Here is a simple element which has only two specific attributes width and height plus all the core HTML5 attributes like id, name and class, etc. You can easily find that element in the DOM using getElementById () method as follows − Let us see a simple example on using element in HTML5 document. It is fully customizable, with the source code included. Note that every HTML5 canvas element is blank by default and won't show until it's styled or has a drawing on it. In this next example, we’ll make the same change to the Canvas app stored in GitHub as text source code files. Previous version (HTML 4.01) was released in 1999. How to make a simple HTML5 Canvas game by Matt Hackett, 2011 Aug 29. The browser will utilize the first recognized format. If you're running this with Javascript enabled, we'll also automatically render the examples. 6. The canvas is initially blank. The HTML source code for a simple page can appear, as follows: