Convenience API

For operations on rectangles, a convenience API is provided which draws directly and does need a stroke or fill call.

import QtQuick

Canvas {
    id: root
    width: 120; height: 120
    onPaint: {
        var ctx = getContext("2d")
        ctx.fillStyle = 'green'
        ctx.strokeStyle = "blue"
        ctx.lineWidth = 4

        // draw a filles rectangle
        ctx.fillRect(20, 20, 80, 80)
        // cut our an inner rectangle
        ctx.clearRect(30,30, 60, 60)
        // stroke a border from top-left to
        // inner center of the larger rectangle
        ctx.strokeRect(20,20, 40, 40)
    }
}

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The stroke area extends half of the line width on both sides of the path. A 4 px lineWidth will draw 2 px outside the path and 2 px inside.