WebGL2RenderingContext: renderbufferStorageMultisample() method

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The WebGL2RenderingContext.renderbufferStorageMultisample() method of the WebGL 2 API returns creates and initializes a renderbuffer object's data store and allows specifying a number of samples to be used.

Syntax

renderbufferStorageMultisample(target, samples, internalFormat, width, height)

Parameters

target

A GLenum specifying the target renderbuffer object. Possible values:

gl.RENDERBUFFER: Buffer data storage for single images in a renderable internal format.

samples

A GLsizei specifying the number of samples to be used for the renderbuffer storage.

internalFormat

A GLenum specifying the internal format of the renderbuffer. Possible values (gl.DEPTH_STENCIL is not supported):

gl.R8
gl.R8UI
gl.R8I
gl.R16UI
gl.R16I
gl.R32UI
gl.R32I
gl.RG8
gl.RG8UI
gl.RG8I
gl.RG16UI
gl.RG16I
gl.RG32UI
gl.RG32I
gl.RGB8
gl.RGBA8
gl.SRGB8_ALPHA8
gl.RGBA4
gl.RGB565
gl.RGB5_A1
gl.RGB10_A2
gl.RGBA8UI
gl.RGBA8I
gl.RGB10_A2UI
gl.RGBA16UI
gl.RGBA16I
gl.RGBA32I
gl.RGBA32UI
gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT16
gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT24
gl.DEPTH_COMPONENT32F
gl.DEPTH_STENCIL
gl.DEPTH24_STENCIL8
gl.DEPTH32F_STENCIL8
gl.STENCIL_INDEX8

width

A GLsizei specifying the width of the renderbuffer in pixels.

height

A GLsizei specifying the height of the renderbuffer in pixels.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

gl.renderbufferStorageMultisample(gl.RENDERBUFFER, 4, gl.RGBA4, 256, 256);

Specifications

Specification
WebGL 2.0 Specification # 3.7.5

Browser compatibility

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