HTML Canvas Text use form to set fill, stroke
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <body> <div style="position: absolute; top: 50px; left: 50px;"> <canvas id="canvasOne" width="500" height="300"> Your browser does not support HTML 5 Canvas. </canvas>/*from w w w .j ava 2 s . c o m*/ <form> Text: <input id="textBox" placeholder="your text" /> <br> Fill Or Stroke : <select id="fillOrStroke"> <option value="fill">fill</option> <option value="stroke">stroke</option> <option value="both">both</option> </select> <br> </form> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function canvasApp() { let message = "your text"; let fillOrStroke ="fill"; let theCanvas = document.getElementById("canvasOne"); let context = theCanvas.getContext("2d"); let formElement = document.getElementById("textBox"); formElement.addEventListener("keyup", textBoxChanged, false); formElement = document.getElementById("fillOrStroke"); formElement.addEventListener("change", fillOrStrokeChanged, false); drawScreen(); function drawScreen() { //Background context.fillStyle = "#ffffaa"; context.fillRect(0, 0, theCanvas.width, theCanvas.height); //Box context.strokeStyle = "#000000"; context.strokeRect(5, 5, theCanvas.width-10, theCanvas.height-10); //Text context.font = "50px serif" let metrics = context.measureText(message); let textWidth = metrics.width; let xPosition = (theCanvas.width/2) - (textWidth/2); let yPosition = (theCanvas.height/2); switch(fillOrStroke) { case "fill": context.fillStyle = "#FF0000"; context.fillText ( message, xPosition ,yPosition); break; case "stroke": context.strokeStyle = "#FF0000"; context.strokeText ( message, xPosition,yPosition); break; case "both": context.fillStyle = "#FF0000"; context.fillText ( message, xPosition ,yPosition); context.strokeStyle = "#000000"; context.strokeText ( message, xPosition,yPosition); break; } } function textBoxChanged(e) { let target = e.target; message = target.value; drawScreen(); } function fillOrStrokeChanged(e) { let target = e.target; fillOrStroke = target.value; drawScreen(); } } canvasApp() ; </script> </body> </html>