# How to know if a Texture and Texture Canvas is ready?

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**Created:** [January 4, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-know-if-a-texture-and-texture-canvas-is-ready/26444 "2022-01-04T02:59:42Z")\
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For example here [https://playground.babylonjs.com/#9S5YZY#6](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#9S5YZY#6)

Is there a way to run code/function after a Texture is ready and the context of the Texture Canvas is ready to draw?

I have done it with SetTimeout by waiting some miliseconds and then running it but I feel like it is “unsafe” or unreliable and there should be a better way to do it.

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**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-know-if-a-texture-and-texture-canvas-is-ready/26444/2 "2022-01-04T03:06:28Z")

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You may try  
`texture.isReady`  
(Get if the texture is ready to be used (downloaded, converted, mip mapped…).

or  
`texture.isReadyOrNotBlocking`  
(Get if the texture is ready to be consumed (either it is ready or it is not blocking))

Both will return `true` or `false`.

See API - [Texture | Babylon.js Documentation](https://doc.babylonjs.com/typedoc/classes/babylon.texture#isready)

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**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/how-to-know-if-a-texture-and-texture-canvas-is-ready/26444/3 "2022-01-04T06:43:10Z")

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I think I figured it out.

In the case of the Texture there is this “onLoadObservable” similar to “onPointerObservable” that “triggers” when it is ready.

The Texture Canvas also has a onLoadObservable but I don’t know. It seems like it doesn’t work?