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

JavaScript
void <var>ctx.moveTo(x, y);</var>

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

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

JavaScript

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
HTML
<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>
JavaScript
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

Specification Status Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'CanvasRenderingContext2D.moveTo' in that specification.		 Living Standard  

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
Feature Android Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)

See also

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/canvasrenderingcontext2d/moveto

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