+            circle.setAttribute('cx', '0');
+            circle.setAttribute('cy', '0');
+
+            result.appendChild(circle);
+
+            if (text) {
+                const t = document.createElementNS(svg.namespaceURI, 'text') as SVGTextElement;
+                t.setAttribute('font-size', '10');
+                t.setAttribute('font-family', 'Arial');
+                t.setAttribute('font-weight', 'bold');
+                t.setAttribute('text-anchor', 'middle');
+                t.setAttribute('alignment-baseline', 'central');
+                t.setAttribute('pointer-events', 'none');
+                t.textContent = text;
+                result.appendChild(t);
+            }
+
+            result.setAttribute('cursor', 'pointer');
+
+            group.appendChild(result);
+
+            return result;
+        };
+
+        const line = (color: string) => {
+            const result = document.createElementNS(svg.namespaceURI, 'line') as SVGLineElement;
+            result.setAttribute('stroke', color);
+            result.setAttribute('stroke-width', '2');
+            group.appendChild(result);
+            return result;
+        };
+
+        const r = '#f44';
+        const g = '#4f4';
+        const b = '#77f';
+
+        const shapes = {
+            nx: circle(r, false),
+            ny: circle(g, false),
+            nz: circle(b, false),
+            xaxis: line(r),
+            yaxis: line(g),
+            zaxis: line(b),
+            px: circle(r, true, 'X'),
+            py: circle(g, true, 'Y'),
+            pz: circle(b, true, 'Z'),
+        };
+
+        shapes.px.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'px'); });
+        shapes.py.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'py'); });
+        shapes.pz.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'pz'); });
+        shapes.nx.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'nx'); });
+        shapes.ny.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'ny'); });
+        shapes.nz.children[0].addEventListener('pointerdown', () => { events.fire('camera.align', 'nz'); });
+
+        this.dom.appendChild(svg);
+
+        let cw = 0;
+        let ch = 0;
+
+        this.update = (cameraMatrix: Mat4) => {
+            const w = this.dom.clientWidth;
+            const h = this.dom.clientHeight;
+
+            if (w && h) {
+                if (w !== cw || h !== ch) {
+                    // resize elements
+                    svg.setAttribute('width', w.toString());
+                    svg.setAttribute('height', h.toString());
+                    group.setAttribute('transform', `translate(${w * 0.5}, ${h * 0.5})`);
+                    cw = w;
+                    ch = h;
+                }
+
+                mat4.invert(cameraMatrix);
+                mat4.getX(vecx);
+                mat4.getY(vecy);
+                mat4.getZ(vecz);
+
+                const transform = (group: SVGElement, x: number, y: number) => {
+                    group.setAttribute('transform', `translate(${x * 40}, ${y * 40})`);
+                };
+
+                const x2y2 = (line: SVGLineElement, x: number, y: number) => {
+                    line.setAttribute('x2', (x * 40).toString());
+                    line.setAttribute('y2', (y * 40).toString());                    
+                };
+
+                transform(shapes.px, vecx.x, -vecx.y);
+                transform(shapes.nx, -vecx.x, vecx.y);
+                transform(shapes.py, vecy.x, -vecy.y);
+                transform(shapes.ny, -vecy.x, vecy.y);
+                transform(shapes.pz, vecz.x, -vecz.y);
+                transform(shapes.nz, -vecz.x, vecz.y);
+
+                x2y2(shapes.xaxis, vecx.x, -vecx.y);
+                x2y2(shapes.yaxis, vecy.x, -vecy.y);
+                x2y2(shapes.zaxis, vecz.x, -vecz.y);
+
+                // reorder dom for the mighty svg painter's algorithm
+                const order = [
+                    { n: ['xaxis', 'px'], value: vecx.z },
+                    { n: ['yaxis', 'py'], value: vecy.z },
+                    { n: ['zaxis', 'pz'], value: vecz.z },
+                    { n: ['nx'], value: -vecx.z },
+                    { n: ['ny'], value: -vecy.z },
+                    { n: ['nz'], value: -vecz.z }
+                ].sort((a, b) => a.value - b.value);
+
+                const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
+
+                order.forEach((o) => {
+                    o.n.forEach((n) => {
+                        // @ts-ignore
+                        fragment.appendChild(shapes[n]);
+                    });
+                });
+
+                group.appendChild(fragment);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+export { ViewCube };