files/en-us/web/api/webglcontextevent/index.md
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The WebGLContextEvent interface is part of the WebGL API and is an interface for an event that is generated in response to a status change to the WebGL rendering context.
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WebGLContextEvent object.This interface inherits properties from its parent interface, {{domxref("Event")}}.
This interface doesn't define any own methods, but inherits methods from its parent interface, {{domxref("Event")}}.
With the help of the {{domxref("WEBGL_lose_context")}} extension, you can simulate the {{domxref("HTMLCanvasElement/webglcontextlost_event", "webglcontextlost")}} and {{domxref("HTMLCanvasElement/webglcontextrestored_event", "webglcontextrestored")}} events:
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
canvas.addEventListener("webglcontextlost", (e) => {
console.log(e);
});
gl.getExtension("WEBGL_lose_context").loseContext();
// WebGLContextEvent event with type "webglcontextlost" is logged.
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