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<time>
The HTML
<time> element represents either a time on a 24-hour clock or a precise date in the Gregorian calendar (with optional time and timezone information).<track>
The HTML
<track> element is used as a child of the media elements—<audio> and <video>. It lets you specify timed text tracks (or time-based data), for example to automatically handle subtitles. The tracks are formatted in WebVTT format (.vtt files) — Web Video Text Tracks.
Applying styles and colors
Up until now we have only seen methods of the drawing context. If we want to apply colors to a shape, there are two important properties we can use:
fillStyle and strokeStyle.Basic animations
Probably the biggest limitation is, that once a shape gets drawn, it stays that way. If we need to move it we have to redraw it and everything that was drawn before it. It takes a lot of time to redraw complex frames and the performance depends highly on the speed of the computer it's running on.
Compositing and clipping
We can not only draw new shapes behind existing shapes but we can also use it to mask off certain areas, clear sections from the canvas (not limited to rectangles like the
clearRect() method does) and more.Compositing example
This sample program demonstrates a number of compositing operations. The output looks like this:
Optimizing canvas
The following is a collection of tips to improve performance
Transformations
Before we look at the transformation methods, let's look at two other methods which are indispensable once you start generating ever more complex drawings.
Block-level elements
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) elements are usually either "block-level" elements or "inline" elements. A block-level element occupies the entire space of its parent element (container), thereby creating a "block." This article helps to explain what this means.
Content categories
Each HTML element must abide by rules defining what kind of content it can have. These rules are grouped into content models common to several elements. Each HTML element belongs to zero, one, or multiple content models, each setting rules that the element's content must follow in an HTML-conformant document.
<address>
<article>
The HTML
<article> element represents a self-contained composition in a document, page, application, or site, which is intended to be independently distributable or reusable (e.g., in syndication). This could be a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, a blog entry, an object, or any other independent item of content. Each <article> should be identified, typically by including a heading (<h1>-<h6> element) as a child of the <article> element.<base>
The HTML
<base> element specifies the base URL to use for all relative URLs contained within a document. There can be only one <base> element in a document. <blockquote>
The HTML
<blockquote> Element (or HTML Block Quotation Element) indicates that the enclosed text is an extended quotation. Usually, this is rendered visually by indentation (see Notes for how to change it). A URL for the source of the quotation may be given using the cite attribute, while a text representation of the source can be given using the <cite> element.<dd>
<del>
The HTML Deleted Text Element (<del>) represents a range of text that has been deleted from a document. This element is often (but need not be) rendered with strike-through text.
<details>
The HTML Details Element (
<details>) is used as a disclosure widget from which the user can retrieve additional information.<dl>
The HTML
<dl> element (or HTML Description List Element) encloses a list of pairs of terms and descriptions. Common uses for this element are to implement a glossary or to display metadata (a list of key-value pairs).<dt>
The HTML
<dt> element (or HTML Definition Term Element) identifies a term in a definition list. This element can occur only as a child element of a <dl>. It is usually followed by a <dd> element; however, multiple <dt> elements in a row indicate several terms that are all defined by the immediate next <dd> element.