Cropper

A simple jQuery image cropping plugin.

Features
Main
Getting started
Options
Methods
Events
No conflict
Browser support
Contributing
Versioning
License

Features

Supports 39 options
Supports 27 methods
Supports 7 events
Supports touch (mobile)
Supports zooming
Supports rotating
Supports scaling (flipping)
Supports multiple croppers
Supports to crop on a canvas
Supports to crop image in the browser-side by canvas
Supports to translate Exif Orientation information
Cross-browser support

Main

dist/
├── cropper.css     ( 5 KB)
├── cropper.min.css ( 4 KB)
├── cropper.js      (78 KB)
└── cropper.min.js  (28 KB)

Getting started

Quick start

Four quick start options are available:

Download the latest release.
Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/fengyuanchen/cropper.git.
Install with NPM: npm install cropper.
Install with Bower: bower install cropper.

Installation

Include files:

<script src="/path/to/jquery.js"></script><!-- jQuery is required -->
<link  href="/path/to/cropper.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/path/to/cropper.js"></script>

The cdnjs provides CDN support for Cropper's CSS and JavaScript. You can find the links here.

Usage

Initialize with $.fn.cropper method.

<!-- Wrap the image or canvas element with a block element (container) -->
<div>
  <img id="image" src="picture.jpg">
</div>

/* Limit image width to avoid overflow the container */
img {
  max-width: 100%; /* This rule is very important, please do not ignore this! */
}

$('#image').cropper({
  aspectRatio: 16 / 9,
  crop: function(e) {
    // Output the result data for cropping image.
    console.log(e.x);
    console.log(e.y);
    console.log(e.width);
    console.log(e.height);
    console.log(e.rotate);
    console.log(e.scaleX);
    console.log(e.scaleY);
  }
});

FAQ

See the FAQ documentation.

Notes

The size of the cropper inherits from the size of the image's parent element (wrapper), so be sure to wrap the image with a visible block element.

If you are using cropper in a modal, you should initialize the cropper after the modal shown completely. Otherwise, you will not get a correct cropper.
The outputted cropped data bases on the original image size, so you can use them to crop the image directly.
If you try to start cropper on a cross-origin image, please make sure that your browser supports HTML5 CORS settings attributes, and your image server supports the Access-Control-Allow-Origin option (see the HTTP access control (CORS)).

Known issues

Known iOS resource limits: As iOS devices limit memory, the browser may crash when you are cropping a large image (iPhone camera resolution). To avoid this, you may resize the image first (below 1024px) before start a cropper.
Known image size increase: When export the cropped image on browser-side with the HTMLCanvasElement.toDataURL method, the the exported image'size may be greater than the original image's. This is because the exported image'type is not the same as the original image's. So just pass the original image's type as the first parameter to toDataURL to fix this. For example, if the original type is JPEG, then use $().cropper('getCroppedCanvas').toDataURL('image/jpeg') to export image.

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Options

You may set cropper options with $().cropper(options). If you want to change the global default options, You may use $.fn.cropper.setDefaults(options).

viewMode

Type: Number
Default: 0
Options:
- 0: the crop box is just within the container
- 1: the crop box should be within the canvas
- 2: the canvas should not be within the container
- 3: the container should be within the canvas

Define the view mode of the cropper.

dragMode

Type: String
Default: 'crop'
Options:
- 'crop': create a new crop box
- 'move': move the canvas
- 'none': do nothing

Define the dragging mode of the cropper.

aspectRatio

Type: Number
Default: NaN

Set the aspect ratio of the crop box. By default, the crop box is free ratio.

data

Type: Object
Default: null

The previous cropped data if you had stored, will be passed to setData method automatically.

preview

Type: String (jQuery selector)
Default: ''

Add extra elements (containers) for previewing.

Notes:

The maximum width is the initial width of preview container.
The maximum height is the initial height of preview container.
If you set an aspectRatio option, be sure to set the preview container with the same aspect ratio.
If preview is not getting properly displayed, set overflow:hidden to the preview container.

responsive

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Re-render the cropper when resize the window.

restore

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Restore the cropped area after resize the window.

checkCrossOrigin

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Check if the current image is a cross-origin image.

If it is, when clone the image, a crossOrigin attribute will be added to the cloned image element and a timestamp will be added to the src attribute to reload the source image to avoid browser cache error.

By adding crossOrigin attribute to image will stop adding timestamp to image url, and stop reload of image.

checkOrientation

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Check the current image's Exif Orientation information.

More exactly, read the Orientation value for rotating or flipping the image, and then override the Orientation value with 1 (the default value) to avoid some issues (#120, #509) on iOS devices.

Note: Don't trust this all the time as some JPG images have incorrect (not standard) Orientation values.

Requires Typed Arrays support (IE 10+).

modal

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Show the black modal above the image and under the crop box.

guides

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Show the dashed lines above the crop box.

center

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Show the center indicator above the crop box.

highlight

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Show the white modal above the crop box (highlight the crop box).

background

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Show the grid background of the container.

autoCrop

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to crop the image automatically when initialize.

autoCropArea

Type: Number
Default: 0.8 (80% of the image)

A number between 0 and 1. Define the automatic cropping area size (percentage).

movable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to move the image.

rotatable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to rotate the image.

scalable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to scale the image.

zoomable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to zoom the image.

zoomOnTouch

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to zoom the image by dragging touch.

zoomOnWheel

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to zoom the image by wheeling mouse.

wheelZoomRatio

Type: Number
Default: 0.1

Define zoom ratio when zoom the image by wheeling mouse.

cropBoxMovable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to move the crop box by dragging.

cropBoxResizable

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to resize the crop box by dragging.

toggleDragModeOnDblclick

Type: Boolean
Default: true

Enable to toggle drag mode between "crop" and "move" when click twice on the cropper.

minContainerWidth

Type: Number
Default: 200

The minimum width of the container.

minContainerHeight

Type: Number
Default: 100

The minimum height of the container.

minCanvasWidth

Type: Number
Default: 0

The minimum width of the canvas (image wrapper).

minCanvasHeight

Type: Number
Default: 0

The minimum height of the canvas (image wrapper).

minCropBoxWidth

Type: Number
Default: 0

The minimum width of the crop box.

Note: This size is relative to the page, not the image.

minCropBoxHeight

Type: Number
Default: 0

The minimum height of the crop box.

Note: This size is relative to the page, not the image.

build

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "build.cropper" event.

built

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "built.cropper" event.

cropstart

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "cropstart.cropper" event.

cropmove

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "cropmove.cropper" event.

cropend

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "cropend.cropper" event.

crop

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "crop.cropper" event.

zoom

Type: Function
Default: null

A shortcut of the "zoom.cropper" event.

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Methods

As there is an asynchronous process when load the image, you should call most of the methods after built, except "setAspectRatio", "replace" and "destroy".

$().cropper({
  built: function () {
    $().cropper('method', argument1, , argument2, ..., argumentN);
  }
});

crop()

Show the crop box manually.

$().cropper({
  autoCrop: false,
  built: function () {
    // Do something here
    // ...

    // And then
    $(this).cropper('crop');
  }
});

reset()

Reset the image and crop box to their initial states.

clear()

Clear the crop box.

replace(url[, onlyColorChanged])

url:
- Type: String
- A new image url.
onlyColorChanged (optional):
- Type: Boolean
- If only change the color, not the size, then the cropper only need to change the srcs of all related images, not need to rebuild the cropper. This can be used for applying filters.
- If not present, its default value is false.

Replace the image's src and rebuild the cropper.

enable()

Enable (unfreeze) the cropper.

disable()

Disable (freeze) the cropper.

destroy()

Destroy the cropper and remove the instance from the image.

move(offsetX[, offsetY])

offsetX:
- Type: Number
- Moving size (px) in the horizontal direction.
offsetY (optional):
- Type: Number
- Moving size (px) in the vertical direction.
- If not present, its default value is offsetX.

Move the canvas (image wrapper) with relative offsets.

$().cropper('move', 1);
$().cropper('move', 1, 0);
$().cropper('move', 0, -1);

moveTo(x[, y])

x:
- Type: Number
- The left value of the canvas
y (optional):
- Type: Number
- The top value of the canvas
- If not present, its default value is x.

Move the canvas (image wrapper) to an absolute point.

zoom(ratio)

ratio:
- Type: Number
- Zoom in: requires a positive number (ratio > 0)
- Zoom out: requires a negative number (ratio < 0)

Zoom the canvas (image wrapper) with a relative ratio.

$().cropper('zoom', 0.1);
$().cropper('zoom', -0.1);

zoomTo(ratio)

ratio:
- Type: Number

Zoom the canvas (image wrapper) to an absolute ratio.

$().cropper('zoomTo', 1); // 1:1 (canvasData.width === canvasData.naturalWidth)

rotate(degree)

degree:
- Type: Number
- Rotate right: requires a positive number (degree > 0)
- Rotate left: requires a negative number (degree < 0)

Rotate the image with a relative degree.

Requires CSS3 2D Transforms support (IE 9+).

$().cropper('rotate', 90);
$().cropper('rotate', -90);

rotateTo(degree)

degree:
- Type: Number

Rotate the image to an absolute degree.

scale(scaleX[, scaleY])

scaleX:
- Type: Number
- Default: 1
- The scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image.
- When equal to 1 it does nothing.
scaleY (optional):
- Type: Number
- The scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image.
- If not present, its default value is scaleX.

Scale the image.

Requires CSS3 2D Transforms support (IE 9+).

$().cropper('scale', -1); // Flip both horizontal and vertical
$().cropper('scale', -1, 1); // Flip horizontal
$().cropper('scale', 1, -1); // Flip vertical

scaleX(scaleX)

scaleX:
- Type: Number
- Default: 1
- The scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image.
- When equal to 1 it does nothing.

Scale the abscissa of the image.

scaleY(scaleY)

scaleY:
- Type: Number
- Default: 1
- The scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image.
- When equal to 1 it does nothing.

Scale the ordinate of the image.

getData([rounded])

rounded (optional):
- Type: Boolean
- Default: false
- Set true to get rounded values.
(return value):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - x: the offset left of the cropped area
  - y: the offset top of the cropped area
  - width: the width of the cropped area
  - height: the height of the cropped area
  - rotate: the rotated degrees of the image
  - scaleX: the scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image
  - scaleY: the scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image

Output the final cropped area position and size data (base on the natural size of the original image).

You can send the data to server-side to crop the image directly.

setData(data)

data:
- Type: Object
- Properties: See the getData method.

Change the cropped area position and size with new data (base on the original image).

Note: This method only available when the viewMode option great than or equal to 1.

getContainerData()

(return value):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - width: the current width of the container
  - height: the current height of the container

Output the container size data.

getImageData()

(return value):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - left: the offset left of the image
  - top: the offset top of the image
  - width: the width of the image
  - height: the height of the image
  - naturalWidth: the natural width of the image
  - naturalHeight: the natural height of the image
  - aspectRatio: the aspect ratio of the image
  - rotate: the rotated degrees of the image if rotated
  - scaleX: the scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image if scaled
  - scaleY: the scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image if scaled

Output the image position, size and other related data.

getCanvasData()

(return value):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - left: the offset left of the canvas
  - top: the offset top of the canvas
  - width: the width of the canvas
  - height: the height of the canvas
  - naturalWidth: the natural width of the canvas (read only)
  - naturalHeight: the natural height of the canvas (read only)

Output the canvas (image wrapper) position and size data.

var imageData = $().cropper('getImageData');
var canvasData = $().cropper('getCanvasData');

if (imageData.rotate % 180 === 0) {
  console.log(canvasData.naturalWidth === imageData.naturalWidth); // true
}

setCanvasData(data)

data:
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - left: the new offset left of the canvas
  - top: the new offset top of the canvas
  - width: the new width of the canvas
  - height: the new height of the canvas

Change the canvas (image wrapper) position and size with new data.

getCropBoxData()

(return value):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - left: the offset left of the crop box
  - top: the offset top of the crop box
  - width: the width of the crop box
  - height: the height of the crop box

Output the crop box position and size data.

setCropBoxData(data)

data:
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - left: the new offset left of the crop box
  - top: the new offset top of the crop box
  - width: the new width of the crop box
  - height: the new height of the crop box

Change the crop box position and size with new data.

getCroppedCanvas([options])

options (optional):
- Type: Object
- Properties:
  - width: the destination width of the output canvas
  - height: the destination height of the output canvas
  - fillColor: a color to fill any alpha values in the output canvas
(return value):
- Type: HTMLCanvasElement
- A canvas drawn the cropped image.
Browser support:
- Basic image: requires Canvas support (IE 9+).
- Rotated image: requires CSS3 2D Transforms support (IE 9+).
- Cross-origin image: requires HTML5 CORS settings attributes support (IE 11+).

Get a canvas drawn the cropped image. If it is not cropped, then returns the whole canvas.

After then, you can display the canvas as an image directly, or use HTMLCanvasElement.toDataURL to get a Data URL, or use HTMLCanvasElement.toBlob to get a blob and upload it to server with FormData if the browser supports these APIs.

$().cropper('getCroppedCanvas');

$().cropper('getCroppedCanvas', {
  width: 160,
  height: 90
});

// Upload cropped image to server if the browser supports `HTMLCanvasElement.toBlob`
$().cropper('getCroppedCanvas').toBlob(function (blob) {
  var formData = new FormData();

  formData.append('croppedImage', blob);

  $.ajax('/path/to/upload', {
    method: "POST",
    data: formData,
    processData: false,
    contentType: false,
    success: function () {
      console.log('Upload success');
    },
    error: function () {
      console.log('Upload error');
    }
  });
});

setAspectRatio(aspectRatio)

aspectRatio:
- Type: Number
- Requires a positive number.

Change the aspect ratio of the crop box.

setDragMode([mode])

mode (optional):
- Type: String
- Default: 'none'
- Options: 'none', 'crop', 'move'

Change the drag mode.

Tips: You can toggle the "crop" and "move" mode by double click on the cropper.

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Events

build.cropper

This event fires when a cropper instance starts to load an image.

built.cropper

This event fires when a cropper instance has built completely.

cropstart.cropper

event.originalEvent:
- Type: Event
- Options: mousedown, touchstart and pointerdown
event.action:
- Type: String
- Options:
  - 'crop': create a new crop box
  - 'move': move the canvas (image wrapper)
  - 'zoom': zoom in / out the canvas (image wrapper) by touch.
  - 'e': resize the east side of the crop box
  - 'w': resize the west side of the crop box
  - 's': resize the south side of the crop box
  - 'n': resize the north side of the crop box
  - 'se': resize the southeast side of the crop box
  - 'sw': resize the southwest side of the crop box
  - 'ne': resize the northeast side of the crop box
  - 'nw': resize the northwest side of the crop box
  - 'all': move the crop box (all directions)

This event fires when the canvas (image wrapper) or the crop box starts to change.

$().on('cropstart.cropper', function (e) {
  console.log(e.type); // cropstart
  console.log(e.namespace); // cropper
  console.log(e.action); // ...
  console.log(e.originalEvent.pageX);

  // Prevent to start cropping, moving, etc if necessary
  if (e.action === 'crop') {
    e.preventDefault();
  }
});

cropmove.cropper

event.originalEvent:
- Type: Event
- Options: mousemove, touchmove and pointermove.
event.action: the same as "cropstart.cropper".

This event fires when the canvas (image wrapper) or the crop box is changing.

cropend.cropper

event.originalEvent:
- Type: Event
- Options: mouseup, touchend, touchcancel, pointerup and pointercancel.
event.action: the same as "cropstart.cropper".

This event fires when the canvas (image wrapper) or the crop box stops to change.

crop.cropper

event.x
event.y
event.width
event.height
event.rotate
event.scaleX
event.scaleY

About these properties, see the getData method.

This event fires when the canvas (image wrapper) or the crop box changed.

zoom.cropper

event.originalEvent:
- Type: Event
- Options: wheel, touchmove.
event.oldRatio:
- Type: Number
- The old (current) ratio of the canvas
event.ratio:
- Type: Number
- The new (next) ratio of the canvas (canvasData.width / canvasData.naturalWidth)

This event fires when a cropper instance starts to zoom in or zoom out its canvas (image wrapper).

$().on('zoom.cropper', function (e) {

  // Zoom in
  if (e.ratio > e.oldRatio) {

    // Prevent zoom in
    e.preventDefault();
  }

  // Zoom out
  // ...
});

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No conflict

If you have to use other plugin with the same namespace, just call the $.fn.cropper.noConflict method to revert to it.

<script src="other-plugin.js"></script>
<script src="cropper.js"></script>
<script>
  $.fn.cropper.noConflict();
  // Code that uses other plugin's "$().cropper" can follow here.
</script>

Browser support

Chrome (latest)
Firefox (latest)
Safari (latest)
Opera (latest)
Edge (latest)
Internet Explorer 8+

As a jQuery plugin, you also need to see the jQuery Browser Support.

Contributing

Please read through our contributing guidelines.

Versioning

Maintained under the Semantic Versioning guidelines.

License

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meteor-cropper by @jonblum
ember-cli-cropper by @anilmaurya
ember-cli-image-cropper by @mhretab

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Cropper

Table of contents

Features

Main

Getting started

Quick start

Installation

Usage

FAQ

Notes

Known issues

Options

viewMode

dragMode

aspectRatio

data

preview

responsive

restore

checkCrossOrigin

checkOrientation

modal

guides

center

highlight

background

autoCrop

autoCropArea

movable

rotatable

scalable

zoomable

zoomOnTouch

zoomOnWheel

wheelZoomRatio

cropBoxMovable

cropBoxResizable

toggleDragModeOnDblclick

minContainerWidth

minContainerHeight

minCanvasWidth

minCanvasHeight

minCropBoxWidth

minCropBoxHeight

build

built

cropstart

cropmove

cropend

crop

zoom

Methods

crop()

reset()

clear()

replace(url[, onlyColorChanged])

enable()

disable()

destroy()

move(offsetX[, offsetY])

moveTo(x[, y])

zoom(ratio)

zoomTo(ratio)

rotate(degree)

rotateTo(degree)

scale(scaleX[, scaleY])

scaleX(scaleX)

scaleY(scaleY)

getData([rounded])

setData(data)

getContainerData()

getImageData()

getCanvasData()

setCanvasData(data)

getCropBoxData()

setCropBoxData(data)

getCroppedCanvas([options])

setAspectRatio(aspectRatio)

setDragMode([mode])

Events