Methods

<static> addToDOM(canvas, parent, overflowHidden) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Adds the given canvas element to the DOM. The canvas will be added as a child of the given parent. If no parent is given it will be added as a child of the document.body.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement			The canvas to be added to the DOM.
parent	string | HTMLElement			The DOM element to add the canvas to.
overflowHidden	boolean	<optional>	true	If set to true it will add the overflow='hidden' style to the parent DOM element.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

Returns the source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 107

<static> create(width, height, id) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Creates a canvas DOM element. The element is not automatically added to the document.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Default	Description
width	number	<optional>	256	The width of the canvas element.
height	number	<optional>	256	The height of the canvas element..
id	string	<optional>	(none)	If specified, and not the empty string, this will be set as the ID of the canvas element. Otherwise no ID will be set.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

The newly created canvas element.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 15

<static> getAspectRatio(canvas) → {number}

This method is deprecated and should not be used. It may be removed in the future.

Returns the aspect ratio of the given canvas.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement	The canvas to get the aspect ratio from.

Returns:

number -

The ratio between canvas' width and height.

Deprecated:

• 2.1.4 - User Phaser.DOM.getAspectRatio

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 279

<static> getOffset(element, point) → {Phaser.Point}

This method is deprecated and should not be used. It may be removed in the future.

Get the DOM offset values of any given element

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
element	HTMLElement		The targeted element that we want to retrieve the offset.
point	Phaser.Point	<optional>	The point we want to take the x/y values of the offset.

Returns:

Phaser.Point -

• A point objet with the offsetX and Y as its properties.

Deprecated:

• 2.1.4 - Use Phaser.DOM.getOffset

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 268

<static> getSmoothingEnabled(context) → {boolean}

Returns true if the given context has image smoothing enabled, otherwise returns false.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
context	CanvasRenderingContext2D	The context to check for smoothing on.

Returns:

boolean -

True if the given context has image smoothing enabled, otherwise false.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 214

<static> removeFromDOM(canvas)

Removes the given canvas element from the DOM.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement	The canvas to be removed from the DOM.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 154

<static> setBackgroundColor(canvas, color) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Sets the background color behind the canvas. This changes the canvas style property.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement		The canvas to set the background color on.
color	string	<optional>	The color to set. Can be in the format 'rgb(r,g,b)', or '#RRGGBB' or any valid CSS color.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

Returns the source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 45

<static> setImageRenderingBicubic(canvas) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Sets the CSS image-rendering property on the given canvas to be 'bicubic' (aka 'auto'). Note that if this doesn't given the desired result then see the CanvasUtils.setSmoothingEnabled method.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement	The canvas to set image-rendering bicubic on.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

Returns the source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 249

<static> setImageRenderingCrisp(canvas) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Sets the CSS image-rendering property on the given canvas to be 'crisp' (aka 'optimize contrast' on webkit). Note that if this doesn't given the desired result then see the setSmoothingEnabled.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement	The canvas to set image-rendering crisp on.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

Returns the source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 227

<static> setSmoothingEnabled(context, value) → {CanvasRenderingContext2D}

Sets the Image Smoothing property on the given context. Set to false to disable image smoothing. By default browsers have image smoothing enabled, which isn't always what you visually want, especially when using pixel art in a game. Note that this sets the property on the context itself, so that any image drawn to the context will be affected. This sets the property across all current browsers but support is patchy on earlier browsers, especially on mobile.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
context	CanvasRenderingContext2D	The context to enable or disable the image smoothing on.
value	boolean	If set to true it will enable image smoothing, false will disable it.

Returns:

CanvasRenderingContext2D -

Returns the source context.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 190

<static> setTouchAction(canvas, value) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Sets the touch-action property on the canvas style. Can be used to disable default browser touch actions.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement		The canvas to set the touch action on.
value	string	<optional>	The touch action to set. Defaults to 'none'.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

The source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 63

<static> setTransform(context, translateX, translateY, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY) → {CanvasRenderingContext2D}

Sets the transform of the given canvas to the matrix values provided.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
context	CanvasRenderingContext2D	The context to set the transform on.
translateX	number	The value to translate horizontally by.
translateY	number	The value to translate vertically by.
scaleX	number	The value to scale horizontally by.
scaleY	number	The value to scale vertically by.
skewX	number	The value to skew horizontaly by.
skewY	number	The value to skew vertically by.

Returns:

CanvasRenderingContext2D -

Returns the source context.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 169

<static> setUserSelect(canvas, value) → {HTMLCanvasElement}

Sets the user-select property on the canvas style. Can be used to disable default browser selection actions.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Argument	Description
canvas	HTMLCanvasElement		The canvas to set the touch action on.
value	string	<optional>	The touch action to set. Defaults to 'none'.

Returns:

HTMLCanvasElement -

The source canvas.

Source - system/Canvas.js, line 83