Drawing on the HTML canvas is to be done with JavaScript. Use the HTML DOM Method getElementById() and getContext() before drawing on the canvas.
For that, follow some steps −
- You need to use the getElementById() method to find the canvas element.
- Use the getContext(), which is drawing object for the canvas. It provides the methods and properties for drawing.
- After that draw on the canvas.
Example
You can try to run the following code to draw canvas on JavaScript −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Canvas</title> </head> <body> <canvas id="newCanvas" width="400" height="250" style="border:2px solid #000000;"></canvas> <script> var canvas = document.getElementById("newCanvas"); var ctxt = canvas.getContext("2d"); ctxt.fillStyle = "#56A7E2"; ctxt.fillRect(0,0,250,120); </script> </body> </html>