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WebGLRenderingContext: frontFace() 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.frontFace() method of the WebGL API specifies whether polygons are front- or back-facing by setting a winding orientation.

Syntax

frontFace(mode)

Parameters

mode

A GLenum type winding orientation. The default value is gl.CCW. Possible values:

gl.CW: Clock-wise winding.
gl.CCW: Counter-clock-wise winding.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

gl.frontFace(gl.CW);

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification> # 5.14.3>

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
`frontFace`	9	12	4	12	5.1	25	4	12	8	1.5	4.4.3	8