It has been a while since I posted any example code. Was messing with the canvas tag in HTML5 and thought I would post it up.
Thanks to Mark Pilgrim and his wonderful Dive into HTML5 site, I was working through the canvas tag page and put this together (only got as far as the gradient section though). Enjoy:
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html lang="en"> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="utf-8" /> | |
<title>Test Canvas</title> | |
<!-- get excanvas.js from http://code.google.com/p/explorercanvas/ | |
Note the test cases and examples. Very cool! --> | |
<!--[if IE]> | |
<script src="excanvas.js"></script> | |
<![endif]--> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<header> | |
<hgroup> | |
<h1>Testing Canvas Tag</h1> | |
</hgroup> | |
</header> | |
<section> | |
<h3>Click on the rectangle to draw a square and move the mouse out of the rectangle to clear it.</h3> | |
<canvas id="a" width="300" height="225" style="border:1px dotted;" onclick="draw_a();return false;" onmouseout="clearRectangle('a');return false;"></canvas> | |
</section> | |
<section> | |
<h3>Click on the rectangle to draw a grid.</h3> | |
<canvas id="b" width="500" height="375" style="border:1px dotted;" onclick="draw_b();return false;"></canvas> | |
<h3>Click <a href="#" onclick="clearRectangle('b');return false;">here</a> to clear the grid.</h3> | |
</section> | |
<footer> | |
<p>© 2010 <a href="http://www.markmcfadden.tel">Mark McFadden</a></p> | |
</footer> | |
</body> | |
<script> | |
function draw_a() | |
{ | |
var a_canvas = document.getElementById("a"); | |
//must use "2d". For 2 dimensional perhaps? | |
var a_context = a_canvas.getContext("2d"); | |
a_context.fillRect(50, 25, 150, 100); | |
} | |
function draw_b() | |
{ | |
var b_canvas = document.getElementById("b"); | |
var context = b_canvas.getContext("2d"); | |
//Draw vertical lines (like etching) | |
for (var x = 0.5; x < 500; x += 10) { | |
//moves the "etcher" to the specified starting point | |
context.moveTo(x, 0); | |
//etches a line to the specified ending point. | |
context.lineTo(x, 375); | |
} | |
//Draw horizontal lines | |
for (var y = 0.5; y < 375; y += 10) { | |
context.moveTo(0, y); | |
context.lineTo(500, y); | |
} | |
//now "ink" the etched lines | |
context.strokeStyle = "#eee"; | |
context.stroke(); | |
//the horizontal arrow | |
//draw the arrow in a different color ink — black instead of off-white — so start a new path. | |
context.beginPath(); | |
context.moveTo(0, 40); | |
context.lineTo(240, 40); | |
context.moveTo(260, 40); | |
context.lineTo(500, 40); | |
context.moveTo(495, 35); | |
context.lineTo(500, 40); | |
context.lineTo(495, 45); | |
//vertical arrow | |
//since the vertical arrow is the same color as the horizontal arrow, do not need to start another new path | |
context.moveTo(60, 0); | |
context.lineTo(60, 153); | |
context.moveTo(60, 173); | |
context.lineTo(60, 375); | |
context.moveTo(65, 370); | |
context.lineTo(60, 375); | |
context.lineTo(55, 370); | |
context.strokeStyle = "#000"; | |
context.stroke(); | |
//text font | |
context.font = "bold 12px sans-serif"; | |
//x axis label | |
context.fillText("x", 248, 43); | |
//y axis label | |
context.fillText("y", 58, 165); | |
//upper left corner text | |
context.textBaseline = "top"; | |
context.fillText("( 0 , 0 )", 8, 5); | |
//lower right corner text | |
context.textAlign = "right"; | |
context.textBaseline = "bottom"; | |
context.fillText("( 500 , 375 )", 492, 370); | |
} | |
function clearRectangle (rec) | |
{ | |
var the_canvas = document.getElementById(rec); | |
the_canvas.width = the_canvas.width; | |
} | |
</script> | |
</html> |
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