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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:

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

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

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

Specifications

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 66 79 97 53 11.1 66 97 47 11.3 9.0 66 11.3

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ImageBitmapRenderingContext/canvas