canvas-clear (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created by Matthew on

Description

Different methods for clearing the canvas.

Setup

var c = document.createElement('canvas');
    c.width = 1700;
    c.height = 1000;
    
    var ctx = c.getContext('2d');
    ctx.fillStyle = '#000';
    ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 1700, 1000);

Teardown


    var p = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1);
    if (p.data[3] != 0) throw ("canvas did not clear!");

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clearRect
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, c.width, c.height);
 
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fillRect
ctx.save();
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = 'copy';
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0)';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, c.width, c.height);
ctx.restore();
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set width
// c.width = 0; <-- dont change the width to 0, 8-)
c.width = c.width;
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clear transform then clearRect
// Store the current transformation matrix
ctx.save();

// Use the identity matrix while clearing the canvas
ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, c.width, c.height);

// Restore the transform
ctx.restore();
 
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putImageData
var data = ctx.createImageData(c.width, c.height);
ctx.putImageData(data, 0, 0); // clear context by putting empty image data
 
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