Line patterns with Kineticjs

Question

Ok, so I'm trying to draw a line which takes a patterned image as its stroke instead of a solid color. I know it's possible to fill a Rect or other shape with a pattern, but that's not what I'm trying to do, I'm working strictly with lines. So my question is. Is it possible to pass an image into a pattern and use that pattern as a line's stroke? Or should I just create a Rect and fill each one with my pattern?

var line = new Kinetic.Line({
points: [0, 0, 0, 500],
stroke: /Here's where I want the pattern to go\,
strokeWidth: strokeWidth

});

Answer 1

Html Canvas allows a pattern to be used to draw a stroke.

KineticJS does not allow a patterned stroke.

But you can use a Kinetic.Shape and grab a real html canvas context like this:

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/m1erickson/hTP5J/

var triangle = new Kinetic.Shape({
  sceneFunc: function(context) {
    var ctx=this.getContext()._context;
    ctx.save();
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(100, 50);
    ctx.lineTo(320, 80);
    ctx.quadraticCurveTo(200, 100, 160, 170);
    ctx.closePath();
    var pattern=context.createPattern(img, 'repeat');
    ctx.strokeStyle=pattern;
    ctx.lineWidth=20;
    ctx.stroke();
    ctx.restore();
  },
});