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Light.type

Light.type¶

Summary¶

Light.type identifies the concrete light category and is read-only. Values are "ambient", "directional", "point", or "spot". Use this for light-type branching in tooling and diagnostics.

Syntax¶

Light.type: "ambient" | "directional" | "point" | "spot"
const type = light.type;

Parameters¶

This property does not take parameters.

Returns¶

"ambient" | "directional" | "point" | "spot" - Type discriminator for the light instance.

Type Details¶

type LightType = "ambient" | "directional" | "point" | "spot";

Example¶

const canvas = document.querySelector("canvas");
const wgpu = await WasmGPU.create(canvas);

const light = wgpu.createLight.ambient({ intensity: 0.2 });
if (light.type === "ambient") {
    console.log("ambient baseline enabled");
}

See Also¶