How to resize html canvas element?

Question

I have a canvas element defined statically in the html with a width and height. If I attempt to use JavaScript to resize it dynamically (setting a new width and height - either on the attributes of the canvas or via the style properties) I get the following error in Firefox:

uncaught exception: [Exception... "Illegal operation on WrappedNative prototype object" nsresult: "0x8057000c (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_OP_ON_WN_PROTO)" location: "JS frame :: file:///home/russh/Desktop/test.html :: onclick :: line 1" data: no]

Is it possible to resize this element or do I have to destroy it and create a new element on the fly?

Answer 1

This worked for me just now:

<canvas id="c" height="100" width="100" style="border:1px solid red"></canvas>
<script>
var c = document.getElementById('c');
alert(c.height + ' ' + c.width);
c.height = 200;
c.width = 200;
alert(c.height + ' ' + c.width);
</script>