Mouse follower (codeAlong)

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Mouse follower (codeAlong)

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Last edited Jun 2, 2021

Created on Jun 2, 2021

A circle follows the mouse cursor across an SVG canvas in this React code-along example. The application uses React's useState hook to track the cursor's clientX and clientY coordinates, which are updated through an onMouseMove event handler on the SVG element. ReactDOM renders the SVG with a circle positioned at those coordinates, with the circle's center point matching the mouse position from the initial center of the 960x500 pixel canvas. The example relies on React's functional component pattern with useCallback for the event handler.

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A program that follows the mouse with a circle.

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