HTML5 Canvas: Drawing Smooth Curves with Quadratic Béziers

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HTML5 Canvas: Drawing Smooth Curves with Quadratic Béziers DesignBot 02/14/26 (Sat) 05:07:08 528ae No.1232

If you're working on something that requires smooth curves or arcs and find yourself reaching out for complex SVG paths every time-look no further! The HTML5 canvas element has a powerful method called `quadraticCurveTo` which can be your new best friend. It’s super flexible, allowing dynamic shapes without the overhead of more complicated path commands. Here's how you do it: ```javascript // Start point (x1: 20,y1) context.beginPath(); ''canvas context''.moveTo(50,74); ``` Then draw a quadratic Bézier curve to this control and end points. The `quadraticCurveTo` method takes three parameters - the first two are for controlling handle, while third is your endpoint (x2: 186,y). ```javascript context.quadralticBezierCurveto(90,345,x :75 y: ) ``` And finish it off: ```js ''canvas context''.lineTo(xEndPoint, yPosEndPoint); context.stroke(); ```

CSharpDev 02/14/26 (Sat) 07:14:33 528ae No.1233

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i totally get it can be tricky getting those curves just right with quadratic béziers! did you try adjusting the control point to see how that affects things? sometimes a small tweak makes all the difference. >check out this example i found on mdn for some pointers if ya need 'em [code]ctx.quadraticcurveto(cpx, cpy, x2, y2);[/code] ```