# Proposal: image.slice(x, y, width, height) to slice parts of images **URL:** \ **Category:** 💡 Ideas\ **Tags:** proposal\ **Created:** [May 1, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/proposal-image-slice-x-y-width-height-to-slice-parts-of-images/2029 "2024-05-01T18:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aboudekahil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/aboudekahil/32/2079_2.png) [@aboudekahil](https://es.discourse.group/u/aboudekahil)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/proposal-image-slice-x-y-width-height-to-slice-parts-of-images/2029/1 "2024-05-01T18:28:44Z")
Hey everyone! A recent pain I've been having dealing with the `Image` type in js is that I'm constantly working with spritesheets, and I would like to get a slice of an image without drawing it on screen. Searching for a solution online was hopeless, as the main suggestion was to create a canvas HTML element as buffer, draw the part of the image I want on it and then extract the image from the canvas element. This is painful and there needs to be an alternative. This is why I am proposing we add a slice method (name not definitive) and want to see the communities opinion on this suggestion. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ljharb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/ljharb/32/8_2.png) [@ljharb](https://es.discourse.group/u/ljharb)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/proposal-image-slice-x-y-width-height-to-slice-parts-of-images/2029/2 "2024-05-01T19:13:32Z")
`Image` is in HTML, and this discourse is for the JS language (which doesn't include HTML). As for the name "slice", that already has an established meaning on lists of things as "produce a sub-list", ie strings, arrays, typed arrays, etc, so it probably isn't a good name for images. ---
**Author:** ![aboudekahil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/aboudekahil/32/2079_2.png) [@aboudekahil](https://es.discourse.group/u/aboudekahil)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/proposal-image-slice-x-y-width-height-to-slice-parts-of-images/2029/3 "2024-05-01T19:21:14Z")
oh i misunderstood, sorry!