WebGLRenderingContext: getAttribLocation() 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.

The WebGLRenderingContext.getAttribLocation() method of the WebGL API returns the location of an attribute variable in a given WebGLProgram.

Syntax

js
getAttribLocation(program, name)

Parameters

program

A WebGLProgram containing the attribute variable.

name

A string specifying the name of the attribute variable whose location to get.

Return value

A GLint number indicating the location of the variable name if found. Returns -1 otherwise.

Examples

js
gl.getAttribLocation(program, "vColor");

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.10

Browser compatibility

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See also