CanvasRenderingContext2D.moveTo

The CanvasRenderingContext2D.moveTo() method of the Canvas 2D API moves the starting point of a new sub-path to the (x, y) coordinates.

Syntax

void ctx.moveTo(x, y);

Parameters

x

The x axis of the point.

y

The y axis of the point.

Examples

Using the moveTo method

This is just a simple code snippet which uses the moveTo method to move the pen to a start position for drawing a line.

HTML

<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

JavaScript

var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(50, 50);
ctx.lineTo(200, 50);
ctx.stroke();

Edit the code below and see your changes update live in the canvas:

Playable code

<canvas id="canvas" width="400" height="200" class="playable-canvas"></canvas>
<div class="playable-buttons">
  <input id="edit" type="button" value="Edit" />
  <input id="reset" type="button" value="Reset" />
</div>
<textarea id="code" class="playable-code">
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(50,50);
ctx.lineTo(200, 50);
ctx.stroke()</textarea>

var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var textarea = document.getElementById("code");
var reset = document.getElementById("reset");
var edit = document.getElementById("edit");
var code = textarea.value;

function drawCanvas() {
  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
  eval(textarea.value);
}

reset.addEventListener("click", function() {
  textarea.value = code;
  drawCanvas();
});

edit.addEventListener("click", function() {
  textarea.focus();
})

textarea.addEventListener("input", drawCanvas);
window.addEventListener("load", drawCanvas);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The interface defining it, CanvasRenderingContext2D
• CanvasRenderingContext2D.lineTo()
• CanvasRenderingContext2D.stroke()