Draw a shadow with HTML5 Canvas

Javascript Web Development Front End Scripts

To draw a shadow with HTM5 Canvas:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         #test {
            width: 100px;
            height:100px;
            margin: 0px auto;
         }
      </style>
             
      <script>
         function drawShape(){
            // get the canvas element using the DOM
            var canvas = document.getElementById('mycanvas');

            // Make sure we don't execute when canvas isn't supported
            if (canvas.getContext){
               // use getContext to use the canvas for drawing
               var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
               ctx.shadowOffsetX = 2;
               ctx.shadowOffsetY = 2;
               ctx.shadowBlur = 2;

               ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)";
               ctx.font = "20px Times New Roman";
               ctx.fillStyle = "Black";
               ctx.fillText("This is shadow test", 5, 30);
            } else {
               alert('You need Safari or Firefox 1.5+ to see this demo.');
            }
         }
      </script>
   </head>

   <body id = "test" onload = "drawShape();">
      <canvas id = "mycanvas"></canvas>
   </body>
</html>

Nitya Raut

Published on 10-Apr-2018 13:22:47

Previous Page Print Page