OMD

A JavaScript library for rendering mathematical visualizations and expressions as SVG.

Installation

npm install @teachinglab/omd

Getting Started

import { omdDisplay } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const display = new omdDisplay(document.getElementById('container'));

// Render a math string
display.render('3*x + 2');

// Render any visualization from JSON — one line
display.loadFromJSON({ omdType: 'numberLine', min: 0, max: 10, dotValues: [3, 7] });

Quick Start

import { omdDisplay, omdNumberLine } from '@teachinglab/omd';

// Render an expression
const display = new omdDisplay(document.getElementById('container'));
display.render('3*x + 2');          // expression
display.render('2*x + 3 = 7');      // equation (auto-detected by =)

// Render a visualization from JSON
display.loadFromJSON({ omdType: 'numberLine', min: 0, max: 10, dotValues: [3, 7] });

// Or build a component and load it
const line = new omdNumberLine();
line.loadFromJSON({ min: 0, max: 10, dotValues: [3, 7] });
display.load(line);

Core Concepts

omdDisplay

Renders a single component into a DOM container. The SVG sizes to fit the content and is aligned within the container.

const display = new omdDisplay(container, {
    alignment: 'center',   // 'center' | 'left' | 'right' (default: 'center')
    autoScale: true,       // shrink to fit if too large (default: true)
    maxScale: 1,           // never upscale past natural size (default: 1)
    padding: 8,            // padding around content in px (default: 8)
});

display.render('sqrt(x + 4)');                                      // string → auto-detected
display.loadFromJSON({ omdType: 'numberLine', min: 0, max: 10 });   // from JSON
display.load(myVisual);                                             // pre-built component
display.clear();
display.destroy();

omdCanvas

A multi-object stage. Add components at explicit positions.

const canvas = new omdCanvas(document.getElementById('stage'), {
    width: 1100,
    height: 500,
});

const plane = new omdCoordinatePlane();
plane.loadFromJSON({ xMin: -5, xMax: 5, yMin: -5, yMax: 5 });

// Position via add options
canvas.add(plane, { x: 30, y: 40 });

// Or position beforehand — equivalent
plane.setPosition(30, 40);
canvas.add(plane);

const eq = new omdEquation();
eq.loadFromJSON('2*x + 3 = 7');
canvas.add(eq, { x: 400, y: 200, scale: 1.5 });

canvas.move(plane, 60, 40);
canvas.remove(eq);
canvas.clear();

Components

Expressions & Equations

All expression/equation components support:

expr.setBackgroundColor('#fff');      // set background color
expr.hideBackgroundByDefault();       // transparent background

Number Visualizations

Tape Diagrams

Graphing & Data

Shapes

Examples

Number Line

import { omdDisplay, omdNumberLine } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const line = new omdNumberLine();
line.loadFromJSON({
    min: 0,
    max: 20,
    increment: 2,
    dotValues: [6, 14],
    title: 'Miles walked',
});

new omdDisplay(document.getElementById('line-container')).load(line);

Coordinate Plane

import { omdCoordinatePlane } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const plane = new omdCoordinatePlane();
plane.loadFromJSON({
    xMin: -10, xMax: 10,
    yMin: -10, yMax: 10,
    graphEquations: [
        { equation: 'y = x^2 - 4', color: '#e11d48' },
        { equation: 'y = 2*x + 1', color: '#0f766e' },
    ],
    dotValues: [[2, 0, '#e11d48']],
});

Balance Hanger

import { omdBalanceHanger } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const hanger = new omdBalanceHanger();
hanger.loadFromJSON({
    leftValues: ['x', 'x', '3'],
    rightValues: ['9'],
});

Rectangle with Labels

import { omdRectangle } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const rect = new omdRectangle();
rect.loadFromJSON({
    width: 8,
    height: 5,
    unitScale: 40,
    showLabels: true,
    centerLabel: '40 sq ft',
});

Equation Work

import { omdEquationWork } from '@teachinglab/omd';

const work = new omdEquationWork();
work.loadFromJSON({
    rows: [
        { kind: 'equation', left: '2x + 3', right: '11' },
        { kind: 'operation', left: '-3', right: '-3' },
        { kind: 'line' },
        { kind: 'equation', left: '2x', right: '8' },
        { kind: 'operation', left: '÷2', right: '÷2' },
        { kind: 'line' },
        { kind: 'equation', left: 'x', right: '4' },
    ],
});

Factory Function

All components can be created from a JSON object using createFromJSON. The JSON structure is flat — the same object you pass to the factory is what loadFromJSON expects on each class directly.

import { createFromJSON } from '@teachinglab/omd';

// All fields are at the top level alongside omdType
const visual = createFromJSON({
    omdType: 'numberLine',
    min: 0,
    max: 10,
    dotValues: [3, 7],
});

// This is equivalent to:
const line = new omdNumberLine();
line.loadFromJSON({ omdType: 'numberLine', min: 0, max: 10, dotValues: [3, 7] });

// Or render directly via omdDisplay.loadFromJSON — one line:
display.loadFromJSON({ omdType: 'numberLine', min: 0, max: 10, dotValues: [3, 7] });

Documentation

• Canvas classes (omdDisplay, omdCanvas)
• Expressions & equations
• Visualizations
• Shapes

Dependencies

• @teachinglab/jsvg — SVG rendering
• mathjs — Expression parsing