ctx-dashed-line

draw a dashed line in html5 2d canvas

install

npm install ctx-dashed-line

use

``javascript
var dashedLine = require('ctx-dashed-line')
`

$3

dashedLine(ctx, start, end[, dashLength=2])

* ctx - a CanvasRenderingContext2D (e.g. var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'))
* start - a 2 component array [x, y] or object with the shape: { x: 1, y: 1 } specifying the start of a line segment
* end - a 2 component array [x, y] or object with the shape: { x: 1, y: 1 } specifying the end of a line segment
* dashLength - optional length of on & off of dash (_defaults_)

__returns__ ctx

$3

as seen in examples/basic.js, run with beefy example/basic.js --live --open

`javascript
var dashedLine = require('../dashed-line');
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
document.body.appendChild(canvas);

ctx.lineCap = "round";

ctx.beginPath();
dashedLine(ctx, [10, 10], [100, 100], 5);
dashedLine(ctx, [10, 10], [100, 10], 5);
dashedLine(ctx, [100, 10], [100, 100], 5);

ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.stroke();
``

results in:

!dashed triangle

license

MIT