The transform function

The transform function can be used to apply matrix transformations to the canvas. What does that mean in practice? It's a combination of scaling, skewing and translating. Of these scaling can also be done with the scale function, translating can be done with the translate function but skewing (which is slanting the canvas at an angle) can only be done with the transform and setTransform functions. See the examples for how to use this function.

Arguments to the function

• The scale factor(X direction)
• The skew factor (X axis)
• The skew factor (Y axis)
• The scale factor(Y direction)
• The translation (X direction)
• The translation (Y direction)

An example of scaling your canvas up

This example uses the transform function (instead of the scale function) to increase the size of the canvas.

<script>
    window.onload = function ()
    {
        var canvas  = document.getElementById("cvs");
        var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

        context.transform(2,0,0,2,0,0);
        
        var bar = new RGraph.Bar({
            id: 'cvs',
            data: [1,8,6,3,5]
        }).draw();
    }
</script>

An example of skewing your canvas

This example uses the transform function to skew the canvas.

<script>
    window.onload = function ()
    {
        var canvas  = document.getElementById("cvs");
        var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

        context.transform(1,0.2,0.2,1,0,0);
        
        var bar = new RGraph.Bar({
            id: 'cvs',
            data: [1,8,6,3,5]
        }).draw();
    }
</script>

An example of translating your canvas

This example uses the transform function (instead of the translate function) to move the coordinate system of the canvas by 50 pixels in the X and Y directions.

<script>
    window.onload = function ()
    {
        var canvas  = document.getElementById("cvs");
        var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
    
        context.transform(1,0,0,1,50,50);
        
        var bar = new RGraph.Bar({
            id: 'cvs',
            data: [1,8,6,3,5]
        }).draw();
    }
</script>

See also:

• An example of the HTML5 canvas transform and setTransform functions
  This example shows an interactive example of the transform function using range inputs. Range inputs work best in Chrome at the current time (September 2013)