HTML | canvas textAlign Property
The HTML canvas textAlign Property is used to set or return the current alignment for text content, according to the anchor point. Basically, the text will start at that position and the text will end at that specified position.
Syntax:
context.textAlign="center | end | left | right | start";
Property Values:
- start: It has a Default. The text starts at the specified position.
- end: The text ends at the specified position.
- left: It is used to set the text-alignment into left.
- right: It is used to set the text-alignment into right.
- center: It is used to set the text-alignment into the center.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <style> h1, h2 { color: green; } body { text-align: center; } </style></head> <body> <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> <h2>HTML canvas textAlign Property </h2> <canvas id="sudo" width="300" height="200" style="border:3px solid red;"> Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag. </canvas> <script> var c = document.getElementById("sudo"); var ctx = c.getContext("2d"); // Create a blue line in position 170 ctx.strokeStyle = "blue"; ctx.moveTo(170, 20); ctx.lineTo(170, 170); ctx.stroke(); ctx.font = "15px Arial"; // Show the different textAlign values ctx.textAlign = "start"; ctx.fillText("start", 170, 60); ctx.textAlign = "end"; ctx.fillText("end", 170, 80); ctx.textAlign = "left"; ctx.fillText("left", 170, 100); ctx.textAlign = "center"; ctx.fillText("center", 170, 120); ctx.textAlign = "right"; ctx.fillText("right", 170, 140); </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML canvas textAlign Property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer 9.0
- Firefox
- Apple Safari
- Opera
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