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title	short-title	slug	page-type	browser-compat
WebGLRenderingContext: getAttribLocation() method	getAttribLocation()	Web/API/WebGLRenderingContext/getAttribLocation	web-api-instance-method	api.WebGLRenderingContext.getAttribLocation

{{APIRef("WebGL")}}

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

Syntax

getAttribLocation(program, name)

Parameters

• program
  • : A {{domxref("WebGLProgram")}} containing the attribute variable.
• name
  • : A string specifying the name of the attribute variable whose location to get.

Return value

A {{domxref("WebGL_API/Types", "GLint")}} number indicating the location of the variable name if found. Returns -1 otherwise.

Examples

gl.getAttribLocation(program, "vColor");

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{domxref("WebGLRenderingContext.getUniformLocation()")}}