Friday, March 21, 2014

Set color using HTML5 color type input

Example to using HTML5 color type input, read with Javascript to change background color of page.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
Select color: 
<input id="colorpick" type="color" name="favcolor" onchange="JavaScript:colorchanged()"><br>

<script type="text/javascript">

function colorchanged()
{
 console.log("colorchanged()");
 var colorval = document.getElementById("colorpick").value;
 console.log(colorval);
 document.body.style.background = colorval;
}

</script>
</body>
</html>

Friday, March 14, 2014

O'Reilly Webcast: Getting Started with HTML5 Canvas

This video introduce the basics of working with HTML5 canvas: how to create canvas draw lines, shapes and as time permits other canvas capabilities. This webcast talk is designed for people without a background with HTML 5 canvas.