JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<body>
<canvas id="canvas" width="500" height="500">
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</canvas>
</body>
JavaScript
canvasHolder = document.getElementById( 'canvas' );
context = canvasHolder.getContext('2d');
context.fillStyle = 'white';
var w = canvasHolder.width, h = canvasHolder.height;
context.fillRect( 0, 0, w, h);
//set the direction the line draws in
//1->ltr | -1->rtl
var dir = -1;
//IMPORTANT: this must be set to greater than the length
//of the line
var length = 608;
//the speed of the line draw
var speed = 2;
var progress = 0;
var lineInterval;
//Go!
context.globalCompositeOperation='copy';
drawLine();
function drawLine() {
//this clears itself once the line is drawn
lineInterval = setInterval(updateLine, 1);
}
function updateLine() {
//define the line
defineLine();
if(progress<length)
{
progress+=speed;
moveDash(progress, dir);
} else {
clearInterval(lineInterval);
}
}
function defineLine() {
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(100, 20);
context.lineTo(200, 160);
context.quadraticCurveTo(230, 200, 250, 120);
context.bezierCurveTo(290, -40, 300, 200, 400, 150);
context.lineTo(500, 90);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = 'green';
}
function moveDash(frac, dir) {
//default direction right->left
var dir = dir || -1
context.setLineDash([length]);
context.lineDashOffset = dir*(frac+length);
context.stroke();
}