ImageBitmap

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2021.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The ImageBitmap interface represents a bitmap image which can be drawn to a <canvas> without undue latency. It can be created from a variety of source objects using the Window.createImageBitmap() or WorkerGlobalScope.createImageBitmap() factory method. ImageBitmap provides an asynchronous and resource efficient pathway to prepare textures for rendering in WebGL.

ImageBitmap is a transferable object.

Instance properties

ImageBitmap.height Read only

An unsigned long representing the height, in CSS pixels, of the ImageBitmap.

ImageBitmap.width Read only

An unsigned long representing the width, in CSS pixels, of the ImageBitmap.

Instance methods

ImageBitmap.close()

Disposes of all graphical resources associated with an ImageBitmap.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# imagebitmap

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
ImageBitmap
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 37 (Release date: 2016-05-04)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 37 (Release date: 2016-06-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1.40 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support
close
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 52 (Release date: 2016-07-20)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 46 (Release date: 2016-04-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 37 (Release date: 2016-05-04)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 46 (Release date: 2016-04-26)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 37 (Release date: 2016-06-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 52 (Release date: 2016-07-27)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1.40 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support
height
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 37 (Release date: 2016-05-04)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 37 (Release date: 2016-06-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1.40 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support
width
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 37 (Release date: 2016-05-04)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 42 (Release date: 2015-11-03)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 37 (Release date: 2016-06-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1.40 (Release date: 2024-01-25)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also