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strokeStyle

Summary

The current style for stroking shapes. The style can be a CanvasGradient, a CanvasPattern, or a string containing a CSS color.

Property of apis/canvas/CanvasRenderingContext2Dapis/canvas/CanvasRenderingContext2D

Syntax

var result = CanvasRenderingContext2D.strokeStyle;
CanvasRenderingContext2D.strokeStyle = value;

Return Value

Returns an object of type ObjectObject

Default is black.

Examples

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="150" style="border:1px solid blue;"></canvas>
<p>. . .</p>
<script>
var can=document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctxt=can.getContext("2d");
ctxt.strokeStyle="green";
ctxt.strokeRect(20,30,150,75);
</script>

Related specifications

W3C HTML Canvas 2D Specification
W3C Candidate Recommendation

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