The HTML <canvas> element is used to draw graphics on a web page.
<canvas>
The graphic to the left is created with <canvas> . It shows four elements: a red rectangle, a gradient rectangle, a multicolor rectangle, and a multicolor text.
The HTML <canvas> element is used to draw graphics, on the fly, via JavaScript.
The <canvas> element is only a container for graphics. You must use JavaScript to actually draw the graphics.
Canvas has several methods for drawing paths, boxes, circles, text, and adding images.
Canvas is supported by all major browsers.
A canvas is a rectangular area on an HTML page. By default, a canvas has no border and no content.
The markup looks like this:
Note: Always specify an id attribute (to be referred to in a script), and a width and height attribute to define the size of the canvas. To add a border, use the style attribute.
id
width
height
style
Here is an example of a basic, empty canvas:
After creating the rectangular canvas area, you must add a JavaScript to do the drawing.
Here are some examples:
To learn more about <canvas> , please read our HTML Canvas Tutorial .
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