ch02/ColoredPoints

Example from the book "WebGL Programming Guide" by Matsuda & Lea

by Ivan Enzhaev

HTML

<canvas id="webgl" width="400" height="400">
        Please use a browser that supports "canvas"
    </canvas>

    <script type="x-shader/x-vertex" id="VertexShader">
        attribute vec4 a_Position;
        void main()
        {
            gl_Position = a_Position;
            gl_PointSize = 10.0;
        }
    </script>

    <script type="x-shader/x-fragment" id="FragmentShader">
        precision mediump float;
        uniform vec4 u_FragColor;
        void main()
        {
            gl_FragColor = u_FragColor;
        }
    </script>

    <script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ylw7v7a44xtrwv0/webgl-utils.js"></script>
    <script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/iz1n21c8xafd76n/webgl-debug.js"></script>
    <script src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/subm1yzylxuao8v/cuon-utils.js"></script>

JavaScript

main();
//window.onload = main;

function main()
{
    // Retrieve <canvas> element
    var canvas = document.getElementById('webgl');

    // Get the rendering context for WebGL
    var gl = getWebGLContext(canvas);
    if (!gl)
    {
        console.log('Failed to get the rendering context for WebGL');
        return;
    }

    // Get shader elements
    var vShaderElement = document.getElementById("VertexShader");
    var fShaderElement = document.getElementById("FragmentShader");
    if (vShaderElement == null || fShaderElement == null)
    {
        console.log("Failed to get the shader element");
        return;
    }

    // Get shader source
    var vShaderSource = vShaderElement.firstChild.textContent;
    var fShaderSource = fShaderElement.firstChild.textContent;

    // Initialize shaders
    if (!initShaders(gl, vShaderSource, fShaderSource))
    {
        console.log('Failed to intialize shaders.');
        return;
    }

    // Get the storage location of a_Position
    var a_Position = gl.getAttribLocation(gl.program, 'a_Position');
    if (a_Position < 0)
    {
        console.log('Failed to get the storage location of a_Position');
        return;
    }

    // Get the storage location of u_FragColor
    var u_FragColor = gl.getUniformLocation(gl.program, 'u_FragColor');
    if (!u_FragColor)
    {
        console.log('Failed to get the storage location of u_FragColor');
        return;
    }

    // Register function (event handler) to be called on a mouse press
    canvas.onmousedown = function (ev) { click(ev, gl, canvas, a_Position, u_FragColor) };

    // Specify the color for clearing <canvas>
    gl.clearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);

    // Clear <canvas>
    gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
}

var g_points = [];  // The array for the position of a mouse press
var g_colors = [];  // The array to store the color of a point
function click(ev, gl, canvas, a_Position, u_FragColor)
{
    var x = ev.clientX; // x coordinate of a mouse pointer
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