WebGLUniformLocation

The WebGLUniformLocation interface is part of the WebGL API and represents the location of a uniform variable in a shader program.

Description

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

Examples

Getting an uniform location

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

var location = gl.getUniformLocation(WebGLProgram, 'uniformName');

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
WebGLUniformLocationChrome 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
Available in workers
Experimental
Chrome No support NoEdge No support NoFirefox Full support 44
Disabled
Full support 44
Disabled
Disabled 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.
IE No support NoOpera No support NoSafari No support NoWebView Android No support NoChrome Android No support NoFirefox Android No support NoOpera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung 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