canvas Description:
The canvas element is an HTML 5 element that can be used to draw graphics dynamically on the Web page using scripts like JavaScript. You can use the canvas tag to draw graphs, create photo compositions, or even create animations.
The canvas tag is new in HTML 5.
DTD: HTML5: <!doctype html>
canvas Web Browser Support:
Coming soon
canvas Attributes:
Global attributes, event attributes and:
- height
- width
canvas End Tag:
required
canvas Contents:
Text to display if the canvas tag isn't supported.
Tags valid as content: Flow elements, Phrasing elements plus character data
canvas Usage:
Tags valid as container: Flow elements, Phrasing elements
canvas Special Notes:
By including text inside the start and end tags, you can alert older browsers that they are not getting the full features of the page. This is something like alternative text for images.
