Resize HTML5 canvas to fit window

Question

How can I automatically scale the HTML5 element to fit the page?

For example, I can get a

to scale by setting th

Answer 1

If you're interested in preserving aspect ratios and doing so in pure CSS (given the aspect ratio) you can do something like below. The key is the padding-bottom on the ::content element that sizes the container element. This is sized relative to its parent's width, which is 100% by default. The ratio specified here has to match up with the ratio of the sizes on the canvas element.

// Javascript

var canvas = document.querySelector('canvas'),
    context = canvas.getContext('2d');

context.fillStyle = '#ff0000';
context.fillRect(500, 200, 200, 200);

context.fillStyle = '#000000';
context.font = '30px serif';
context.fillText('This is some text that should not be distorted, just scaled', 10, 40);

/*CSS*/

.container {
  position: relative; 
  background-color: green;
}

.container::after {
  content: ' ';
  display: block;
  padding: 0 0 50%;
}

.wrapper {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
}

canvas {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}