glEnable function

The glEnable and glDisable functions enable or disable OpenGL capabilities.

Syntax

void WINAPI glEnable(
   GLenum cap
);

Parameters

cap

A symbolic constant indicating an OpenGL capability.

For discussion of the values cap can take, see the following Remarks section.

Return value

This function does not return a value.

Error codes

The following error codes can be retrieved by the glGetError function.

Name Meaning
GL_INVALID_ENUM
cap was not one of the values listed in the preceding Remarks section.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION
The function was called between a call to glBegin and the corresponding call to glEnd.

Remarks

The glEnable and glDisable functions enable and disable various OpenGL graphics capabilities. Use glIsEnabled or glGet to determine the current setting of any capability.

Both glEnable and glDisable take a single argument, cap, which can assume one of the following values:

Value Meaning
GL_ALPHA_TEST If enabled, do alpha testing. See glAlphaFunc.
GL_AUTO_NORMAL If enabled, compute surface normal vectors analytically when either GL_MAP2_VERTEX_3 or GL_MAP2_VERTEX_4 has generated vertices. See glMap2.
GL_BLEND If enabled, blend the incoming RGBA color values with the values in the color buffers. See glBlendFunc.
GL_CLIP_PLANEi If enabled, clip geometry against user-defined clipping plane i. See glClipPlane.
GL_COLOR_LOGIC_OP If enabled, apply the current logical operation to the incoming RGBA color and color buffer values. See glLogicOp.
GL_COLOR_MATERIAL If enabled, have one or more material parameters track the current color. See glColorMaterial.
GL_CULL_FACE If enabled, cull polygons based on their winding in window coordinates. See glCullFace.
GL_DEPTH_TEST If enabled, do depth comparisons and update the depth buffer. See glDepthFunc and glDepthRange.
GL_DITHER If enabled, dither color components or indexes before they are written to the color buffer.
GL_FOG If enabled, blend a fog color into the post-texturing color. See glFog.
GL_INDEX_LOGIC_OP If enabled, apply the current logical operation to the incoming index and color buffer indices. See glLogicOp.
GL_LIGHTi If enabled, include light i in the evaluation of the lighting equation. See glLightModel and glLight.
GL_LIGHTING If enabled, use the current lighting parameters to compute the vertex color or index. If disabled, associate the current color or index with each vertex. See glMaterial, glLightModel, and glLight.
GL_LINE_SMOOTH If enabled, draw lines with correct filtering. If disabled, draw aliased lines. See glLineWidth.
GL_LINE_STIPPLE If enabled, use the current line stipple pattern when drawing lines. See glLineStipple.
GL_LOGIC_OP If enabled, apply the currently selected logical operation to the incoming and color-buffer indexes. See glLogicOp.
GL_MAP1_COLOR_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate RGBA values. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_INDEX If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate color indexes. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_NORMAL If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate normals. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_TEXTURE_COORD_1 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate s texture coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_TEXTURE_COORD_2 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate s and t texture coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_TEXTURE_COORD_3 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate s, t, and r texture coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_TEXTURE_COORD_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate s, t, r, and q texture coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_VERTEX_3 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate x, y, and z vertex coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP1_VERTEX_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord1, glEvalMesh1, and glEvalPoint1 generate homogeneous x, y, z, and w vertex coordinates. See also glMap1.
GL_MAP2_COLOR_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate RGBA values. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_INDEX If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate color indexes. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_NORMAL If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate normals. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_TEXTURE_COORD_1 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate s texture coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_TEXTURE_COORD_2 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate s and t texture coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_TEXTURE_COORD_3 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate s, t, and r texture coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_TEXTURE_COORD_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate s, t, r, and q texture coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_VERTEX_3 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate x, y, and z vertex coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_MAP2_VERTEX_4 If enabled, calls to glEvalCoord2, glEvalMesh2, and glEvalPoint2 generate homogeneous x, y, z, and w vertex coordinates. See also glMap2.
GL_NORMALIZE If enabled, normal vectors specified with glNormal are scaled to unit length after transformation. See glNormal.
GL_POINT_SMOOTH If enabled, draw points with proper filtering. If disabled, draw aliased points. See glPointSize.
GL_POLYGON_OFFSET_FILL If enabled, and if the polygon is rendered in GL_FILL mode, an offset is added to depth values of a polygon's fragments before the depth comparison is performed. See glPolygonOffset.
GL_POLYGON_OFFSET_LINE If enabled, and if the polygon is rendered in GL_LINE mode, an offset is added to depth values of a polygon's fragments before the depth comparison is performed. See glPolygonOffset.
GL_POLYGON_OFFSET_POINT If enabled, an offset is added to depth values of a polygon's fragments before the depth comparison is performed, if the polygon is rendered in GL_POINT mode. See glPolygonOffset.
GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH If enabled, draw polygons with proper filtering. If disabled, draw aliased polygons. See glPolygonMode.
GL_POLYGON_STIPPLE If enabled, use the current polygon stipple pattern when rendering polygons. See glPolygonStipple.
GL_SCISSOR_TEST If enabled, discard fragments that are outside the scissor rectangle. See glScissor.
GL_STENCIL_TEST If enabled, do stencil testing and update the stencil buffer. See glStencilFunc and glStencilOp.
GL_TEXTURE_1D If enabled, one-dimensional texturing is performed (unless two-dimensional texturing is also enabled). See glTexImage1D.
GL_TEXTURE_2D If enabled, two-dimensional texturing is performed. See glTexImage2D.
GL_TEXTURE_GEN_Q If enabled, the q texture coordinate is computed using the texture-generation function defined with glTexGen. Otherwise, the current q texture coordinate is used.
GL_TEXTURE_GEN_R If enabled, the r texture coordinate is computed using the texture generation function defined with glTexGen. If disabled, the current r texture coordinate is used.
GL_TEXTURE_GEN_S If enabled, the s texture coordinate is computed using the texture generation function defined with glTexGen. If disabled, the current s texture coordinate is used.
GL_TEXTURE_GEN_T If enabled, the t texture coordinate is computed using the texture generation function defined with glTexGen. If disabled, the current t texture coordinate is used.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Gl.h
Library
Opengl32.lib
DLL
Opengl32.dll

See also

glAlphaFunc

glArrayElement

glBegin

glBlendFunc

glClipPlane

glColorMaterial

glColorPointer

glCullFace

glDepthFunc

glDepthRange

glDisable

glDrawArrays

glEdgeFlagPointer

glEnd

glEvalCoord1

glEvalMesh1

glEvalPoint1

glFog

glGet

glIndexPointer

glIsEnabled

glLight

glLightModel

glLineWidth

glLineStipple

glLogicOp

glMap1

glMap2

glMaterial

glNormal

glNormalPointer

glPointSize

glPolygonMode

glPolygonStipple

glScissor

glStencilFunc

glStencilOp

glTexCoordPointer

glTexGen

glTexImage1D

glTexImage2D