How to make a canvas as the background image?

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by denis , in category: Javascript , 4 months ago

How to make a canvas as the background image?

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by aubrey , 3 months ago

@denis 

To make a canvas element the background image of a webpage, you can use the following HTML and CSS code:


HTML:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Canvas Background</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas"></canvas>
<div class="content">
<h1>Welcome to my webpage</h1>
<p>This is an example text for the webpage with canvas background.</p>
</div>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>


CSS (styles.css):

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body {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

canvas {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

.content {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 20px;
    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
}


JavaScript (script.js):

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// Get the canvas element
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

// Set canvas size to window size
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;

// Draw background image on canvas
var img = new Image();
img.src = 'path/to/your/image.jpg';
img.onload = function() {
    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
}


Replace 'path/to/your/image.jpg' with the path to your desired background image. This code will make the canvas element cover the entire webpage and display the specified image as the background.