HTMLCanvasElement: webglcontextcreationerror event
The webglcontextcreationerror
event of the WebGL API is fired if the user agent is unable to create a WebGLRenderingContext
context.
This event has a WebGLContextEvent.statusMessage
property, which can contain a platform dependent string with more information about the failure.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | Yes |
Interface | WebGLContextEvent |
Event handler property | none |
Example
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
canvas.addEventListener('webglcontextcreationerror', function(e) {
console.log(e.statusMessage || 'Unknown error');
}, false);
var gl = canvas.getContext('webgl');
// logs statusMessage or "Unknown error" if unable to create WebGL context
Specifications
Specification |
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WebGL Specification # 5.15.4 |
Browser compatibility
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