Name

CanvasRenderingContext2D.translate( ): translate the user coordinate system of the canvas

Synopsis

void translate(floatdx, float dy)

Arguments

dx, dy

The amounts to translate in the X and Y dimensions.

Description

translate( ) adds horizontal and vertical offsets to the transformation matrix of the canvas. The arguments dx and dy are added to all points in any subsequently defined paths.

See Also

CanvasRenderingContext2D.rotate( ), CanvasRenderingContext2D.scale( )

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