First draft

Author: calebfoss

examples/curated/21_Constrain.js

@@ -1,37 +1,50 @@
 /*
  * @name Constrain
- * @arialabel Pink rectangle on a grey background. A user uses their mouse to move a white circle within the pink rectangle 
- * @description Move the mouse across the screen to move
- * the circle. The program constrains the circle to its box.
+ * @description This example draws a circle as the mouse position but
+ * keeps the circle within a rectangle. It does so by passing the
+ * mouse's coordinates into the
+ * <a href="https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/constrain" target="_blank">constrain()</a>
+ * function.
  */
-let mx = 1;
-let my = 1;
-let easing = 0.05;
+
+// Circle's radius
 let radius = 24;
+
+// Distance between edge of rectangle and edge of canvas
 let edge = 100;
+
+// Distance between center of circle and edge of canvas
+//  when circle is at edge of rectangle
 let inner = edge + radius;
 
 function setup() {
   createCanvas(720, 400);
   noStroke();
+
+  // Use radius mode to pass in radius as 3rd parameter for circle()
   ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+
+  // Use corners mode to pass in rectangle corner coordinates
   rectMode(CORNERS);
+
+  describe(
+    "Pink rectangle on a grey background. " +
+      "A user uses their mouse to move a white circle within the pink rectangle."
+  );
 }
 
 function draw() {
   background(230);
 
-  if (abs(mouseX - mx) > 0.1) {
-    mx = mx + (mouseX - mx) * easing;
-  }
-  if (abs(mouseY - my) > 0.1) {
-    my = my + (mouseY - my) * easing;
-  }
-
-  mx = constrain(mx, inner, width - inner);
-  my = constrain(my, inner, height - inner);
+  // Draw rectangle
   fill(237, 34, 93);
   rect(edge, edge, width - edge, height - edge);
+
+  // Calculate circle coordinates constrained to rectangle
+  let circleX = constrain(mouseX, inner, width - inner);
+  let circleY = constrain(mouseY, inner, height - inner);
+
+  // Draw circle
   fill(255);
-  ellipse(mx, my, radius, radius);
+  circle(circleX, circleY, radius);
 }