Is there an online tool that generates the corresponding LaTeX code of a diagram which can be drawn using a graphical interface? A tool such as latexdraw but only using a web browser (like Detexify)?
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1If tikz code counts as "latex code", you can use inkscape to draw svg, and there exists a plugin which saves it as tikz code. For the web browser requisite, you can use svg-edit.googlecode.com/svn/branches/2.5.1/editor/… as editor, but still require inkscape to convert the svg to tikz. – JLDiaz Nov 30 '12 at 10:05
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@JLDiaz Dead link – Karlo Jul 19 '17 at 14:38
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1@Karlo Thanks for the heads up. Apparently github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz is the new way of doing that. – JLDiaz Jul 19 '17 at 16:00
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github.com/kjellmf/svg2tikz seems no longer under active support now. – Yu Shen May 21 at 19:11
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A wonderful option is mathcha: www.mathcha.io
just open the editor, you log in and you make your drawings and equations.
this online program will create different export formats, including Tikz, which is compatible with Latex.
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Played a bit with it. It seems really solid. Some improvements could still be made (for instance I see no export to PDF/SVG option, and text editing does not respect some keyboard shortcuts), but if it doesn't die I see myself using it in the near future. – levesque May 18 '18 at 15:03
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Where is the PDF export function? I couldn't locate it anywhere. Besides, I can't export the TikZ code (it exports nothing except some opening and closing tags). – Jim Raynor Jun 13 '18 at 22:23
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The GeoGebra online tool, which can also be installed and run locally, comes to mind. It let's you do geometric drawings: define points, intersections, ellipses given the two foci and a point, etc... It will generate TikZ code for you.
For example, create an ellipse within your browser
This can be exported to TikZ (will generate a standalone document), which renders to
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1GeoGebra doesn't make any sense. I tried using it and it keeps producing lines even if when I choose circle. – BeC Oct 5 '17 at 4:40
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The downside seems to be the standalone export. I don't see any option to directly embed the generated TikZ into my own document. – Makan Tayebi Aug 16 '18 at 10:47
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@MakanTayebi You can easily integrate the file into your own document, see i.e. here. – Viktor Glombik Apr 7 at 19:38
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TikzEdt is a combined WYSIWYG/text editor designed for editing Tikz code. http://www.tikzedt.org/
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5It is a nice tool, but it definitely misses the "Online" part OP asked for. – Clément Oct 5 '17 at 4:44
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If you're looking for a tool to draw commutative diagrams with tikzcd, there's Yichuan Shen's tikzcd-editor.
