HTML | canvas shadowOffsetX Property

Last Updated : 29 Apr, 2019

The canvas shadowOffsetX property is used to set or return the horizontal distance of the shadow from the shape. This property holds a positive or negative value where a positive value indicates the shadow to the right and negative value indicates the shadow to the left.

Syntax:

context.shadowOffsetX=number

Property Values:

number: It is used to set a positive or negative number which represents the horizontal distance of the shadow.

Example-1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML canvas shadowOffsetX Property 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <canvas id="GFG"
            width="500"
            height="300"> 
  </canvas> 
  
    <script> 
        var x = document.getElementById("GFG"); 
        var contex = x.getContext("2d"); 
        contex.shadowBlur = 20; 
        
        // set horizontal distance. 
        contex.shadowOffsetX = 40; 
        contex.shadowColor = "blue"; 
        contex.fillStyle = "green"; 
        contex.fillRect(50, 50, 350, 200); 
        contex.stroke(); 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example-2:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML canvas shadowOffsetX Property 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <canvas id="GFG"
            width="500"
            height="300"> 
  </canvas> 
  
    <script> 
        var x =  
            document.getElementById("GFG"); 
        var contex = x.getContext("2d"); 
        contex.shadowBlur = 5; 
        contex.shadowOffsetX = 40; 
        contex.shadowColor = "rgb(0, 153, 0)"; 
        contex.fillStyle = "rgb(255, 0, 255)"; 
        contex.fillRect(50, 50, 350, 200); 
        contex.stroke(); 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer 9.0
Firefox
Safari
Opera

My Personal Notes

Related Articles