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

A HTMLCanvasElement object.

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 Standard
# dom-context-2d-canvas-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also