ImageBitmapRenderingContext

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The ImageBitmapRenderingContext interface is a canvas rendering context that provides the functionality to replace the canvas's contents with the given ImageBitmap. Its context id (the first argument to HTMLCanvasElement.getContext() or OffscreenCanvas.getContext()) is "bitmaprenderer".

This interface is available in both the window and the worker context.

Instance properties

ImageBitmapRenderingContext.canvas Read only

A read-only reference to the HTMLCanvasElement or OffscreenCanvas object that is associated with the given context.

Instance methods

ImageBitmapRenderingContext.transferFromImageBitmap()

Displays the given ImageBitmap in the canvas associated with this rendering context. Ownership of the ImageBitmap is transferred to the canvas. This was previously named transferImageBitmap(), but was renamed in a spec change. The old name is being kept as an alias to avoid code breakage.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-imagebitmaprenderingcontext-interface

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ImageBitmapRenderingContext
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
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 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11.1 (Release date: 2018-04-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
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 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
canvas
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 97 (Release date: 2022-02-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11.1 (Release date: 2018-04-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 97 (Release date: 2022-02-08)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
transferFromImageBitmap
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox 46 – 51 (Release date: 2016-04-26)
altname
footnote Removed in 52 and later
altname Alternate name: transferImageBitmap
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 53 (Release date: 2018-05-10)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11.1 (Release date: 2018-04-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android 46 – 51 (Release date: 2016-04-26)
altname
footnote Removed in 52 and later
altname Alternate name: transferImageBitmap
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 66 (Release date: 2018-04-17)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
Uses a non-standard name
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See also