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CanvasRenderingContext2D: lineWidth property

The CanvasRenderingContext2D.lineWidth property of the Canvas 2D API sets the thickness of lines.

Note: Lines can be drawn with the stroke(), strokeRect(), and strokeText() methods.

Value

A number specifying the line width, in coordinate space units. Zero, negative, Infinity, and NaN values are ignored. This value is 1.0 by default.

Examples

Changing line width

This example draws a line and a rectangle, using a line width of 15 units.

HTML

html

<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

JavaScript

js

const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

ctx.lineWidth = 15;

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(20, 20);
ctx.lineTo(130, 130);
ctx.rect(40, 40, 70, 70);
ctx.stroke();

Result

More examples

For more examples and explanation about this property, see Applying styles and color in the Canvas Tutorial.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
lineWidth 1 12 1.5 9 ≤12.1 2 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/lineWidth