Ellipse

Note: Browsers are in the process of adding a built-in context.ellipse drawing command, but this command is not universally adopted (notably not in IE). The methods below work in all browsers.

Draw an ellipse given it’s desired top-left coordinate:

// draws an ellipse based on x,y being top-left coordinate
function drawEllipse(x,y,width,height){
    var PI2=Math.PI*2;
    var ratio=height/width;
    var radius=Math.max(width,height)/2;
    var increment = 1 / radius;
    var cx=x+width/2;
    var cy=y+height/2;
    
    ctx.beginPath();
    var x = cx + radius * Math.cos(0);
    var y = cy - ratio * radius * Math.sin(0);
    ctx.lineTo(x,y);

    for(var radians=increment; radians<PI2; radians+=increment){ 
        var x = cx + radius * Math.cos(radians);
        var y = cy - ratio * radius * Math.sin(radians);
        ctx.lineTo(x,y);
     }

    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.stroke();
}

Draw an ellipse given it’s desired center point coordinate:

// draws an ellipse based on cx,cy being ellipse's centerpoint coordinate
function drawEllipse2(cx,cy,width,height){
    var PI2=Math.PI*2;
    var ratio=height/width;
    var radius=Math.max(width,height)/2;
    var increment = 1 / radius;

    ctx.beginPath();
    var x = cx + radius * Math.cos(0);
    var y = cy - ratio * radius * Math.sin(0);
    ctx.lineTo(x,y);

    for(var radians=increment; radians<PI2; radians+=increment){ 
        var x = cx + radius * Math.cos(radians);
        var y = cy - ratio * radius * Math.sin(radians);
        ctx.lineTo(x,y);
     }

    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.stroke();
}

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