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 1.0 The definition of 'webglcontextcreationerror' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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- Full support