Web/API/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	Status	Comment
WebGL 1.0The definition of 'webglcontextcreationerror' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
webglcontextcreationerror event	Chrome Full support 9	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 49	IE Full support 11	Opera Full support 12	Safari Full support 5.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 25	Firefox Android Full support 49	Opera Android Full support 12	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

Legend

Full support  

Full support

See also

• WebGLContextEvent
• WebGLRenderingContext.isContextLost()
• WEBGL_lose_context, WEBGL_lose_context.loseContext(), WEBGL_lose_context.restoreContext()

HTMLCanvasElement: webglcontextcreationerror event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.