The <canvas> tag in HTML is used to draw graphics on web page using JavaScript. It can be used to draw paths, boxes, texts, gradient, and adding images. By default, it does not contain borders and text.
Syntax:
<canvas id="canvasID"> HTML Contents... <canvas>
Attributes: The canvas tag has two attributes which are listed below.
- height: This attribute is used to set the height of canvas.
- width: This attribute is used to set the width of canvas.
Example 1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h3>
How to specify the width
and height of the canvas?
</h3>
<canvas id="canvasID" height="200" width="200"
style="border:1px solid black">
</canvas>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h3>
How to specify the width
and height of the canvas?
</h3>
<canvas id="canvasID" height="200" width="200"
style="border:1px solid black">
</canvas>
<script>
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvasID");
// Getting a drawing context in the canvas
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.beginPath();
context.arc(100, 100, 90, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
context.stroke();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
