I have the following code for writing draw calls to a "back buffer" canvas, then placing those in a main canvas using drawImage. This is for optimization purposes and to ensure all images get placed in sequence.

Before placing the buffer canvas on top of the main one, I'm using fillRect to create a dark-blue background on the main canvas.

However, the blue background is rendering after the sprites. This is unexpected, as I am making its fillRect call first.

Here is my code:

render: function() {
  this.buffer.clearRect(0,0,this.w,this.h);
  this.context.fillStyle = "#000044";
  this.context.fillRect(0,0,this.w,this.h);

  for (var i in this.renderQueue) {
    for (var ii = 0; ii < this.renderQueue[i].length; ii++) {
      sprite = this.renderQueue[i][ii];

      // Draw it!
      this.buffer.fillStyle = "green";
      this.buffer.fillRect(sprite.x, sprite.y, sprite.w, sprite.h);
    }
  }

  this.context.drawImage(this.bufferCanvas,0,0);
}

This also happens when I use fillRect on the buffer canvas, instead of the main one.

Changing the globalCompositeOperation between 'source-over' and 'destination-over' (for both contexts) does nothing to change this.

Paradoxically, if I instead place the blue fillRect inside the nested for loops with the other draw calls, it works as expected...

Thanks in advance!