For additional information on the <canvas> element, refer to the Mozilla documentation (basic usage). Here you will find details about fallback content, the rendering context, how to check for support and a template/ simple example.

The exammples of the <canvas> element on this page are modified from the O'Reilly HTML5 mobile course. Be sure to view the source code to better understand the use of JavaScript to manipulate the contents of the <canvas> element. I tried to include a lot of comments in the code.

Fallback content should go here for browsers which do not support. Often, this would be an image. Pattern Image