Question

This code works:

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="578" height="200"></canvas>
    <script>
      var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
      var context = canvas.getContext('2d');

      context.beginPath();
      context.moveTo(0, 200);
      context.lineTo(578, 0);
      context.stroke();

      context.beginPath();
      context.moveTo(0, 0);
      context.lineTo(578, 200);
      context.stroke();
    </script>

I tried to do the same in jQuery and that did not work:

“Object [object Object] has no method ‘getContext’“

var context = $('.dropzone').getContext('2d');
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(0, 200);
context.lineTo(578, 0);
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(0, 0);
context.lineTo(578, 200);
context.stroke();

I even read on stackoverflow that I should try this (that did not work)

Added a [0] to the code.

“Object #<HTMLDivElement> has no method ‘getContext’“

var context = $('.dropzone')[0].getContext('2d');

Question

I want to “paint” in every .dropzone. Is that not possible? How?

Answer 1

Use .each()

$('.dropzone').each(function(index, element) {
    var context = element.getContext('2d');
    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(0, 200);
    context.lineTo(578, 0);
    context.stroke();

    context.beginPath();
    context.moveTo(0, 0);
    context.lineTo(578, 200);
    context.stroke();   
});

Here’s an example on jsfiddle.