[html] How to draw a rounded Rectangle on HTML Canvas?

I found that there are only can fill rectangle, but no rounded corner one, how can I do that?

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I started with @jhoff's solution, but rewrote it to use width/height parameters, and using arcTo makes it quite a bit more terse:

CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function (x, y, w, h, r) {
  if (w < 2 * r) r = w / 2;
  if (h < 2 * r) r = h / 2;
  this.beginPath();
  this.moveTo(x+r, y);
  this.arcTo(x+w, y,   x+w, y+h, r);
  this.arcTo(x+w, y+h, x,   y+h, r);
  this.arcTo(x,   y+h, x,   y,   r);
  this.arcTo(x,   y,   x+w, y,   r);
  this.closePath();
  return this;
}

Also returning the context so you can chain a little. E.g.:

ctx.roundRect(35, 10, 225, 110, 20).stroke(); //or .fill() for a filled rect

Here's one I wrote... uses arcs instead of quadratic curves for better control over radius. Also, it leaves the stroking and filling up to you

    /* Canvas 2d context - roundRect
 *
 * Accepts 5 parameters, the start_x and start_y points, the end_x and end_y points, and the radius of the corners
 * 
 * No return value
 */

CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function(sx,sy,ex,ey,r) {
    var r2d = Math.PI/180;
    if( ( ex - sx ) - ( 2 * r ) < 0 ) { r = ( ( ex - sx ) / 2 ); } //ensure that the radius isn't too large for x
    if( ( ey - sy ) - ( 2 * r ) < 0 ) { r = ( ( ey - sy ) / 2 ); } //ensure that the radius isn't too large for y
    this.beginPath();
    this.moveTo(sx+r,sy);
    this.lineTo(ex-r,sy);
    this.arc(ex-r,sy+r,r,r2d*270,r2d*360,false);
    this.lineTo(ex,ey-r);
    this.arc(ex-r,ey-r,r,r2d*0,r2d*90,false);
    this.lineTo(sx+r,ey);
    this.arc(sx+r,ey-r,r,r2d*90,r2d*180,false);
    this.lineTo(sx,sy+r);
    this.arc(sx+r,sy+r,r,r2d*180,r2d*270,false);
    this.closePath();
}

Here is an example:

var _e = document.getElementById('#my_canvas');
var _cxt = _e.getContext("2d");
_cxt.roundRect(35,10,260,120,20);
_cxt.strokeStyle = "#000";
_cxt.stroke();

Juan, I made a slight improvement to your method to allow for changing each rectangle corner radius individually:

/** 
 * Draws a rounded rectangle using the current state of the canvas.  
 * If you omit the last three params, it will draw a rectangle  
 * outline with a 5 pixel border radius  
 * @param {Number} x The top left x coordinate 
 * @param {Number} y The top left y coordinate  
 * @param {Number} width The width of the rectangle  
 * @param {Number} height The height of the rectangle 
 * @param {Object} radius All corner radii. Defaults to 0,0,0,0; 
 * @param {Boolean} fill Whether to fill the rectangle. Defaults to false. 
 * @param {Boolean} stroke Whether to stroke the rectangle. Defaults to true. 
 */
CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function (x, y, width, height, radius, fill, stroke) {
    var cornerRadius = { upperLeft: 0, upperRight: 0, lowerLeft: 0, lowerRight: 0 };
    if (typeof stroke == "undefined") {
        stroke = true;
    }
    if (typeof radius === "object") {
        for (var side in radius) {
            cornerRadius[side] = radius[side];
        }
    }

    this.beginPath();
    this.moveTo(x + cornerRadius.upperLeft, y);
    this.lineTo(x + width - cornerRadius.upperRight, y);
    this.quadraticCurveTo(x + width, y, x + width, y + cornerRadius.upperRight);
    this.lineTo(x + width, y + height - cornerRadius.lowerRight);
    this.quadraticCurveTo(x + width, y + height, x + width - cornerRadius.lowerRight, y + height);
    this.lineTo(x + cornerRadius.lowerLeft, y + height);
    this.quadraticCurveTo(x, y + height, x, y + height - cornerRadius.lowerLeft);
    this.lineTo(x, y + cornerRadius.upperLeft);
    this.quadraticCurveTo(x, y, x + cornerRadius.upperLeft, y);
    this.closePath();
    if (stroke) {
        this.stroke();
    }
    if (fill) {
        this.fill();
    }
} 

Use it like this:

var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var c = canvas.getContext("2d");
c.fillStyle = "blue";
c.roundRect(50, 100, 50, 100, {upperLeft:10,upperRight:10}, true, true);

The drawPolygon function below can be used to draw any polygon with rounded corners.

See it running here.

function drawPolygon(ctx, pts, radius) {
  if (radius > 0) {
    pts = getRoundedPoints(pts, radius);
  }
  var i, pt, len = pts.length;
  ctx.beginPath();
  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    pt = pts[i];
    if (i == 0) {          
      ctx.moveTo(pt[0], pt[1]);
    } else {
      ctx.lineTo(pt[0], pt[1]);
    }
    if (radius > 0) {
      ctx.quadraticCurveTo(pt[2], pt[3], pt[4], pt[5]);
    }
  }
  ctx.closePath();
}

function getRoundedPoints(pts, radius) {
  var i1, i2, i3, p1, p2, p3, prevPt, nextPt,
      len = pts.length,
      res = new Array(len);
  for (i2 = 0; i2 < len; i2++) {
    i1 = i2-1;
    i3 = i2+1;
    if (i1 < 0) {
      i1 = len - 1;
    }
    if (i3 == len) {
      i3 = 0;
    }
    p1 = pts[i1];
    p2 = pts[i2];
    p3 = pts[i3];
    prevPt = getRoundedPoint(p1[0], p1[1], p2[0], p2[1], radius, false);
    nextPt = getRoundedPoint(p2[0], p2[1], p3[0], p3[1], radius, true);
    res[i2] = [prevPt[0], prevPt[1], p2[0], p2[1], nextPt[0], nextPt[1]];
  }
  return res;
};

function getRoundedPoint(x1, y1, x2, y2, radius, first) {
  var total = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(x2 - x1, 2) + Math.pow(y2 - y1, 2)),
      idx = first ? radius / total : (total - radius) / total;
  return [x1 + (idx * (x2 - x1)), y1 + (idx * (y2 - y1))];
};

The function receives an array with the polygon points, like this:

var canvas = document.getElementById("cv");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.strokeStyle = "#000000";
ctx.lineWidth = 5;

drawPolygon(ctx, [[20,   20],
                  [120,  20],
                  [120, 120],
                  [ 20, 120]], 10);
ctx.stroke();

This is a port and a more generic version of a solution posted here.


I needed to do the same thing and created a method to do it.

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// Now you can just call
var ctx = document.getElementById("rounded-rect").getContext("2d");
// Draw using default border radius, 
// stroke it but no fill (function's default values)
roundRect(ctx, 5, 5, 50, 50);
// To change the color on the rectangle, just manipulate the context
ctx.strokeStyle = "rgb(255, 0, 0)";
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255, 255, 0, .5)";
roundRect(ctx, 100, 5, 100, 100, 20, true);
// Manipulate it again
ctx.strokeStyle = "#0f0";
ctx.fillStyle = "#ddd";
// Different radii for each corner, others default to 0
roundRect(ctx, 300, 5, 200, 100, {
  tl: 50,
  br: 25
}, true);

/**
 * Draws a rounded rectangle using the current state of the canvas.
 * If you omit the last three params, it will draw a rectangle
 * outline with a 5 pixel border radius
 * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} ctx
 * @param {Number} x The top left x coordinate
 * @param {Number} y The top left y coordinate
 * @param {Number} width The width of the rectangle
 * @param {Number} height The height of the rectangle
 * @param {Number} [radius = 5] The corner radius; It can also be an object 
 *                 to specify different radii for corners
 * @param {Number} [radius.tl = 0] Top left
 * @param {Number} [radius.tr = 0] Top right
 * @param {Number} [radius.br = 0] Bottom right
 * @param {Number} [radius.bl = 0] Bottom left
 * @param {Boolean} [fill = false] Whether to fill the rectangle.
 * @param {Boolean} [stroke = true] Whether to stroke the rectangle.
 */
function roundRect(ctx, x, y, width, height, radius, fill, stroke) {
  if (typeof stroke === 'undefined') {
    stroke = true;
  }
  if (typeof radius === 'undefined') {
    radius = 5;
  }
  if (typeof radius === 'number') {
    radius = {tl: radius, tr: radius, br: radius, bl: radius};
  } else {
    var defaultRadius = {tl: 0, tr: 0, br: 0, bl: 0};
    for (var side in defaultRadius) {
      radius[side] = radius[side] || defaultRadius[side];
    }
  }
  ctx.beginPath();
  ctx.moveTo(x + radius.tl, y);
  ctx.lineTo(x + width - radius.tr, y);
  ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x + width, y, x + width, y + radius.tr);
  ctx.lineTo(x + width, y + height - radius.br);
  ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x + width, y + height, x + width - radius.br, y + height);
  ctx.lineTo(x + radius.bl, y + height);
  ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x, y + height, x, y + height - radius.bl);
  ctx.lineTo(x, y + radius.tl);
  ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x, y, x + radius.tl, y);
  ctx.closePath();
  if (fill) {
    ctx.fill();
  }
  if (stroke) {
    ctx.stroke();
  }

}
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<canvas id="rounded-rect" width="500" height="200">
  <!-- Insert fallback content here -->
</canvas>
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So this is based out of using lineJoin="round" and with the proper proportions, mathematics and logic I have been able to make this function, this is not perfect but hope it helps. If you want to make each corner have a different radius take a look at: https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/rect

Here ya go:

CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function (x,y,width,height,radius) {
    radius = Math.min(Math.max(width-1,1),Math.max(height-1,1),radius);
    var rectX = x;
    var rectY = y;
    var rectWidth = width;
    var rectHeight = height;
    var cornerRadius = radius;

    this.lineJoin = "round";
    this.lineWidth = cornerRadius;
    this.strokeRect(rectX+(cornerRadius/2), rectY+(cornerRadius/2), rectWidth-cornerRadius, rectHeight-cornerRadius);
    this.fillRect(rectX+(cornerRadius/2), rectY+(cornerRadius/2), rectWidth-cornerRadius, rectHeight-cornerRadius);
    this.stroke();
    this.fill();
}

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CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function (x,y,width,height,radius) {_x000D_
    radius = Math.min(Math.max(width-1,1),Math.max(height-1,1),radius);_x000D_
    var rectX = x;_x000D_
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    this.lineJoin = "round";_x000D_
    this.lineWidth = cornerRadius;_x000D_
    this.strokeRect(rectX+(cornerRadius/2), rectY+(cornerRadius/2), rectWidth-cornerRadius, rectHeight-cornerRadius);_x000D_
    this.fillRect(rectX+(cornerRadius/2), rectY+(cornerRadius/2), rectWidth-cornerRadius, rectHeight-cornerRadius);_x000D_
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    var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');_x000D_
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  ctx.fillStyle = "#ff0000";_x000D_
  ctx.strokeStyle = "#ff0000";  ctx.roundRect(Number(document.getElementById("myRange1").value),Number(document.getElementById("myRange2").value),Number(document.getElementById("myRange3").value),Number(document.getElementById("myRange4").value),Number(document.getElementById("myRange5").value));_x000D_
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requestAnimationFrame(yop);
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<input type="range" min="0" max="1000" value="10" class="slider" id="myRange1"><input type="range" min="0" max="1000" value="10" class="slider" id="myRange2"><input type="range" min="0" max="1000" value="200" class="slider" id="myRange3"><input type="range" min="0" max="1000" value="100" class="slider" id="myRange4"><input type="range" min="1" max="1000" value="50" class="slider" id="myRange5">_x000D_
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</canvas>
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Opera, ffs.

if (window["CanvasRenderingContext2D"]) {
    /** @expose */
    CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.roundRect = function(x, y, w, h, r) {
        if (w < 2*r) r = w/2;
        if (h < 2*r) r = h/2;
        this.beginPath();
        if (r < 1) {
            this.rect(x, y, w, h);
        } else {
            if (window["opera"]) {
                this.moveTo(x+r, y);
                this.arcTo(x+r, y, x, y+r, r);
                this.lineTo(x, y+h-r);
                this.arcTo(x, y+h-r, x+r, y+h, r);
                this.lineTo(x+w-r, y+h);
                this.arcTo(x+w-r, y+h, x+w, y+h-r, r);
                this.lineTo(x+w, y+r);
                this.arcTo(x+w, y+r, x+w-r, y, r);
            } else {
                this.moveTo(x+r, y);
                this.arcTo(x+w, y, x+w, y+h, r);
                this.arcTo(x+w, y+h, x, y+h, r);
                this.arcTo(x, y+h, x, y, r);
                this.arcTo(x, y, x+w, y, r);
            }
        }
        this.closePath();
    };
    /** @expose */
    CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.fillRoundRect = function(x, y, w, h, r) {
        this.roundRect(x, y, w, h, r);
        this.fill();
    };
    /** @expose */
    CanvasRenderingContext2D.prototype.strokeRoundRect = function(x, y, w, h, r) {
        this.roundRect(x, y, w, h, r);
        this.stroke();
    };
}

Since Opera is going WebKit, this should also remain valid in the legacy case.


    var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
    document.body.appendChild(canvas);
    var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(100,100);
    ctx.arcTo(0,100,0,0,30);
    ctx.arcTo(0,0,100,0,30);
    ctx.arcTo(100,0,100,100,30);
    ctx.arcTo(100,100,0,100,30);
    ctx.fill();

try to add this line , when you want to get rounded corners : ctx.lineCap = "round";


Here's a solution using a lineJoin to round the corners. Works if you just need a solid shape but not so much if you need a thin border that's smaller than the border radius.

    function roundedRect(ctx, options) {

        ctx.strokeStyle = options.color;
        ctx.fillStyle = options.color;
        ctx.lineJoin = "round";
        ctx.lineWidth = options.radius;

        ctx.strokeRect(
            options.x+(options.radius*.5),
            options.y+(options.radius*.5),
            options.width-options.radius,
            options.height-options.radius
        );

        ctx.fillRect(
            options.x+(options.radius*.5),
            options.y+(options.radius*.5),
            options.width-options.radius,
            options.height-options.radius
        );

        ctx.stroke();
        ctx.fill();

    }

    const canvas = document.getElementsByTagName("CANVAS")[0];
    let ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

    roundedRect(ctx, {
        x: 10,
        y: 10,
        width: 200,
        height: 100,
        radius: 10,
        color: "red"
    });

To make the function more consistent with the normal means of using a canvas context, the canvas context class can be extended to include a 'fillRoundedRect' method -- that can be called in the same way fillRect is called:

var canv = document.createElement("canvas");
var cctx = canv.getContext("2d");

// If thie canvasContext class doesn't have  a fillRoundedRect, extend it now
if (!cctx.constructor.prototype.fillRoundedRect) {
  // Extend the canvaseContext class with a fillRoundedRect method
  cctx.constructor.prototype.fillRoundedRect = 
    function (xx,yy, ww,hh, rad, fill, stroke) {
      if (typeof(rad) == "undefined") rad = 5;
      this.beginPath();
      this.moveTo(xx+rad, yy);
      this.arcTo(xx+ww, yy,    xx+ww, yy+hh, rad);
      this.arcTo(xx+ww, yy+hh, xx,    yy+hh, rad);
      this.arcTo(xx,    yy+hh, xx,    yy,    rad);
      this.arcTo(xx,    yy,    xx+ww, yy,    rad);
      if (stroke) this.stroke();  // Default to no stroke
      if (fill || typeof(fill)=="undefined") this.fill();  // Default to fill
  }; // end of fillRoundedRect method
} 

The code checks to see if the prototype for the constructor for the canvas context object contains a 'fillRoundedRect' property and adds one -- the first time around. It is invoked in the same manner as the fillRect method:

  ctx.fillStyle = "#eef";  ctx.strokeStyle = "#ddf";
  // ctx.fillRect(10,10, 200,100);
  ctx.fillRoundedRect(10,10, 200,100, 5);

The method uses the arcTo method as Grumdring did. In the method, this is a reference to the ctx object. The stroke argument defaults to false if undefined. The fill argument defaults to fill the rectangle if undefined.

(Tested on Firefox, I don't know if all implementations permit extension in this manner.)