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:
WebGLRenderingContext.bindTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.createTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.deleteTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.isTexture()
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
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Chrome Full support 9 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 4 | IE Full support 11 | Opera Full support 12 | Safari Full support 5.1 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Edge Mobile Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support 12 | Safari iOS Full support 8.1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
| Available in workers | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
44
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Edge Mobile No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
WebGLRenderingContext.bindTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.createTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.deleteTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.isTexture()WebGLRenderingContext.compressedTexImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.compressedTexSubImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.copyTexImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.copyTexSubImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.generateMipmap()WebGLRenderingContext.getTexParameter()WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.texSubImage2D()WebGLRenderingContext.texParameterf()WebGLRenderingContext.texParameteri()