I managed to draw four different curves with examples from the Raphael library. Now I would like to create one curve with several handles in it. How to add more descriptors to this example.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Bezier curve</title> <style> #holder { height: 100%; left: 100%; margin: -100% 0 0 -100%; position: absolute; top: 100%; width: 100%; } </style> <script src='jquery.js'></script> <script src="raphael.js"></script> <script> $('document').ready(function () { var r = Raphael("holder", window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight) function curve(x, y, ax, ay, bx, by, zx, zy, color) { var path = [["M", x, y], ["C", ax, ay, bx, by, zx, zy]], path2 = [["M", x, y], ["L", ax, ay], ["M", bx, by], ["L", zx, zy]], curve = r.path(path).attr({stroke: color || Raphael.getColor(), "stroke-width": 4, "stroke-linecap": "round"}), controls = r.set( r.path(path2).attr({stroke: "#ccc", "stroke-dasharray": ". ","stroke-width":2}), r.circle(x, y, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(ax, ay, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(bx, by, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(zx, zy, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}) ); controls[1].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[0][1] = X; path[0][2] = Y; path2[0][2] = X; path2[0][2] = Y; controls[2].update(x, y); }; controls[2].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][3] = X; path[1][2] = Y; path2[1][4] = X; path2[1][2] = Y; curve.attr({path: path}); controls[0].attr({path: path2}); }; controls[3].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][3] = X; path[1][4] = Y; path2[2][5] = X; path2[2][2] = Y; curve.attr({path: path}); controls[0].attr({path: path2}); }; controls[4].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][5] = X; path[1][6] = Y; path2[3][6] = X; path2[3][2] = Y; controls[3].update(x, y); }; controls.drag(move, up); } function move(dx, dy) { this.update(dx - (this.dx || 0), dy - (this.dy || 0)); console.log(this.dx,this.dy); this.dx = dx; this.dy = dy; } function up() { this.dx = this.dy = 0; } curve(70, 100, 110, 100, 130, 200, 170, 200, "hsb(0, 0, 0)"); curve(800, 200, 800, 100, 600, 100, 600, 200, "hsb(0, 0, 0)"); // xp1,yp1, , , , , xp2,yp2 where (xp1,xp2) & (xp2,yp2) are two end points curve(500, 200,500, 300, 300, 300, 300, 200, "hsb(0, 0, 0)"); // xp1,yp1, , , , , xp2,yp2 where (xp1,xp2) & (xp2,yp2) are two end points curve(920, 100,880, 100, 1020, 200, 980, 200, "hsb(0, 0, 0)"); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="holder"></div> </body> </html> </body>
Link for demo http://jsfiddle.net/insane36/fddGJ/1/
I edited the code and tried again to put some descriptors to show the main descriptor in the middle, but it has some problems, and I donβt know if I understood the concept behind it. I wanted to create a figure with a handle, as shown in the figure below, and be able to manipulate the handles;

Code for the three descriptors:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Bezier curve</title> <style> #holder { height: 100%; left: 100%; margin: -100% 0 0 -100%; position: absolute; top: 100%; width: 100%; } </style> <script src="raphael.js"></script> <script> window.onload=function () { var r = Raphael("holder", window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight) function curve(x1, y1, cx1, cy1, cx2, cy2, x2, y2,cx3,cy3,cx4,cy4, color) { //zx --x1 var path = [["M", x1, y1], ["C", cx1, cy1, cx2, cy2, x2, y2,"S",cx3,cy3,cx4,cy4]], path2 = [["M", x1, y1], ["L", cx1, cy1], ["M", cx2, cy2], ["L", x2, y2],["M", cx3,cy3],['L',cx4,cy4]], curve = r.path(path).attr({stroke: color || Raphael.getColor(), "stroke-width": 4, "stroke-linecap": "round"}), controls = r.set( r.path(path2).attr({stroke: "#ccc", "stroke-dasharray": ". ","stroke-width":2}), r.circle(x1, y1, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(cx1, cy1, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(cx2, cy2, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(x2, y2, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(cx3, cy3, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}), r.circle(cx4, cy4, 5).attr({fill: "#9F2200", stroke: "none"}) ); controls[1].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[0][9] = X; path[0][2] = Y; path2[0][10] = X; path2[0][2] = Y; controls[2].update(x, y); }; controls[2].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][11] = X; path[1][2] = Y; path2[1][12] = X; path2[1][2] = Y; curve.attr({path: path}); controls[0].attr({path: path2}); }; controls[3].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][3] = X; path[1][4] = Y; path2[2][13] = X; path2[2][2] = Y; curve.attr({path: path}); controls[0].attr({path: path2}); }; controls[4].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][5] = X; path[1][6] = Y; path2[3][14] = X; path2[3][2] = Y; controls[3].update(x, y); }; controls[5].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][8] = X; path[1][9] = Y; path2[4][15] = X; path2[4][2] = Y; controls[4].update(x, y); }; controls[6].update = function (x, y) { var X = this.attr("cx") + x, Y = this.attr("cy") + y; this.attr({cx: X, cy: Y}); path[1][10] = X; path[1][11] = Y; path2[5][16] = X; path2[5][2] = Y; controls[5].update(x, y); }; controls.drag(move, up); } function move(dx, dy) { this.update(dx - (this.dx || 0), dy - (this.dy || 0)); console.log(this.dx,this.dy); this.dx = dx; this.dy = dy; } function up() { this.dx = this.dy = 0; } curve(10, 80, 40, 10, 65,10,150,150,95, 80, 180,180, "hsb(0, 0, 0)"); }; </script> </head> <body> <div id="holder"></div> </body> </html> </body> </html>
I think that I missed and did not correctly arrange the breakpoints and values