# TryCaptureIntoRenderTexture(VisualElement, RenderTexture)

> Renders the element's panel and captures the visual content of element into the supplied destination. Returns false when the element cannot be captured.

## Definition

* **Type:** Method
* **Namespace:** [UnityEngine.UIElements](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/uielements.md)
* **Assembly:** UnityEngine.UIElementsModule

```csharp
public static bool TryCaptureIntoRenderTexture(this VisualElement element, RenderTexture destination)
```

### Parameters

**** (\[VisualElement]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/uielements/visualelement)): The element to capture.**** (\[RenderTexture]\(/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendertexture)): The texture to render into. The caller owns and is responsible for releasing it. The element is captured at the panel's scale and aligned to the top-left of the texture. Content that does not fit is cropped, and any uncovered region is left transparent. On platforms without [CopyTextureSupport.Basic](/engine/6000.7/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/copytexturesupport/basic.md), the capture falls back to a blit that scales the element across the destination, so the result may be stretched and is not offset within a larger destination.

### Returns

| Type                                                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [bool](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean) | Returns `true` if the capture succeeded. Returns `false` if `element` is not attached to a panel, or if the element's panel cannot be captured because it draws directly into cameras. |

### Remarks

This method repaints the whole panel before it captures content. It returns `false` at runtime if capturing content is not possible, for example, if the element is not attached to a panel, or if the element's panel draws directly into cameras.