Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/scrollPathIntoView

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The CanvasRenderingContext2D.scrollPathIntoView() method of the Canvas 2D API scrolls the current or given path into view. It is similar to Element.scrollIntoView().

Syntax

void ctx.scrollPathIntoView();
void ctx.scrollPathIntoView(path);

Parameters

path: A Path2D path to use.

Examples

Using the scrollPathIntoView method

This example demonstrates the scrollPathIntoView() method.

HTML

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

JavaScript

const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.fillRect(10, 10, 30, 30);
ctx.scrollPathIntoView();

Edit the code below to see your changes update live in the canvas:

Playable code

<canvas id="canvas" width="400" height="200" class="playable-canvas">
<input id="button" type="range" min="1" max="12">
</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.rect(10, 10, 30, 30);
ctx.scrollPathIntoView();</textarea>

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
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'CanvasRenderingContext2D.scrollPathIntoView' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`scrollPathIntoView` Experimental'	Chrome Full support Yes Disabled' Full support Yes Disabled' Disabled' This feature is behind the `Experimental Web Platform Features` preference. To change preferences in Chrome, visit chrome://flags.	Edge Full support ≤79 Disabled' Full support ≤79 Disabled' Disabled' From version ≤79: this feature is behind the `Experimental Web Platform Features` preference.	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
User must explicitly enable this feature.': User must explicitly enable this feature.