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Rotate canvas image to anticlockwise in the same canvas

Say we have a canvas:
<canvas id="one" width="100" height="200"></canvas>
var canvas = document.getElementById("one");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var cw = canvas.width;
var ch = canvas.height;
// Sample graphic
context.beginPath();
context.rect(10, 10, 20, 50);
context.fillStyle = 'yellow';
context.fill();
context.lineWidth = 7;
context.strokeStyle = 'black';
context.stroke();
// create button
var button = document.getElementById("rotate");
button.onclick = function () {
// rotate the canvas 90 degrees each time the button is pressed
rotate();
}
var myImageData, rotating = false;
var rotate = function () {
if (!rotating) {
rotating = true;
// store current data to an image
myImageData = new Image();
myImageData.src = canvas.toDataURL();
myImageData.onload = function () {
// reset the canvas with new dimensions
canvas.width = ch;
canvas.height = cw;
cw = canvas.width;
ch = canvas.height;
context.save();
// translate and rotate
context.translate(cw, ch / cw);
context.rotate(Math.PI / 2);
// draw the previows image, now rotated
context.drawImage(myImageData, 0, 0);
context.restore();
// clear the temporary image
myImageData = null;
rotating = false;
}
}
}
And on a button click the canvas gets rotated -90 degrees anticlockwise (around the centre) and the dimensions of the canvas get also updated, so in a sense, it looks like this afterwards:
I want to rotate a canvas element to the anticlockwise rotation. I have used this code but it's not working as I want.

JavaScript has a built-in rotate() function for canvas context:
context.rotate( angle * Math.PI / 180);
The problem is that the rotation will only affect drawings made AFTER the rotation is done, which means you will need to:
Clear the canvas first: context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
Rotate the context context.rotate( 270 * Math.PI / 180);
Redraw the graphics
Thus, I recommend wrapping the graphics we want to draw in a function to make it easier to call after every rotation:
function drawGraphics() {
context.beginPath();
context.rect(10, 10, 20, 50);
context.fillStyle = 'yellow';
context.fill();
context.lineWidth = 7;
context.strokeStyle = 'black';
context.stroke();
}

ctx.addEventListener makes canvas drawing disappear

When I add
ctx.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown, false);
The canvas drawing (background and shapes) disappear and the page is blank, and then when I remove this event listener from the code they reappear again. Just wondering why this is happening? Thanks in advance
<script>
var ctx, W, H;
var x = 10;
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
W = window.innerWidth;
H = window.innerHeight;
canvas.width = W;
canvas.height = H;
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown, false); //When this is here, canvas drawing disappears, when it's not here canvas drawing reappears again
setInterval(draw, 1);
function draw() {
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
ctx.fillStyle = "#E6E6FF";
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, W, H);
ctx.fillStyle = "black";
ctx.fillRect(x,20,10,10);
ctx.font = "30px Arial";
ctx.fillText("Hello World",10,80);
ctx.fill();
}
}
function onDown(event) {
//where x is found
cx = event.pageX
cy = event.pageY
alert("X,Y ="+cx+','+cy);
}

You can't add an event listener to the canvas's context. You'll need to add it to the canvas itself.
Instead of:
ctx.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown, false);
… do this:
canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown, false);

jsBin demo
use:
ctx.canvas.addEventListener
or:
canvas.addEventListener
cause context is just an Object in which the HTMLElementCanvas lives in.
To spot such errors your-self, the easiest way is to debug your code using Developer Tools, opening the console tab and reading the errors you're shown:

Canvas use a letter instead of a shape?

I have written up an example, being new to canvas I need help transforming a basic circle into a letter.
Fiddle
Here is the code you will see in the fiddle. Note the circle drawing is what is in the center of the canvas, I am trying to use a letter like B with a cool font in place of the circle, I am just not sure how to implement this.
So just imagine where the circle is a letter being in that spot, still transparent with a rectangle overlaying the image with the color rgba(255,255,255,0.7).
var canvas = document.getElementById('c');
// resize the canvas to fill browser window dynamically
window.addEventListener('resize', resizeCanvas, false);
function resizeCanvas() {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
/**
* Your drawings need to be inside this function otherwise they will be reset when
* you resize the browser window and the canvas goes will be cleared.
*/
drawStuff();
}
resizeCanvas();
function drawStuff() {
if (canvas.getContext) {
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var centerX = canvas.width / 2;
var centerY = canvas.height / 2;
var radius = 70;
// Full rectangle
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(255,255,255,0.7)';
context.fillRect(0, 0, window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
// Inner circle
context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
// Add a letter instead of a circle?
// Hmm
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,1)';
context.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
context.fill();
}
}

why not
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,1)';
context.strokeStyle = "#F00";
context.font = "bold 60pt Arial";
context.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
context.fillText("B", 20, 50);
http://jsfiddle.net/pqD87/

Here again with centering
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,1)';
context.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
context.textAlign = 'center';
context.font="150px Times";
context.fillText("A",centerX,centerY+40);
http://jsfiddle.net/x4BuF/1/

html5 canvas center circle

Okay, so I am new to canvas, I am trying to learn. I have created something below that sorta works - JSFiddle demo.
You see in the middle there is a circle, I would like that to be transparent, so, obviously, if you look at the code below there are two paths or objects, whatever they're called, and they overlay each other. Not what I need, obviously.
My question is: how do I have a canvas element/object take over the screen size with a transparent middle showing the background? The goal is to make something like this http://www.jcsuzanne.com/. I will eventually work my way up from a circle to a letter, but for now I am not sure how to make a "mask" with a transparent center.
var canvas = document.getElementById('c');
// resize the canvas to fill browser window dynamically
window.addEventListener('resize', resizeCanvas, false);
function resizeCanvas() {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
/**
* Your drawings need to be inside this function otherwise they will be reset when
* you resize the browser window and the canvas goes will be cleared.
*/
drawStuff();
}
resizeCanvas();
function drawStuff() {
if (canvas.getContext){
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var centerX = canvas.width / 2;
var centerY = canvas.height / 2;
var radius = 70;
context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0)';
context.fill();
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.beginPath();
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)';
context.fill();
context.fillRect(0,0,window.innerWidth,window.innerHeight);
}
}

You can re-organize the lines a little and use composite mode to "punch" a whole in the overlay:
// fill background first
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)';
context.fillRect(0,0,window.innerWidth,window.innerHeight);
// define the arc path
context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
// stroke it
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
// make alpha solid (the color doesn't matter)
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,1)';
// change composite mode and fill
context.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
context.fill();
// reset composite mode to default
context.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-over';
Modified fiddle

How to detect if a mouse pointer hits a line already drawn on an HTML 5 canvas

I am trying to figure out how one can detect if the user's mouse hits a line on an HTML 5 canvas with jQuery.
Here is the code that generates the canvas lines:
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="400" height="400" style="border:1px solid #c3c3c3;">
Your browser does not support the canvas element.
</canvas>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(){
var c=document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx=c.getContext("2d");
ctx.moveTo(40,0);
ctx.lineTo(40,360);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(80,400);
ctx.lineTo(80,40);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(120,0);
ctx.lineTo(120,360);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(160,400);
ctx.lineTo(160,40);
ctx.stroke();
};
</script>
I'm using a modified jQuery script that I actually found in another question on here, but now I can't figure out how to detect the line, mainly the difference in color from white to black, in the canvas. I know that this can be done with images, but I haven't seen anyone with something like this.
I guess my real question is, is there a way to detect color changes on a canvas element with jQuery?

Its possible to do with javascript. In fact you aren't using any jQuery in your example above. An easy way to do it is by grabbing the pixel data from the canvas, and checking the alpha at the specified x and y position. If the alpha isn't set to 0, then you have something drawn on the canvas. Below is a function I put together real quick that does that.
Live Demo
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
width = 400;
height = 400;
canvas.width = canvas.height = 200;
// draw
ctx.moveTo(40, 0);
ctx.lineTo(40, 360);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(80, 400);
ctx.lineTo(80, 40);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(120, 0);
ctx.lineTo(120, 360);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.moveTo(160, 400);
ctx.lineTo(160, 40);
ctx.stroke();
function detectLine(x, y) {
var imageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, width, height),
inputData = imageData.data,
pData = (~~x + (~~y * width)) * 4;
if (inputData[pData + 3]) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", function(e){
var x = e.pageX,
y = e.pageY;
console.log(detectLine(x, y));
});
console.log(detectLine(40, 100));
console.log(detectLine(200, 200));