web api event
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 statusMessage property, which can contain a platform dependent string with more information about the failure.
This event does not bubble.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("webglcontextcreationerror", (event) => { })
onwebglcontextcreationerror = (event) => { }
Event type
A WebGLContextEvent. Inherits from Event.
Example
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
canvas.addEventListener("webglcontextcreationerror", (e) => {
console.log(e.statusMessage || "Unknown error");
});
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
// logs statusMessage or "Unknown error" if unable to create WebGL context
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.