What is HTML5 Canvas?

The HTML canvas is used to draw graphics on a web page.

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The HTML canvas is used to draw graphics, on the fly, via JavaScript.It is only a container for graphics use JavaScript to actually draw the graphics.

Canvas has different methods for drawing paths, boxes, circles, text, and adding images etc.

A canvas is a rectangular area on an HTML page. By default, a canvas has no border and no content.

For Drawing a circle:

var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(95, 50, 40, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
ctx.stroke();

Draw a Text in a Canvas:

var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "30px Arial";
ctx.fillText("Your Text", 10, 50);

Draw a Stroke Text:

var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "30px Arial";
ctx.strokeText("Your Text", 10, 50);

Draw an Image:

var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
var img = document.getElementById("scream");
ctx.drawImage(img, 10, 10);

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Ayesha

Tech writer at newsandstory