How can I enable WebGL in my browser? - Super User

Firefox · Go to about:support · Inspect the WebGL Renderer row in the Graphics table: If the status contains a graphics card manufacturer, model ... SuperUserisaquestionandanswersiteforcomputerenthusiastsandpowerusers.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered FindaJob Jobs Companies Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore HowcanIenableWebGLinmybrowser? AskQuestion Asked 7years,4monthsago Active 1monthago Viewed 882ktimes 125 64 I'dliketobeabletouseWebGL-basedsiteslikeShadertoy,WebGLEarth,etc… ButthosesitestellmethatWebGLisdisabledinmybrowser. HowcanIenableWebGLsoIcanviewthesesites? browserwebgl Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJan20at19:27 Giacomo1968 48.3k1717goldbadges154154silverbadges195195bronzebadges askedNov6,2014at18:42 TachyonVortexTachyonVortex 1,47633goldbadges1111silverbadges1212bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 216 I'vemadethisansweracommunitywikipost, sopleaseupdateitifyounoticeanyout-of-dateormissinginformation. BrowsersupportforWebGL Checkcaniuse.com/webgltoseewhetheryourbrowsersupportsWebGL. EnablingWebGL IfyourbrowsersupportsWebGL,followtheseinstructionstoenableit: Chrome First,enablehardwareacceleration: Gotochrome://settings ClicktheAdvanced▼buttonatthebottomofthepage IntheSystemsection,ensuretheUsehardwareaccelerationwhenavailable checkboxischecked(you'llneedtorelaunchChromeforanychangestotakeeffect) ThenenableWebGL: Gotochrome://flags EnsurethatDisableWebGLisnotactivated (you'llneedtorelaunchChromeforanychangestotakeeffect) Innewerversions,thisoptionofDisableWebGLwillnotbe available,youwillinsteadhavetosearchforWebGL2.0(orsome differentversion)thatlookslikethis: HereyouwillhavetochangeDefaulttoEnabledinthedropdown. [Trythisifabovedoesn'twork]Enable-Overridesoftwarerenderinglist TheninspectthestatusofWebGL: Gotochrome://gpu InspecttheWebGLitemintheGraphicsFeatureStatuslist.Thestatuswillbeoneofthefollowing: Hardwareaccelerated—WebGLisenabledandhardware-accelerated(runningonthegraphicscard). Softwareonly,hardwareaccelerationunavailable—WebGLisenabled,butrunninginsoftware. Seehere formoreinfo:"ForsoftwarerenderingofWebGL,ChromeusesSwiftShader,asoftwareGLrasterizer." Unavailable—WebGLisnotavailableinhardwareorsoftware. Ifthestatusisnot"Hardwareaccelerated",thentheProblemsDetectedlist (belowthetheGraphicsFeatureStatuslist)mayexplainwhyhardwareaccelerationisunavailable. Ifyourgraphicscard/driversareblacklisted,youcanoverridetheblacklist. Warning:thisisnotrecommended!(seeblacklistsnotebelow).Tooverridetheblacklist: Gotochrome://flags ActivatetheOverridesoftwarerenderinglistsetting (you'llneedtorelaunchChromeforanychangestotakeeffect) Formoreinformation,see: ChromeHelp:WebGLand3Dgraphics. Firefox First,enableWebGL: Gotoabout:config Searchforwebgl.disabled Ensurethatitsvalueisfalse(anychangestakeeffectimmediatelywithoutrelaunchingFirefox) TheninspectthestatusofWebGL: Gotoabout:support InspecttheWebGLRendererrowintheGraphicstable: Ifthestatuscontainsagraphicscardmanufacturer,modelanddriver (eg:"NVIDIACorporation--NVIDIAGeForceGT650MOpenGLEngine"), thenWebGLisenabled. Ifthestatusissomethinglike "Blockedforyourgraphicscardbecauseofunresolveddriverissues"or "Blockedforyourgraphicsdriverversion", thenyourgraphicscard/driverisblacklisted. Ifyourgraphicscard/driversareblacklisted,youcanoverridetheblacklist. Warning:thisisnotrecommended!(seeblacklistsnotebelow).Tooverridetheblacklist: Gotoabout:config Searchforwebgl.force-enabled Setittotrue (LikeChrome,FirefoxhasaUsehardwareaccelerationwhenavailablecheckbox, inPreferences>Advanced>General>Browsing.However,unlikeChrome, FirefoxdoesnotrequirethischeckboxtobecheckedforWebGLtowork.) Safari GotoSafari'sPreferences SelecttheAdvancedtab EnsurethattheShowDevelopmenuinmenubarcheckboxischecked InSafari'sDevelopmenu,selectExperimentalFeaturessub-menuandensurethatWebGL2.0ischecked Notes Upgradinggraphicsdrivers IfyourgraphicsdriversaretoooldtosupportWebGL,youmaybeabletoupgradethem. Moreinformationisavailablehere: Chrome:Graphicsaren'tshowingproperly Firefox:Upgradeyourgraphicsdrivers Blacklists Certaingraphicscardsanddriversareblacklistedbysomebrowsers, becausetheyareknowntocontainseriousbugsorcausecrashes. Inveryseverecases,thesecanevencausetheentirecomputertofreeze! Forexample, thisissue causescertainMaccomputerstofreezeandrequirerestarting. Manybrowsershaveanoptiontooverridetheblacklist (ie:attempttousetheblacklistedfeatures,despitetherisks). Thisisnotrecommended!Youshouldonlyoverridetheblacklist ifyouunderstandandaccepttherisks. Moreinformationisavailablehere: WebGLBlacklists Chrome:BlacklistedGPUfeatures Chrome:GPUdriverbuglist Firefox:Blockedgraphicsdrivers Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMar15,2019at20:32 communitywiki 8revs,5users93%TachyonVortex 10 4 ForFirefox,onUbuntu,Ialsohadtoresetgfx.crash-guard.status.glcontext(Seefromsourceforge.net/p/x3dom/mailman/message/34731616).Iprefertopostasacommentbeforeanyedittothiscommunityanswer. – ThomasG77 Apr12,2016at22:18 WellIhavethemostup-to-dateversionofChrome(Version57.0.2987.133(64-bit)).Butatthechrome://flagsIchanged"WebGL2.0...AllowwebapplicationstoaccessWebGL2.0"toenabled,therewasonefor"WebGLDraftExtensions"Ileftthatalone.Yetstillinchrome://gpubothversionsarestillunavailable,Youmentionvideodrivers,howwouldIknowifminesupportsitornot?IhaveanIntelNUCDCCP847DYE – Edward Apr10,2017at22:51 Justtriedgoingtowebglearth.comonkubuntu16.04.ItworkedfinewithoutanychangesinFirefox54andVivaldi1.10....Thingsdocontinuetogetbetter. – Joe Jul11,2017at6:05 Strange,inFirefox56(currentlyanightlyversion)WebGLdoesn'tworkeventhoughit'sallshowingupOKasabove.Hm. – mlissner Jul26,2017at15:39 Seemthatthewebgl.*Firefoxoptionsareverypoorlydocumented.Whatdotheyallmean?Herearesomeadditionaloptionstolookat. – not2qubit Nov5,2017at2:00  |  Show5morecomments 1 VeryusefulforChrome-exceptthatitmightbebesttoclarifytheDisableWebGLoption-whichisnotobviousinChrome. TheDisableWebGLoptionhastohavebeendisabled(urgh-doublenegative),i.e.thelinkbelowmustsay'Enable'-meaningthatdisablingwebGLisoff...Maysavesomeoneafewminutes. Bestwishes Andy Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredJul2,2015at12:28 AndySAndyS 33922silverbadges55bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedbrowserwebgloraskyourownquestion. TheOverflowBlog WelcomingthenewcrewofStackOverflowpodcasthosts FeaturedonMeta StackExchangeQ&AaccesswillnotberestrictedinRussia PlannedmaintenancescheduledforFriday,March18th,00:30-2:00UTC... Linked 2 HowtoenableWebGLonChromeonXP? 1 WebGLintermittentlydisabledonGoogleChrome 1 HowtodisableWebGLAPItoFirefoxQuatumonLinux? 1 HowtocheckifmycomputerhardwaresupportsWebGL? 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