Html 5 canvas getElementById() returns null/undefined

html html5-canvas

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Solution 1

The DOM has already been loaded when the draw-function is called, that is correct.

But the var canvas = document.getElementById('control');-line is evaluated before that, because it is not in the draw-function. It is executed immediately in the <head> of the document BEFORE the elements have been rendered.

I would suggest you change your init function to something like that

var canvas,context;
function initializeMap() {
   canvas = document.getElementById('control');
   context = canvas.getContext('2d');
}

Solution 2

If your javascript is loaded prior to your body then canvas will be undefined because the browser hasn't loaded/rendered it yet.

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Bahamut

Updated on June 27, 2022

Comments

Bahamut almost 2 years

here's the code:

HTML:

<body onload="initializeMap()">
    <div id="map_canvas" style="width:100%; height:100%; z-index:1"></div>
    <canvas id="control" style="width:100%; height:100%; z-index:2">Does Not Support Canvas Element</canvas>
</body>

Javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var canvas = document.getElementById('control');
    var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

    function draw(){
        context.font = "bold 12px sans-serif";
        context.fillText("x", 248, 43);
    }
</script>

the draw function is called after initialization of the google map so the DOM should have already loaded by then, correct? What might have I done incorrectly?