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Web Developer's Reference Guide
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Web Developer's Reference Guide

by Joshua Johanan, Talha Khan, Ricardo Zea
March 2016
Beginner
838 pages
14h 58m
English
Packt Publishing
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Drawing elements

In previous versions of HTML, if you wanted a graphic or image, you had to create it in another application and use the img element to pull it into your document. HTML5 has brought some new elements and features to replace the old elements that allow you to draw your own images in the browser.

canvas

The syntax of the canvas element is as follows:

<canvas height width></canvas>

Attributes

The attributes that are used in the canvas element are as follows:

  • height: This is an attribute to set the height
  • width: This is an attribute to set the width

Description

The canvas element is used for drawing. You can use JavaScript to draw lines, shapes, and images; pull frames from videos; and use WebGL, to name just a few features. The HTML element ...

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