I have found that applying a z-index to a canvas that has position:fixed
causes Chrome to stop rendering all other elements which have position:fixed
properly. However, this only happens if the canvas is greater than 256x256px in size.
Here's an example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style>
h1 { position: fixed; }
body { height: 2000px; }
canvas { position: fixed; z-index: -10; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Test Title</h1>
<canvas id="backgroundCanvas" width="956" height="256"></canvas>
<script>
// draw basic shape
(function() {
var c = document.getElementById("backgroundCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0,100);
ctx.lineTo(0,0);
ctx.lineTo(100,0);
ctx.lineTo(1000,1000);
ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(117, 164, 68)";
ctx.fill();
ctx.closePath();
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
If you paste this into a html document and open it in Chrome, you should see what I mean.
My question is, does anyone know of a way I can get around this issue?
works for me.
I had the same problem with negative z-indexes, and a simple fix if you can allow for it is to set the html elements overflow-y to auto.
I had that problem in Chrome on Win8, and making canvas and siblings position:fixed did't help me. I found that i had negative z-index on canvas DIV. When I rearrange my code and make that z-index positive, canvas stopped flickering my overlay DIVs
I tested the same fiddle in Chrome 27/winXP and it behaves exactly as you describe; It looks like a bug in chrome or webkit for windows, I tested early with chrome 23/linux and it worked OK.
I found a workarround jsfiddle by warping both, the h1 and the canvas with a fixed div:
The div should also have z-index:-10 if your intent is to make it a background.
CSS: