JavaScript canvas2d object property: lineJoin
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The lineJoin property of the JavaScript
DOM object returned
by the getContext("2d")
method applied to the HTML <canvas>
element sets / returns the type of corner between two lines where they join.
It can take the following
values: bevel (creates a bevelled
corner), round (creates a
rounded corner) or miter
(default, creates a sharp corner, provided the distance between the inner and
outer corner of the join is not larger than the miterLimit).
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x2 = document.createElement("CANVAS");
x2.setAttribute("width", "300");
x2.setAttribute("height", "100");
x2.setAttribute("style", "border: 1px solid black");
var c2 = x2.getContext("2d");
c2.strokeStyle = "red";
c2.lineWidth = "8";
c2.moveTo(10, 10);
c2.lineTo(10, 80);
c2.lineTo(50, 30);
c2.stroke();
c2.beginPath();
c2.strokeStyle = "blue";
c2.lineJoin = "bevel";
c2.moveTo(80, 10);
c2.lineTo(80, 80);
c2.lineTo(120, 30);
c2.stroke();
c2.beginPath();
c2.strokeStyle = "green";
c2.lineJoin = "miter";
c2.miterLimit = 1;
c2.moveTo(150, 10);
c2.lineTo(150, 80);
c2.lineTo(190, 30);
c2.stroke();
c2.beginPath();
c2.strokeStyle = "orange";
c2.lineJoin = "round";
c2.moveTo(220, 10);
c2.lineTo(220, 80);
c2.lineTo(260, 30);
c2.stroke();
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x2);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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