https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/webgl-documentation-on-javascript-sdk-for/m-p/1601930#M86800 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/202029">@Jay_Gregory</a>&nbsp;!&nbsp;<SPAN>Except for certain UI elements, all of the rendering code in the SDK uses WebGL by now, and actually has done for quite a while (for example the behavior described in the post you linked&nbsp;<A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/4.9/#webgl-enabled-by-default-in-2d" target="_self">became default</A> in version 4.9). Is there any information in particular you're looking for?</SPAN></P> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:28:56 GMT SamEngel 2025-04-02T17:28:56Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/webgl-documentation-on-javascript-sdk-for/m-p/1601009#M86784 <P>A blog post back in 2017 talked about webgl being used to improve feature layer rendering in the mapview (<A href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/featurelayer-rendering-taking-advantage-of-webgl-in-2d" target="_blank">https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/featurelayer-rendering-taking-advantage-of-webgl-in-2d</A>), but that it was in beta for 4.5 and would be standard in future releases.&nbsp; However, when looking at the SDK documentation, now 4.32, I can't really find much information about how webgl is leveraged in the SDK, other than that it is a requirement.&nbsp; Is there any information / documentation about how and where webgl is used across the SDK?&nbsp; We have developers that want front end JS mapping libraries that have webgl, but keep saying "ArcGIS doesn't have much on it".</P><P>Thanks!</P> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:32:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/webgl-documentation-on-javascript-sdk-for/m-p/1601009#M86784 Jay_Gregory 2025-03-31T18:32:45Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/webgl-documentation-on-javascript-sdk-for/m-p/1601930#M86800 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/202029">@Jay_Gregory</a>&nbsp;!&nbsp;<SPAN>Except for certain UI elements, all of the rendering code in the SDK uses WebGL by now, and actually has done for quite a while (for example the behavior described in the post you linked&nbsp;<A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/latest/4.9/#webgl-enabled-by-default-in-2d" target="_self">became default</A> in version 4.9). Is there any information in particular you're looking for?</SPAN></P> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:28:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/webgl-documentation-on-javascript-sdk-for/m-p/1601930#M86800 SamEngel 2025-04-02T17:28:56Z