VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo(3)

# VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo - Specify the intended usage of an image view

## C Specification

The set of usages for the created image view can be restricted compared to the parent image’s `usage` flags by adding a `VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo` structure to the `pNext` chain of VkImageViewCreateInfo.

The `VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    typedef struct VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo {
        VkStructureType      sType;
        const void*          pNext;
        VkImageUsageFlags    usage;
    } VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_maintenance2
    // Equivalent to VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo
    typedef VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo VkImageViewUsageCreateInfoKHR;

## Members

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

- `usage` is a bitmask of VkImageUsageFlagBits specifying allowed usages of the image view.

## Description

When this structure is chained to VkImageViewCreateInfo the `usage` field overrides the implicit `usage` parameter inherited from image creation time and its value is used instead for the purposes of determining the valid usage conditions of VkImageViewCreateInfo.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_USAGE_CREATE_INFO

- VUID-VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo-usage-parameter
  `usage` must be a valid combination of VkImageUsageFlagBits values

- VUID-VkImageViewUsageCreateInfo-usage-requiredbitmask
  `usage` must not be `0`

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkImageViewCreateInfo

## See Also

VK_KHR_maintenance2, VK_VERSION_1_1, VkImageUsageFlags, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0