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by bapak 324 days ago
I don't see a problem with what you're saying at all. For reference, you can already have HTML in SVG in HTML in SVG.

If you have a canvas-first page, where do you store the title? Right, in <title>, so

    <!doctype html>
    <title>My canvas site</title>
    <canvas style="fill all">
In reality they should really just allow content in the canvas element and call it a day:

    <canvas type="html">
        <h1>Canvassing</h1>
    </canvas>
3 comments
ha1zum 323 days ago
> you can already have HTML in SVG in HTML in SVG

It's kind of different because SVG and HTML are both XML-like text-based format, doesn't feel that wrong to mix them together. Unlike with canvas..

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koolala 323 days ago
Oh god that canvas h1 code looks so sexy. Imagine if a canvas could dynamically resize too.
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bornfreddy 323 days ago
Yes - and maybe you could call it something else, for example... div? ;-)
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chii 324 days ago
but then what's the point of the canvas here? Unless if it was possible to mix and match canvas painting operations seamlessly with the declared elements...
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bapak 323 days ago
This post is titled HTML-in-Canvas, so you can find the point in the link. A lot of people just want the freedom of canvas rendering/shading and the flexibility of HTML/CSS. Current options may force you to create a layout engine from scratch for example.
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koolala 323 days ago
Opening it in WebXR!
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