WebGLRenderingContext: generateMipmap() method

The WebGLRenderingContext.generateMipmap() method of the WebGL API generates a set of mipmaps for a WebGLTexture object.

Mipmaps are used to create distance with objects. A higher-resolution mipmap is used for objects that are closer, and a lower-resolution mipmap is used for objects that are farther away. It starts with the resolution of the texture image and halves the resolution until a 1x1 dimension texture image is created.

Syntax

generateMipmap(target)

Parameters

target

A GLenum specifying the binding point (target) of the active texture whose mipmaps will be generated. Possible values:

• gl.TEXTURE_2D: A two-dimensional texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP: A cube-mapped texture.

When using a WebGL 2 context, the following values are available additionally:

• gl.TEXTURE_3D: A three-dimensional texture.
• gl.TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY: A two-dimensional array texture.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

gl.generateMipmap(gl.TEXTURE_2D);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• WebGLRenderingContext.createTexture()
• WebGLRenderingContext.bindTexture()
• WebGLRenderingContext.getTexParameter()
• WebGLRenderingContext.texParameterf()
• WebGLRenderingContext.texParameteri()