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# canvas

The **\<canvas>** component is used for customizing drawings.

> **NOTE**
>
> This component is supported since API version 5. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.


## Child Components

Not supported


## Attributes

| Name| Type| Default Value| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| id | string | - | No| Unique ID of the component.|
| style | string | - | No| Style declaration of the component.|
| class | string | - | No| Style class of the component, which is used to refer to a style table.|
| ref | string | - | No| Reference information of child elements, which is registered with the parent component on **$refs**.|


## Events

| Name| Parameter| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| click | - | Triggered when the component is clicked.|
| longpress | - | Triggered when the component is long pressed.|
| swipe<sup>5+</sup> | [SwipeEvent](js-lite-common-events.md) | Triggered when a user quickly swipes on the component.|


## Styles

| Name| Type| Default Value| Mandatory| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| width | &lt;length&gt; \| &lt;percentage&gt;<sup>5+</sup> | - | No| Component width.<br>If this attribute is not set, the default value **0** is used. |
| height | &lt;length&gt; \| &lt;percentage&gt;<sup>5+</sup> | - | No| Component height.<br>If this attribute is not set, the default value **0** is used. |
| padding | &lt;length&gt; | 0 | No| Shorthand attribute to set the padding for all sides.<br>The attribute can have one to four values:<br>- If you set only one value, it specifies the padding for all the four sides.<br>- If you set two values, the first value specifies the top and bottom padding, and the second value specifies the left and right padding.<br>- If you set three values, the first value specifies the top padding, the second value specifies the left and right padding, and the third value specifies the bottom padding.<br>- If you set four values, they respectively specify the padding for top, right, bottom, and left sides (in clockwise order).|
| margin | &lt;length&gt; \| &lt;percentage&gt;<sup>5+</sup> | 0 | No| Shorthand attribute to set the margin for all sides. The attribute can have one to four values:<br>- If you set only one value, it specifies the margin for all the four sides.<br>- If you set two values, the first value specifies the top and bottom margins, and the second value specifies the left and right margins.<br>- If you set three values, the first value specifies the top margin, the second value specifies the left and right margins, and the third value specifies the bottom margin.<br>- If you set four values, they respectively specify the margin for top, right, bottom, and left sides (in clockwise order).|
| margin-[left\|top\|right\|bottom] | &lt;length&gt; \| &lt;percentage&gt;<sup>5+</sup> | 0 | No| Left, top, right, and bottom margins.|
| border-width | &lt;length&gt; | 0 | No| Shorthand attribute to set the margin for all sides.|
| border-color | &lt;color&gt; | black | No| Shorthand attribute to set the color for all borders.|
| border-radius | &lt;length&gt; | - | No| Radius of round-corner borders.|
| background-color | &lt;color&gt; | - | No| Background color.|
| display | string | flex | No| How and whether to display the box containing an element. Available values are as follows:<br>- **flex**: flexible layout<br>- **none**: not rendered|
| [left\|top] | &lt;length&gt; \| &lt;percentage&gt;<sup>6+</sup> | - | No| Edge of the element.<br>- **left**: left edge position of the element. This attribute defines the offset between the left edge of the margin area of a positioned element and left edge of its containing block.<br>- **top**: top edge position of the element. This attribute defines the offset between the top edge of a positioned element and that of a block included in the element. |


## Methods

| Name| Parameter| Description|
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| getContext | string  | Obtains the context of the drawing on a canvas. The parameter can be set only to **2d**. The return value is a 2D drawing object that provides specific 2D drawing operations. For details, see [CanvasRenderingContext2D](js-lite-components-canvas-canvasrenderingcontext2d.md).|