Setting HTMLCanvasElement.width also resets context properties

[rafern]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/width

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Second paragraph

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

The text states that the drawing buffer is reset after setting the width (or height, that article is also affected). However, all of the properties in the context are also reset to their default value, not just the drawing buffer. When I read this, I assumed that the canvas would be blanked, but properties like fontKerning would not be reset to auto

What did you expect to see?

It should be clear that the whole context is reset, not just the drawing buffer.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/canvas.html#concept-canvas-set-bitmap-dimensions

Do you have anything more you want to share?

No response

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• Folder: en-us/web/api/htmlcanvaselement/width
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/width
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/htmlcanvaselement/width/index.md
• Last commit: c16ab79
• Document last modified: 2024-06-17T23:51:58.000Z