align

align<TAlign, TData>(alignment, data): Decorate<TData, Align<TAlign>>

Defined in: packages/typegpu/src/data/attributes.ts:167

Gives the wrapped data-type a custom byte alignment. Useful in order to fulfill uniform alignment requirements.

Type Parameters

• TAlign extends number

• TData extends AnyData

Parameters

alignment

TAlign

The multiple of bytes this data should align itself to.

data

TData

The data-type to align.

Returns

Decorate<TData, Align<TAlign>>

Example

const Data = d.struct({
  a: u32, // takes up 4 bytes
  // 12 bytes of padding, because `b` is custom aligned to multiples of 16 bytes
  b: d.align(16, u32),
});