WebGLRenderingContext: generateMipmap() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The WebGLRenderingContext.generateMipmap() method of the WebGL API generates a set of mipmaps for a WebGLTexture object.

Mipmaps are used to create distance with objects. A higher-resolution mipmap is used for objects that are closer, and a lower-resolution mipmap is used for objects that are farther away. It starts with the resolution of the texture image and halves the resolution until a 1x1 dimension texture image is created.

Syntax

js
generateMipmap(target)

Parameters

target

A GLenum specifying the binding point (target) of the active texture whose mipmaps will be generated. Possible values:

  • gl.TEXTURE_2D: A two-dimensional texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP: A cube-mapped texture.

When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:

  • gl.TEXTURE_3D: A three-dimensional texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY: A two-dimensional array texture.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
gl.generateMipmap(gl.TEXTURE_2D);

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.8

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