Offscreen canvas
Newly available since 2023-03-27
The OffscreenCanvas API provides a canvas that can be drawn to off screen, with no dependencies on the DOM, which can be used to run heavy rendering operations inside a worker context.
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Specifications
- HTML (#the-offscreencanvas-interface), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 69 Released on 2018-09-04
- Chrome Android 69 Released on 2018-09-04
- Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
- Firefox 105 Released on 2022-09-20
- Firefox for Android 105 Released on 2022-09-20
- Safari 16.4 Released on 2023-03-27
- Safari on iOS 16.4 Released on 2023-03-27
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~5.798% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.
Interop
- Included in Interop 2023
Web Platform Tests (WPT)
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