htmlCanvas

Reference & Documentation

A Canvas component.
Canvas is a wrapper for the <canvas> HTML5 element.
For detailed attribute info see:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/canvas

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children (unnamed list of or a singular dash component, character or numeric; optional):
The children of this component.

id (character; optional):
The ID of this component, used to identify dash components in
callbacks. The ID needs to be unique across all of the components in
an app.

n_clicks (numeric; default 0):
An integer that represents the number of times that this element has
been clicked on.

n_clicks_timestamp (numeric; default -1):
An integer that represents the time (in ms since 1970) at which
n_clicks changed. This can be used to tell which button was changed
most recently.

disable_n_clicks (logical; optional):
When True, this will disable the n_clicks prop. Use this to remove
event listeners that may interfere with screen readers.

key (character; optional):
A unique identifier for the component, used to improve performance by
React.js while rendering components See
https://reactjs.org/docs/lists-and-keys.html for more info.

height (character | numeric; optional):
Specifies the height of elements listed here. For all other elements,
use the CSS height property. Note: In some instances, such as <div>,
this is a legacy attribute, in which case the CSS height property
should be used instead.

width (character | numeric; optional):
For the elements listed here, this establishes the element’s width.
Note: For all other instances, such as <div>, this is a legacy
attribute, in which case the CSS width property should be used instead.

accessKey (character; optional):
Keyboard shortcut to activate or add focus to the element.

className (character; optional):
Often used with CSS to style elements with common properties.

contentEditable (character; optional):
Indicates whether the element’s content is editable.

dir (character; optional):
Defines the text direction. Allowed values are ltr (Left-To-Right) or
rtl (Right-To-Left).

draggable (character; optional):
Defines whether the element can be dragged.

hidden (a value equal to: ‘hidden’ or ‘HIDDEN’ | logical; optional):
Prevents rendering of given element, while keeping child elements,
e.g. script elements, active.

lang (character; optional):
Defines the language used in the element.

role (character; optional):
Defines an explicit role for an element for use by assistive
technologies.

spellCheck (character; optional):
Indicates whether spell checking is allowed for the element.

style (named list; optional):
Defines CSS styles which will override styles previously set.

tabIndex (character; optional):
Overrides the browser’s default tab order and follows the one
specified instead.

title (character; optional):
Text to be displayed in a tooltip when hovering over the element.

loading_state (named list; optional):
Object that holds the loading state object coming from dash-renderer.

loading_state is a named list with keys:

  • component_name (character; optional):
    Holds the name of the component that is loading.

  • is_loading (logical; optional):
    Determines if the component is loading or not.

  • prop_name (character; optional):
    Holds which property is loading.