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WebGLTexture

The WebGLTexture interface is part of the WebGL API and represents an opaque texture object providing storage and state for texturing operations.

Description

The WebGLTexture object does not define any methods or properties of its own and its content is not directly accessible. When working with WebGLTexture objects, the following methods of the WebGLRenderingContext are useful:

Examples

Creating a texture

var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
var gl = canvas.getContext('webgl');
var texture = gl.createTexture();

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WebGL 1.0
The definition of 'WebGLTexture' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 9 12 4 11 12 5.1
Available in workers No No 441 No No No
Feature Android webview Chrome for Android Edge mobile Firefox for Android IE mobile Opera Android iOS Safari
Basic support Yes 25 Yes Yes 11 12 8.1
Available in workers No No No No No No No

1. From version 44: this feature is behind the gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLTexture