Canvas, my eraser does not work

Question

I tried to provide an eraser as if it was a brush, to erase distinctively. I have a black rect and a picture as canvas background. How can I erase parts of the rect?

"Erasing" in html5 canvas, did not work

my fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/FgNQk/10/

var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
    var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
    var width  = window.innerWidth;
    var height = window.innerHeight;
    canvas.height = height;
    canvas.width = width;

    ctx.fillRect(100,100,100,100);

    canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', function(e) {
        this.down = true;   
        this.X = e.pageX ;
        this.Y = e.pageY ;
        this.color = rgb();
    }, 0);
    canvas.addEventListener('mouseup', function() {
        this.down = false;          
    }, 0);
    canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e) {

        if(this.down) {
             with(ctx) {
                beginPath();
                moveTo(this.X, this.Y);
                lineTo(e.pageX , e.pageY );
                strokeStyle = "rgba(255,255,255,0.0)";
                ctx.lineWidth=1;
                stroke();
             }
             this.X = e.pageX ;
             this.Y = e.pageY ;
        }
    }, 0);

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '13 at 15:21

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The solution in the link actually works. Try:

  with(ctx) {
                    beginPath();
                    moveTo(this.X, this.Y);
                    lineTo(e.pageX , e.pageY );
                    globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out";
                    strokeStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,1)";
                    ctx.lineWidth=1;
                    stroke();
                 }

answered May 13 '13 at 15:21

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I tried so much with rgb and forgot about the globalCompositeOperation , thank you – daisy May 13 '13 at 15:36

Canvas, my eraser does not work

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