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moveTo method

Creates a new subpath by using the specified point.

HTML Canvas 2D Context, Section 9 Internet Explorer 9

Syntax

var retval = CanvasRenderingContext2D.moveTo(x, y);

Parameters

x [in]

Type: Floating-point

The x-coordinate, in pixels.

y [in]

Type: Floating-point

The y-coordinate, in pixels.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Standards information

Examples

The following code example uses the moveTo and lineTo methods to incrementally draw horizontal lines across the canvas.


 <!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
function draw()
{
  var canvas = document.getElementById("MyCanvas");
 	if (canvas.getContext) {
 	  var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
      for(i=10;i<500;i+=20)
      {
      ctx.moveTo(0,i);
      ctx.lineTo(canvas.width,i);
      ctx.stroke();
      }             
   }
}
  </script>
</head>
<body onload="draw()">
  <canvas id="MyCanvas" width="600" height="600"> </canvas> 
</body>
</html>

See also

CanvasRenderingContext2D
lineTo

 

 

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