The CanvasRenderingContext2D.canvas
property, part of the Canvas API, is a read-only reference to the HTMLCanvasElement
object that is associated with a given context. It might be null
if there is no associated <canvas>
element.
The CanvasRenderingContext2D.canvas
property, part of the Canvas API, is a read-only reference to the HTMLCanvasElement
object that is associated with a given context. It might be null
if there is no associated <canvas>
element.
A HTMLCanvasElement
object.
Given this <canvas>
element:
html
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
… you can get a reference to the canvas element within the CanvasRenderingContext2D
by using the canvas
property:
js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"); const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"); ctx.canvas; // HTMLCanvasElement
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-context-2d-canvas-dev |
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
canvas |
1 | 12 | 1.5 | 9 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
CanvasRenderingContext2D
interface
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/canvas