WebGLRenderingContext: checkFramebufferStatus() 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.checkFramebufferStatus() method of the WebGL API returns the completeness status of the WebGLFramebuffer object.

Syntax

js
checkFramebufferStatus(target)

Parameters

target

A GLenum specifying the binding point (target). Possible values:

gl.FRAMEBUFFER

Collection buffer data storage of color, alpha, depth and stencil buffers used to render an image.

When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:

gl.DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER

Equivalent to gl.FRAMEBUFFER. Used as a destination for drawing, rendering, clearing, and writing operations.

gl.READ_FRAMEBUFFER

Used as a source for reading operations.

Return value

A GLenum indicating the completeness status of the framebuffer or 0 if an error occurs. Possible enum return values:

  • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE: The framebuffer is ready to display.

  • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_ATTACHMENT: The attachment types are mismatched or not all framebuffer attachment points are framebuffer attachment complete.

  • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_MISSING_ATTACHMENT: There is no attachment.

  • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_DIMENSIONS: Height and width of the attachment are not the same.

  • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED: The format of the attachment is not supported or if depth and stencil attachments are not the same renderbuffer.

  • When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values can be returned additionally:

    • gl.FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_MULTISAMPLE: The values of gl.RENDERBUFFER_SAMPLES are different among attached renderbuffers, or are non-zero if the attached images are a mix of renderbuffers and textures.

  • When using the OVR_multiview2 extension, the following value can be returned additionally:

    • ext.FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_VIEW_TARGETS_OVR: If baseViewIndex is not the same for all framebuffer attachment points where the value of FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE is not NONE, the framebuffer is considered incomplete.

Examples

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
const framebuffer = gl.createFramebuffer();
// …
gl.checkFramebufferStatus(gl.FRAMEBUFFER);

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.6
WebGL 2.0 Specification
# 3.7.4

Browser compatibility

See also