Web/API/WebGL2RenderingContext/getActiveUniforms

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The WebGL2RenderingContext.getActiveUniforms() method of the WebGL 2 API retrieves information about active uniforms within a WebGLProgram.

Syntax

any gl.getActiveUniforms(program, uniformIndices, pname);

Parameters

program: A WebGLProgram containing the active uniforms.
uniformIndices: An Array of GLuint specifying the indices of the active uniforms to query.
pname: A GLenum specifying which information to query. Possible values:

gl.UNIFORM_TYPE

Returns an Array of GLenum indicating the types of the uniforms.
gl.UNIFORM_SIZE: Returns an Array of GLuint indicating the sizes of the uniforms.
gl.UNIFORM_BLOCK_INDEX: Returns an Array of GLint indicating the block indices of the uniforms.
gl.UNIFORM_OFFSET: Returns an Array of GLint indicating the uniform buffer offsets.
gl.UNIFORM_ARRAY_STRIDE: Returns an Array of GLint indicating the strides between the elements.
gl.UNIFORM_MATRIX_STRIDE: Returns an Array of GLint indicating the strides between columns of a column-major matrix or a row-major matrix.
gl.UNIFORM_IS_ROW_MAJOR: Returns an Array of GLboolean indicating whether each of the uniforms is a row-major matrix or not.

Return value

Depends on which information is requested using the pname parameter.

Examples

var uniformIndices = gl.getUniformIndices(program, ['UBORed', 'UBOGreen', 'UBOBlue']);
var uniformOffsets = gl.getActiveUniforms(program, uniformIndices, gl.UNIFORM_OFFSET);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WebGL 2.0The definition of 'getActiveUniforms' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	Initial definition for WebGL.
OpenGL ES 3.0The definition of 'glGetActiveUniformsiv' in that specification.	Standard	Man page of the (similar) OpenGL API.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`getActiveUniforms`	Chrome Full support 56	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 51	IE No support No	Opera Full support 43	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 58	Chrome Android Full support 58	Firefox Android Full support 51	Opera Android Full support 43	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0

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Full support: Full support
No support: No support