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ImageBitmapRenderingContext: transferFromImageBitmap() method

The ImageBitmapRenderingContext.transferFromImageBitmap() method displays the given ImageBitmap in the canvas associated with this rendering context. The ownership of the ImageBitmap is transferred to the canvas as well.

This method was previously named transferImageBitmap(), but was renamed in a spec change. The old name is being kept as an alias to avoid code breakage.

Syntax

transferFromImageBitmap(bitmap)

Parameters

bitmap: An ImageBitmap object to transfer.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

HTML

html

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

JavaScript

const htmlCanvas = document
  .getElementById("htmlCanvas")
  .getContext("bitmaprenderer");

// Draw a WebGL scene offscreen
const offscreen = new OffscreenCanvas(256, 256);
const gl = offscreen.getContext("webgl");

// Perform some drawing using the gl context

// Transfer the current frame to the visible canvas
const bitmap = offscreen.transferToImageBitmap();
htmlCanvas.transferFromImageBitmap(bitmap);

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # dom-imagebitmaprenderingcontext-transferfromimagebitmap-dev

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`transferFromImageBitmap`	66	79	5046–52	No	53	11.1	66	66	5046–52	47	11.3	9.0