ctx-dashed-line

draw a dashed line in html5 2d canvas

install

npm install ctx-dashed-line

use

var dashedLine = require('ctx-dashed-line')

api

dashedLine(ctx, start, end[, dashLength=2])

• ctx - a CanvasRenderingContext2D (e.g. var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'))
• start - a 2 component array [x, y] or object with the shape: { x: 1, y: 1 } specifying the start of a line segment
• end - a 2 component array [x, y] or object with the shape: { x: 1, y: 1 } specifying the end of a line segment
• dashLength - optional length of on & off of dash (defaults)

returns ctx

example

as seen in examples/basic.js, run with beefy example/basic.js --live --open

var dashedLine = require('../dashed-line');
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
document.body.appendChild(canvas);

ctx.lineCap = "round";

ctx.beginPath();
  dashedLine(ctx, [10, 10], [100, 100], 5);
  dashedLine(ctx, [10, 10], [100, 10], 5);
  dashedLine(ctx, [100, 10], [100, 100], 5);

  ctx.lineWidth = 2;
  ctx.stroke();

results in:

license

MIT