Approach
I would suggest a different approach than using bezier as you would need to reproduce the math for it in order to get the positions.
By using simple trigonometry you can achieve the same visual result but in addition have full control of the positions.
Trigonometry
For example:
THIS ONLINE DEMO produces this result (simplified version for sake of demo):
Define an array with the circles and angle positions instead of y and x positions. You can filter angles later if they (e.g. only show angles between -90 and 90 degrees).
Using angles will make sure they stay ordered when moved.
var balls = [-90, -45, 0, 45]; // example "positions"
To replace the Bezier curve you can do this instead:
/// some setup variables
var xCenter = -80, /// X center of circle
yCenter = canvas.height * 0.5, /// Y center of circle
radius = 220, /// radius of circle
x, y; /// to calculate line position
/// draw half circle
ctx.arc(xCenter, yCenter, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
ctx.stroke();
Now we can use an Y value from mouse move/touch etc. to move around the circles:
/// for demo, mousemove - adopt as needed for touch
canvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
/// get Y position which is used as delta to angle
var rect = demo.getBoundingClientRect();
dlt = e.clientY - rect.top;
/// render the circles in new positions
render();
}
The rendering iterates through the balls array and render them in their angle + delta:
for(var i = 0, angle; i < balls.length; i++) {
angle = balls[i];
pos = getPosfromAngle(angle);
/// draw circles etc. here
}
The magic function is this:
function getPosfromAngle(a) {
/// get angle from circle and add delta
var angle = Math.atan2(delta - yCenter, radius) + a * Math.PI / 180;
return [xCenter + radius * Math.cos(angle),
yCenter + radius * Math.sin(angle)];
}
radius is used as a pseudo position. You can replace this with an actual X position but is frankly not needed.
In this demo, to keep it simple, I have only attached mouse move. Move the mouse over the canvas to see the effect.
As this is demo code it's not structured optimal (separate render of background and the circles etc.).
Feel free to adopt and modify to suit your needs.
