Digital Piano with Web Audio API (3) : Place white and black keys with HTML and CSS

I changed the keyboard layout of the electronic piano on this page.

Volume:
Current waveform:

The main change is to prepare the black keys as the child elements of the white keys in JavaScript that generates HTML and to specify “absolute” for the “position” of the black keys in css. In css, which specifies the position of the black keys, the relative position of the black key to that of white key is specified by “top” and “left”. “z-index: 1;” is specified so that the black keys are displayed in front of the white keys. Also, “pointer-events: auto;” is specified so that when the black key is pressed, the sound of the black key is heard instead of the white key of the parent element.

1. Major changes in JavaScript (changed the code that generates HTML for the keyboard)

    noteFreq.forEach(function(keys, idx) {
        const keyList = Object.entries(keys);
        const octaveElem = document.createElement("div");
        octaveElem.className = "octave";

        let whiteKey = null;
        let blackKey = null;

        keyList.forEach(function(key) {
            const key_name = key[0];
            if (key_name === 'A' || key_name === 'B' || key_name === 'C' || key_name === 'D' ||
                key_name === 'E' || key_name === 'F' || key_name === 'G') {

                if (whiteKey != null) {
                    octaveElem.appendChild(whiteKey);
                }
                whiteKey = createKey(key_name, idx, key[1], 'white-key');

            } else {
                blackKey = createKey(key_name, idx, key[1], 'black-key');
                whiteKey.appendChild(blackKey);
            }
        });

        octaveElem.appendChild(whiteKey);
        keyboard.appendChild(octaveElem);
    });

2. Major changes in css

.key.black-key {
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    height: 80px;
    top: 0px;
    left: 20px;
    z-index: 1;
    pointer-events: auto;
    vertical-align: top;
}

3. Entire code after modification

3.1. css

<style type="text/css">
.container {
    overflow-x: scroll;
    overflow-y: hidden;
    width: 100%;
    height: 180px;
    white-space: nowrap;
    margin: 10px;
}

.keyboard {
    width: auto;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.key {
    position: relative;
    cursor: pointer;
    font: 12px "Open Sans", "Lucida Grande", "Arial", sans-serif;
    border: 1px solid black;
    border-radius: 5px;
    width: 40px;
    height: 120px;
    text-align: center;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px darkgray;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-right: 3px;
    user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -ms-user-select: none;
}

.key.black-key {
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    height: 80px;
    top: 0px;
    left: 20px;
    z-index: 1;
    pointer-events: auto;
    vertical-align: top;
}

.key div {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.key div sub {
    font-size: 10px;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.octave {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0 6px 0 0;
}

.settingsBar {
    padding-top: 8px;
    font: 14px "Open Sans", "Lucida Grande", "Arial", sans-serif;
    position: relative;
    vertical-align: middle;
    width: 100%;
    height: 60px;
}

.left {
    width: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.left span, .left input {
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.right {
    width: 50%;
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    display: table-cell;
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.right span {
    vertical-align: middle;
}

.right input {
    vertical-align: baseline;
}
</style>

3.2. HTML

<div class="container">
    <div class="keyboard"></div>
</div>

<div class="settingsBar">
    <div class="left">
        <span>Volume: </span>
        <input type="range" min="0.0" max="1.0" step="0.01" value="0.5" list="volumes" name="volume">
        <datalist id="volumes">
            <option value="0.0" label="Mute">
            <option value="1.0" label="100%">
        </datalist>
    </div>

    <div class="right">
        <span>Current waveform: </span>
        <select name="waveform">
            <option value="sine">Sine</option>
            <option value="square">Square</option>
            <option value="sawtooth">Sawtooth</option>
            <option value="triangle" selected>Triangle</option>
            <option value="custom">Custom</option>
        </select>
    </div>
</div>

3.3. JavaScript

<script>
const audioContext = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
let oscList = [];

const keyboard = document.querySelector(".keyboard");
const wavePicker = document.querySelector("select[name='waveform']");
const volumeControl = document.querySelector("input[name='volume']");

let noteFreq = null;
let customWaveform = null;
let sineTerms = null;
let cosineTerms = null;

const note_names =
[
    ["ラ", "", "A", ""],
    ["ラ#", "シ$\\flat$", "A#", "B$\\flat$"],
    ["シ", "","B", ""],
    ["ド", "","C", ""],
    ["ド#", "レ$\\flat$","C#", "D$\\flat$"],
    ["レ", "","D", ""],
    ["レ#", "ミ$\\flat$","D#", "E$\\flat$"],
    ["ミ", "","E", ""],
    ["ファ", "","F", ""],
    ["ファ#", "ソ$\\flat$","F#", "G$\\flat$"],
    ["ソ", "", "G", ""],
    ["ソ#", "ラ$\\flat$", "G#", "A$\\flat$"]
];

setup();

// -------------------------------------------------------
// functions
// -------------------------------------------------------

function createNoteTable() {

    let noteFreq = [];
    for (let octave = 0; octave < 9; octave++) {
        noteFreq[octave] = [];
    }

    for (let n = 0; n < 88; n++) {

        const frequency = getAudioFrequency(n);

        let octave = parseInt(n/12);
        if (n % 12 >= 3) {
            octave++;
        }

        const note_name_sharp_english = note_names[n % 12][2];
        noteFreq[octave][note_name_sharp_english] = frequency;
    }

    return noteFreq;
}

function getAudioFrequency(n) {
    return 27.5 * ( Math.pow( Math.pow(2, 1/12), n) );
}

function setup() {
    noteFreq = createNoteTable();

    noteFreq.forEach(function(keys, idx) {
        const keyList = Object.entries(keys);
        const octaveElem = document.createElement("div");
        octaveElem.className = "octave";

        let whiteKey = null;
        let blackKey = null;

        keyList.forEach(function(key) {
            const key_name = key[0];
            if (key_name === 'A' || key_name === 'B' || key_name === 'C' || key_name === 'D' ||
                key_name === 'E' || key_name === 'F' || key_name === 'G') {

                if (whiteKey != null) {
                    octaveElem.appendChild(whiteKey);
                }
                whiteKey = createKey(key_name, idx, key[1], 'white-key');

            } else {
                blackKey = createKey(key_name, idx, key[1], 'black-key');
                whiteKey.appendChild(blackKey);
            }
        });

        octaveElem.appendChild(whiteKey);
        keyboard.appendChild(octaveElem);
    });

    document.querySelector("div[data-note='F'][data-octave='5']").scrollIntoView(false);

    sineTerms = new Float32Array([0, 0, 1, 0, 1]);
    cosineTerms = new Float32Array(sineTerms.length);
    customWaveform = audioContext.createPeriodicWave(cosineTerms, sineTerms);

    for (i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
        oscList[i] = {};
    }
}

function createKey(note, octave, freq, keyColor) {
    const keyElement = document.createElement("div");
    const labelElement = document.createElement("div");

    if (keyColor === 'black-key') {
        keyElement.className = "key black-key";
    } else {
        keyElement.className = "key";
    }
    keyElement.dataset["octave"] = octave;
    keyElement.dataset["note"] = note;
    keyElement.dataset["frequency"] = freq;

    labelElement.innerHTML = note + "<sub>" + octave + "</sub>";
    keyElement.appendChild(labelElement);

    keyElement.addEventListener("mousedown", notePressed, false);
    keyElement.addEventListener("touchstart", notePressed, false);

    return keyElement;
}

function playTone(freq) {
    const osc = audioContext.createOscillator();
    const volume = volumeControl.value;

    const gainNode = audioContext.createGain();
    gainNode.connect(audioContext.destination);
    gainNode.gain.setValueAtTime(0, audioContext.currentTime);
    gainNode.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(volume, audioContext.currentTime + 0.05);
    gainNode.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(0, audioContext.currentTime + 1.00);

    osc.connect(gainNode);

    const type = wavePicker.options[wavePicker.selectedIndex].value;

    if (type == "custom") {
        osc.setPeriodicWave(customWaveform);
    } else {
        osc.type = type;
    }

    osc.frequency.value = freq;
    osc.start();

    osc.stop(audioContext.currentTime + 1.00);

    return osc;
}

function notePressed(event) {
    const dataset = event.target.dataset;
    const octave = +dataset["octave"];
    oscList[octave][dataset["note"]] = playTone(dataset["frequency"]);
}
</script>

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