HTML Canvas beginPath()
draw basic shapes
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Learning the basics of canvas</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> /*from w w w. j a v a 2 s. c o m*/ <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { var canvas = $("#myCanvas"); var context = canvas.get(0).getContext("2d"); context.fillRect(40, 40, 100, 100); // Square context.strokeRect(200, 300, 200, 100); // Rectangle context.beginPath(); // Start the path context.moveTo(40, 40); // Set the path origin context.lineTo(340, 40); // Set the path destination context.closePath(); // Close the path context.stroke(); // Outline the path context.beginPath(); // Start the path context.arc(230, 90, 50, 0, Math.PI*2, false); // Draw a circle context.closePath(); // Close the path context.fill(); // Fill the path }); </script> </head> <body> <canvas id="myCanvas" width="500" height="500"> <!-- Insert fallback content here --> </canvas> </body> </html>