CanvasRenderingContext2D: direction property
The
CanvasRenderingContext2D.direction
property of the Canvas 2D API specifies the current text direction used to draw text.
Value
Examples
Changing text direction
This example draws two pieces of text. The first one is left-to-right, and the second
is right-to-left. Note that "Hi!" in ltr
becomes "!Hi" in rtl
.
HTML
html
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
JavaScript
js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.font = "48px serif";
ctx.fillText("Hi!", 150, 50);
ctx.direction = "rtl";
ctx.fillText("Hi!", 150, 130);
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-context-2d-direction-dev |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The interface defining this property:
CanvasRenderingContext2D