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WebGLRenderingContext: createBuffer() 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.createBuffer() method of the WebGL API creates and initializes a WebGLBuffer storing data such as vertices or colors.

Syntax

createBuffer()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A WebGLBuffer storing data such as vertices or colors.

Examples

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Creating a buffer

const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl");
const buffer = gl.createBuffer();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
createBuffer 9 12 4 12 5.1 25 4 12 8 1.5 4.4.3 8

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/createBuffer