ANGLE_instanced_arrays: drawElementsInstancedANGLE() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since June 2016.
The ANGLE_instanced_arrays.drawElementsInstancedANGLE() method of the WebGL API renders primitives from array data like the gl.drawElements() method. In addition, it can execute multiple instances of a set of elements.
Note:
When using WebGL2, this method is available as gl.drawElementsInstanced() by default.
Syntax
drawElementsInstancedANGLE(mode, count, type, offset, primcount)
Parameters
mode-
A
GLenumspecifying the type primitive to render. Possible values are:gl.POINTS: Draws a single dot.gl.LINE_STRIP: Draws a straight line to the next vertex.gl.LINE_LOOP: Draws a straight line to the next vertex, and connects the last vertex back to the first.gl.LINES: Draws a line between a pair of vertices.gl.TRIANGLE_STRIPgl.TRIANGLE_FANgl.TRIANGLES: Draws a triangle for a group of three vertices.
count-
A
GLsizeispecifying the number of elements to be rendered. type-
A
GLenumspecifying the type of the values in the element array buffer. Possible values are:gl.UNSIGNED_BYTEgl.UNSIGNED_SHORTgl.UNSIGNED_INTwhen using theOES_element_index_uintextension.
offset-
A
GLintptrspecifying an offset in the element array buffer. Must be a valid multiple of the size of the giventype. primcount-
A
GLsizeispecifying the number of instances of the set of elements to execute.
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
- If
modeis not one of the accepted values, agl.INVALID_ENUMerror is thrown. - If
offsetis an invalid multiple of the size of the given type, agl.INVALID_OPERATIONerror is thrown. - If
countorprimcountare negative, agl.INVALID_VALUEerror is thrown.
Examples
const ext = gl.getExtension("ANGLE_instanced_arrays");
ext.drawElementsInstancedANGLE(gl.POINTS, 2, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0, 4);
Specifications
| Specification |
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| WebGL ANGLE_instanced_arrays Khronos Ratified Extension Specification> |
Browser compatibility
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See also
ext.drawArraysInstancedANGLE()ext.vertexAttribDivisorANGLE()WebGLRenderingContext.drawArrays()WebGLRenderingContext.drawElements()WebGL2RenderingContext.drawArraysInstanced()WebGL2RenderingContext.drawElementsInstanced()WebGL2RenderingContext.vertexAttribDivisor()WEBGL_multi_draw.multiDrawElementsInstancedWEBGL()