WebGLRenderingContext: createRenderbuffer() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The WebGLRenderingContext.createRenderbuffer() method of the WebGL API creates and initializes a WebGLRenderbuffer object.

Syntax

js
createRenderbuffer()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A WebGLRenderbuffer object that stores data such an image, or can be source or target of an rendering operation.

Examples

Creating a render buffer

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
const renderBuffer = gl.createRenderbuffer();

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.7

Browser compatibility

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See also