WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D()

The WebGLRenderingContext.texImage2D() method of the WebGL API specifies a two-dimensional texture image.

Syntax

// WebGL1:
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ArrayBufferView? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, ImageData? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLImageElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLCanvasElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, HTMLVideoElement? pixels);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, format, type, ImageBitmap? pixels);

// WebGL2:
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, GLintptr offset);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLCanvasElement source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLImageElement source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, HTMLVideoElement source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ImageBitmap source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ImageData source);
void gl.texImage2D(target, level, internalformat, width, height, border, format, type, ArrayBufferView srcData, srcOffset);

Parameters

target
A GLenum specifying the binding point (target) of the active texture. Possible values:
  • gl.TEXTURE_2D: A two-dimensional texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X: Positive X face for a cube-mapped texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X: Negative X face for a cube-mapped texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y: Positive Y face for a cube-mapped texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y: Negative Y face for a cube-mapped texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z: Positive Z face for a cube-mapped texture.
  • gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z: Negative Z face for a cube-mapped texture.
level
A GLint specifying the level of detail. Level 0 is the base image level and level n is the nth mipmap reduction level.
internalformat
A GLenum specifying the color components in the texture.
Possible values in both WebGL1 and WebGL2
Format Type Channels Bytes per pixel
RGBA UNSIGNED_BYTE 4 4
RGB UNSIGNED_BYTE 3 3
RGBA UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4 4 2
RGBA UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1 4 2
RGB UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5 3 2
LUMINANCE_ALPHA UNSIGNED_BYTE 2 2
LUMINANCE UNSIGNED_BYTE 1 1
ALPHA UNSIGNED_BYTE 1 1
Other possible values in WebGL2 for the versions of texImage2D that take an ArrayBufferView or a GLintptr offset
Sized
Format
Base
Format
R
bits
G
bits
B
bits
A
bits
Shared
bits
Color
renderable
Texture
filterable
R8 RED 8
R8_SNORM RED s8
RG8 RG 8 8
RG8_SNORM RG s8 s8
RGB8 RGB 8 8 8
RGB8_SNORM RGB s8 s8 s8
RGB565 RGB 5 6 5
RGBA4 RGBA 4 4 4 4
RGB5_A1 RGBA 5 5 5 1
RGBA8 RGBA 8 8 8 8
RGBA8_SNORM RGBA s8 s8 s8 s8
RGB10_A2 RGBA 10 10 10 2
RGB10_A2UI RGBA ui10 ui10 ui10 ui2
SRGB8 RGB 8 8 8
SRGB8_ALPHA8 RGBA 8 8 8 8
R16F RED f16
RG16F RG f16 f16
RGB16F RGB f16 f16 f16
RGBA16F RGBA f16 f16 f16 f16
R32F RED f32
RG32F RG f32 f32
RGB32F RGB f32 f32 f32
RGBA32F RGBA f32 f32 f32 f32
R11F_G11F_B10F RGB f11 f11 f10
RGB9_E5 RGB 9 9 9 5
R8I RED i8
R8UI RED ui8
R16I RED i16
R16UI RED ui16
R32I RED i32
R32UI RED ui32
RG8I RG i8 i8
RG8UI RG ui8 ui8
RG16I RG i16 i16
RG16UI RG ui16 ui16
RG32I RG i32 i32
RG32UI RG ui32 ui32
RGB8I RGB i8 i8 i8
RGB8UI RGB ui8 ui8 ui8
RGB16I RGB i16 i16 i16
RGB16UI RGB ui16 ui16 ui16
RGB32I RGB i32 i32 i32
RGB32UI RGB ui32 ui32 ui32
RGBA8I RGBA i8 i8 i8 i8
RGBA8UI RGBA ui8 ui8 ui8 ui8
RGBA16I RGBA i16 i16 i16 i16
RGBA16UI RGBA ui16 ui16 ui16 ui16
RGBA32I RGBA i32 i32 i32 i32
RGBA32UI RGBA ui32 ui32 ui32 ui32


Possible values in WebGL2 for the versions of texImage2D that take a texture an HTMLImageElement, HTMLCanvasElement, HTMLVideoElement, ImageBitmap, or ImageData

  • gl.ALPHA: Discards the red, green and blue components and reads the alpha component.
  • gl.RGB: Discards the alpha components and reads the red, green and blue components.
  • gl.RGBA: Red, green, blue and alpha components are read from the color buffer.
  • gl.LUMINANCE: Each color component is a luminance component, alpha is 1.0.
  • gl.LUMINANCE_ALPHA: Each component is a luminance/alpha component.
  • When using the WEBGL_depth_texture extension:
    • gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT
    • gl.DEPTH_STENCIL
  • When using the EXT_sRGB extension:
    • ext.SRGB_EXT
    • ext.SRGB_ALPHA_EXT
  • When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:
    • gl.R8
    • gl.R16F
    • gl.R32F
    • gl.R8UI
    • gl.RG8
    • gl.RG16F
    • gl.RG32F
    • gl.RG8UI
    • gl.RG16UI
    • gl.RG32UI
    • gl.RGB8
    • gl.SRGB8
    • gl.RGB565
    • gl.R11F_G11F_B10F
    • gl.RGB9_E5
    • gl.RGB16F
    • gl.RGB32F
    • gl.RGB8UI
    • gl.RGBA8
    • gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8
    • gl.RGB5_A1
    • gl.RGB10_A2
    • gl.RGBA4
    • gl.RGBA16F
    • gl.RGBA32F
    • gl.RGBA8UI
width
A GLsizei specifying the width of the texture.
height
A GLsizei specifying the height of the texture.
border
A GLint specifying the width of the border. Must be 0.
format
A GLenum specifying the format of the texel data. In WebGL 1, this must be the same as internalformat (see above). in WebGL 2, the combinations are listed in this table.
type
A GLenum specifying the data type of the texel data. Possible values:
  • gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE: 8 bits per channel for gl.RGBA
  • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_6_5: 5 red bits, 6 green bits, 5 blue bits.
  • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_4_4_4_4: 4 red bits, 4 green bits, 4 blue bits, 4 alpha bits.
  • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT_5_5_5_1: 5 red bits, 5 green bits, 5 blue bits, 1 alpha bit.
  • When using the WEBGL_depth_texture extension:
    • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT
    • ext.UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_WEBGL (constant provided by the extension)
  • When using the OES_texture_float extension:
    • gl.FLOAT
  • When using the OES_texture_half_float extension:
    • ext.HALF_FLOAT_OES (constant provided by the extension)
  • When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:
    • gl.BYTE
    • gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT
    • gl.SHORT
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT
    • gl.INT
    • gl.HALF_FLOAT
    • gl.FLOAT
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_2_10_10_10_REV
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_10F_11F_11F_REV
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_5_9_9_9_REV
    • gl.UNSIGNED_INT_24_8
    • gl.FLOAT_32_UNSIGNED_INT_24_8_REV (pixels must be null)
pixels
One of the following objects can be used as a pixel source for the texture:
offset
(WebGL 2 only) A GLintptr byte offset into the WebGLBuffer's data store. Used to upload data to the currently bound WebGLTexture from the WebGLBuffer bound to the PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER target.

Return value

None.

Examples

gl.texImage2D(gl.TEXTURE_2D, 0, gl.RGBA, gl.RGBA, gl.UNSIGNED_BYTE, image);

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WebGL 1.0
The definition of 'texImage2D' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition for WebGL.
OpenGL ES 2.0
The definition of 'glTexImage2D' in that specification.
Standard Man page of the (similar) OpenGL ES 2.0 API.
WebGL 2.0
The definition of 'texImage2D' in that specification.
Editor's Draft Updated definition for WebGL.
OpenGL ES 3.0
The definition of 'glTexImage2D' in that specification.
Standard Man page of the (similar) OpenGL ES 3.0 API.

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
texImage2DChrome Full support 9Edge Full support 12Firefox Full support 4IE Full support 11Opera Full support 12Safari Full support 5.1WebView Android Full support YesChrome Android Full support 25Firefox Android Full support YesOpera Android Full support 12Safari iOS Full support 8Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5
WebGL2Chrome Full support 56Edge Full support 79Firefox Full support 51IE No support NoOpera Full support 43Safari No support NoWebView Android Full support 58Chrome Android Full support 58Firefox Android Full support 51Opera Android Full support 43Safari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android Full support 7.0

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See also