ImageBitmapRenderingContext: canvas property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since February 2022.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The ImageBitmapRenderingContext.canvas property, part of the Canvas API, is a read-only reference to the HTMLCanvasElement or OffscreenCanvas object that is associated with the given context.

Value

A HTMLCanvasElement or OffscreenCanvas object.

Examples

Given this <canvas> element:

html
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

You can get a reference to the canvas element within the ImageBitmapRenderingContext by using the canvas property:

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("bitmaprenderer");
console.log(ctx.canvas === canvas); // true

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-imagebitmaprenderingcontext-canvas-dev

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
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

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also