: Specifies the polygons that {{Parameter|mode}} applies to. Must be {{KW|_GL_FRONT_AND_BACK}} for front- and back-facing polygons.
; mode
: Specifies how polygons will be rasterized. Accepted values are {{KW|_GL_POINT}}, {{KW|_GL_LINE}}, and {{KW|_GL_FILL}}. The initial value is {{KW|_GL_FILL}} for both front- and back-facing polygons.
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'''_glPolygonMode''' controls the interpretation of polygons for rasterization. {{Parameter|face}} describes which polygons {{Parameter|mode}} applies to: both front and back-facing polygons ({{KW|_GL_FRONT_AND_BACK}}). The polygon mode affects only the final rasterization of polygons. In particular, a polygon's vertices are lit and the polygon is clipped and possibly culled before these modes are applied.
Three modes are defined and can be specified in {{Parameter|mode}}:
; {{KW|_GL_POINT}}
: Polygon vertices that are marked as the start of a boundary edge are drawn as points. Point attributes such as {{KW|_GL_POINT_SIZE}} and {{KW|_GL_POINT_SMOOTH}} control the rasterization of the points. Polygon rasterization attributes other than {{KW|_GL_POLYGON_MODE}} have no effect.
; {{KW|_GL_LINE}}
: Boundary edges of the polygon are drawn as line segments. Line attributes such as {{KW|_GL_LINE_WIDTH}} and {{KW|_GL_LINE_SMOOTH}} control the rasterization of the lines. Polygon rasterization attributes other than {{KW|_GL_POLYGON_MODE}} have no effect.
; {{KW|_GL_FILL}}
: The interior of the polygon is filled. Polygon attributes such as {{KW|_GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH}} control the rasterization of the polygon.
Vertices are marked as boundary or nonboundary with an edge flag. Edge flags are generated internally by the GL when it decomposes triangle stips and fans.
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{{KW|_GL_INVALID_ENUM}} is generated if either {{Parameter|face}} or {{Parameter|mode}} is not an accepted value.
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{{KW|_glGet}} with argument {{KW|_GL_POLYGON_MODE}}
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