HTML Canvas textAlign compare various alignment values

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HTML Canvas textAlign compare various alignment values

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
  window.onload = function() {/* w  ww.  ja  v  a2 s. c o m*/

    canvas = document.getElementById("canvasArea");
    context = canvas.getContext("2d");

    let xPos = canvas.width / 2;
    let yPos = 30;

    // ATTRIBUTES.
    context.font = "15pt Arial";
    context.fillStyle = "black";
    context.strokeStyle = "hotpink";
    context.lineWidth = 1;

    // CENTERLINE.
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(xPos, 0);
    context.lineTo(xPos, canvas.height);
    context.stroke();

    // TEXT BASELINE examples.
    context.textAlign = "right";
    context.fillText("right", xPos, yPos * 1);
    context.textAlign = "end";
    context.fillText("end", xPos, yPos * 2);
    context.textAlign = "center";
    context.fillText("center", xPos, yPos * 3);
    context.textAlign = "left";
    context.fillText("left", xPos, yPos * 4);
    context.textAlign = "start";
    context.fillText("start", xPos, yPos * 5);
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <div style="width: 200px; height: 175px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 5px;">
    <canvas id="canvasArea" width="200" height="175"
      style="border: 2px solid black">
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</canvas>
  </div>
</body>
</html>



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