CanvasRenderingContext2D: canvas property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The CanvasRenderingContext2D.canvas property, part of the Canvas API, is a read-only reference to the HTMLCanvasElement object that is associated with a given context. It might be null if there is no associated <canvas> element.

Value

Examples

Given this <canvas> element:

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

… you can get a reference to the canvas element within the CanvasRenderingContext2D by using the canvas property:

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.canvas; // HTMLCanvasElement

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-context-2d-canvas-dev

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
canvas

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Full support
Full support

See also