Web/API/HTMLImageElement/Image

The Image() constructor creates a new HTMLImageElement instance. It is functionally equivalent to document.createElement('img').

Disambiguation: image(), the CSS function notation.

Syntax

var htmlImageElement = new Image(width, height);

Parameters

width: The width of the image (i.e., the value for the width attribute).
height: The height of the image (i.e., the value for the height attribute).

Usage note

The entire bitmap is loaded regardless of the sizes specified in the constructor. The size specified in the constructor is reflected through the properties HTMLImageElement.width and HTMLImageElement.height of the resulting instance. The intrinsic width and height of the image in CSS pixels are reflected through the properties HTMLImageElement.naturalWidth and HTMLImageElement.naturalHeight. If no size is specified in the constructor both pairs of properties have the same values.

Examples

var myImage = new Image(100, 200);
myImage.src = 'picture.jpg';
document.body.appendChild(myImage);

This would be the equivalent of defining the following HTML tag inside the <body>:

<img width="100" height="200" src="picture.jpg">

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'Image()' in that specification.	Living Standard

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
`Image()` constructor	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 8	Opera Full support 8	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown

Image() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.