# Shader > Shader scripts used for all rendering. ## Definition * **Type:** Class * **Namespace:** [UnityEngine](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine.md) * **Assembly:** UnityEngine.CoreModule * **Inherits from:** [Object](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object.md) ```csharp public sealed class Shader : Object ``` ## Remarks Most of the advanced rendering is controlled via [Material](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/material.md) class. Shader class is mostly used just to check whether a shader can run on the user's hardware ([Shader.isSupported](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/issupported.md) property), setting up global shader properties and keywords, and finding shaders by name ([Shader.Find](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/find.md) method). Additional Resources: [Material](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/material.md) class, [Materials](/engine/6000.6/manual/materials-and-shaders/materials.md), [ShaderLab documentation](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shaders.md). ## Properties | Property | Description | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | [isSupported](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/issupported.md) | Can this shader run on the end-users graphics card? (Read Only) | | [keywordSpace](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/keywordspace.md) | The local keyword space of this shader. | | [maximumLOD](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/maximumlod.md) | Shader LOD level for this shader. | | [passCount](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/passcount.md) | Returns the number of shader passes on the active SubShader. | | [renderQueue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/renderqueue.md) | The default render queue for this shader. (Read Only) | | [subshaderCount](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/subshadercount.md) | Returns the number of SubShaders in this shader. | ## Static Properties | Property | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [enabledGlobalKeywords](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/enabledglobalkeywords.md) | An array containing the global shader keywords that are currently enabled. | | [globalKeywords](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/globalkeywords.md) | An array containing the global shader keywords that currently exist. This includes enabled and disabled global shader keywords. | | [globalMaximumLOD](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/globalmaximumlod.md) | Shader LOD level for all shaders. | | [globalRenderPipeline](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/globalrenderpipeline.md) | Render pipeline currently in use. | | [maximumChunksOverride](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/maximumchunksoverride.md) | Sets the limit on the number of shader variant chunks Unity loads and keeps in memory. | ## Methods | Method | Description | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [FindPassTagValue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/findpasstagvalue.md) | Searches for the tag specified by `tagName` on the SubShader specified by `subshaderIndex` and returns the value of the tag. | | [FindPropertyIndex](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/findpropertyindex.md) | Finds the index of a shader property by its name. | | [FindSubshaderTagValue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/findsubshadertagvalue.md) | Searches for the tag specified by `tagName` on the SubShader specified by `subshaderIndex` and returns the value of the tag. | | [FindTextureStack](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/findtexturestack.md) | Find the name of a texture stack a texture belongs too. | | [GetDependency](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getdependency.md) | Returns the dependency shader. | | [GetPassCountInSubshader](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpasscountinsubshader.md) | Returns the number of passes in the given SubShader. | | [GetPropertyAttributes](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertyattributes.md) | Returns an array of strings containing attributes of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyCount](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertycount.md) | Returns the number of properties in this Shader. | | [GetPropertyDefaultFloatValue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertydefaultfloatvalue.md) | Returns the default float value of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyDefaultIntValue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertydefaultintvalue.md) | Returns the default int value of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyDefaultVectorValue](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertydefaultvectorvalue.md) | Returns the default Vector4 value of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyDescription](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertydescription.md) | Returns the description string of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyFlags](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertyflags.md) | Returns the [ShaderPropertyFlags](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/shaderpropertyflags.md) of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertyname.md) | Returns the name of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyNameId](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertynameid.md) | Returns the nameId of the shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyRangeLimits](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertyrangelimits.md) | Returns the min and max limits for a [Range](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/shaderpropertytype/range.md) property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyTextureDefaultName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertytexturedefaultname.md) | Returns the default Texture name of a [Texture](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/shaderpropertytype/texture.md) shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyTextureDimension](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertytexturedimension.md) | Returns the [TextureDimension](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/texturedimension.md) of a [Texture](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/shaderpropertytype/texture.md) shader property at the specified index. | | [GetPropertyType](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getpropertytype.md) | Returns the [ShaderPropertyType](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/shaderpropertytype.md) of the property at the specified index. | ## Static Methods | Method | Description | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | [DisableKeyword](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/disablekeyword.md) | Disables a global shader keyword. | | [EnableKeyword](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/enablekeyword.md) | Enables a global shader keyword. | | [Find](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/find.md) | Finds a shader with the given `name`. Returns `null` if the shader is not found. | | [GetGlobalColor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalcolor.md) | Gets a global color property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalColor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalcolor.md). | | [GetGlobalFloat](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalfloat.md) | Gets a global float property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalFloat](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalfloat.md). | | [GetGlobalFloatArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalfloatarray.md) | Gets a global float array for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalFloatArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalfloatarray.md). | | [GetGlobalInt](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalint.md) | This method is deprecated. Use [Shader.GetGlobalFloat](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalfloat.md) or [Shader.GetGlobalInteger](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalinteger.md) instead. | | [GetGlobalInteger](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalinteger.md) | Gets a global integer property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalInteger](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalinteger.md). | | [GetGlobalMatrix](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalmatrix.md) | Gets a global matrix property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalMatrix](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalmatrix.md). | | [GetGlobalMatrixArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalmatrixarray.md) | Gets a global matrix array for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalMatrixArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalmatrixarray.md). | | [GetGlobalTexture](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobaltexture.md) | Gets a global texture property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalTexture](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobaltexture.md). | | [GetGlobalVector](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalvector.md) | Gets a global vector property for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalVector](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalvector.md). | | [GetGlobalVectorArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/getglobalvectorarray.md) | Gets a global vector array for all shaders previously set using [Shader.SetGlobalVectorArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalvectorarray.md). | | [IsKeywordEnabled](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/iskeywordenabled.md) | Checks whether a global shader keyword is enabled. | | [PropertyIDToName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/propertyidtoname.md) | Returns the name of the shader property from its ID, or null string if the ID is invalid. | | [PropertyToID](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/propertytoid.md) | Gets unique identifier for a shader property name. | | [SetGlobalBuffer](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalbuffer.md) | Sets a global buffer property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalColor](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalcolor.md) | Sets a global color property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalConstantBuffer](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalconstantbuffer.md) | Sets a [ComputeBuffer](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/computebuffer.md) or [GraphicsBuffer](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/graphicsbuffer.md) as a named constant buffer for all shader types. | | [SetGlobalFloat](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalfloat.md) | Sets a global float property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalFloatArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalfloatarray.md) | Sets a global float array property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalInt](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalint.md) | This method is deprecated. Use [Shader.SetGlobalFloat](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalfloat.md) or [Shader.SetGlobalInteger](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalinteger.md) instead. | | [SetGlobalInteger](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalinteger.md) | Sets a global integer property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalMatrix](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalmatrix.md) | Sets a global matrix property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalMatrixArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalmatrixarray.md) | Sets a global matrix array property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalRayTracingAccelerationStructure](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalraytracingaccelerationstructure.md) | Sets a global [RayTracingAccelerationStructure](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/rendering/raytracingaccelerationstructure.md) property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalTexture](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobaltexture.md) | Sets a global texture property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalVector](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalvector.md) | Sets a global vector property for all shaders. | | [SetGlobalVectorArray](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setglobalvectorarray.md) | Sets a global vector array property for all shaders. | | [SetKeyword](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/setkeyword.md) | Sets the state of a global shader keyword. | | [TryConvertPropertyIDToName](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/tryconvertpropertyidtoname.md) | Returns whether the property ID is valid and outputs the corresponding property name if it exists. | | [WarmupAllShaders](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/shader/warmupallshaders.md) | Prewarms all shader variants of all Shaders currently in memory. | ## Inheritance **Inherited Members:** * [Object.GetEntityId()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/getentityid.md) * [Object.GetHashCode()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/gethashcode.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\, ReadOnlySpan\)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Transform, Vector3, Quaternion, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\, ReadOnlySpan\)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Transform, ReadOnlySpan\, ReadOnlySpan\, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.InstantiateAsync\(T, int, ReadOnlySpan\, ReadOnlySpan\, InstantiateParameters, CancellationToken)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiateasync.md) * [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion\)) * [Object.Instantiate(Object, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-vector3-quaternion-transform\)) * [Object.Instantiate(Object)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object\)) * [Object.Instantiate(Object, Scene)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-scene\)) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, Vector3, Quaternion, InstantiateParameters)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform\)) * [Object.Instantiate(Object, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md#instantiate\(object-transform-bool\)) * [Object.Instantiate\(T)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, Vector3, Quaternion)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, Vector3, Quaternion, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, Transform)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Instantiate\(T, Transform, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/instantiate.md) * [Object.Destroy(Object, float)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroy.md) * [Object.DestroyImmediate(Object, bool)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/destroyimmediate.md) * [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type\)) * [Object.FindObjectsByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\)) * [Object.DontDestroyOnLoad(Object)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/dontdestroyonload.md) * [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(\)) * [Object.FindAnyObjectByType\(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\)) * [Object.FindObjectsByType\()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(\)) * [Object.FindObjectsByType\(FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findobjectsbytype.md#findobjectsbytypet\(findobjectsinactive\)) * [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type\)) * [Object.FindAnyObjectByType(Type, FindObjectsInactive)](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/findanyobjectbytype.md#findanyobjectbytype\(type-findobjectsinactive\)) * [Object.ToString()](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/tostring.md) * [Object.name](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/name.md) * [Object.hideFlags](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/hideflags.md) ### Operators | Operator | Description | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [operator ==](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-equality.md) | Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object. | | [bool](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-implicit.md) | Determines whether the object exists. | | [operator !=](/engine/6000.6/script-reference/unityengine/object/op-inequality.md) | Compares if two objects refer to a different object. |