HTML canvas stroke() Method

Introduction

Draw a path, shaped as the letter L - in a red color:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="180" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">
Your browser does not support the HTML5 canvas tag.</canvas>

<script>
var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.beginPath();/*from   w  w w .j  a v  a2  s  .  c o m*/
ctx.moveTo(20, 20);
ctx.lineTo(20, 100);
ctx.lineTo(70, 100);
ctx.strokeStyle = "red";
ctx.stroke();
</script>

</body>
</html>

The stroke() method draws the path defined with moveTo() and lineTo() methods.

The default color is black.

Use the strokeStyle property to draw with another color/gradient.

context.stroke();



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