---
title: textureType
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: metal/mtltexturereferencetype/texturetype
---

# textureType

The texture type of the texture.

## Declaration

```swift
var textureType: MTLTextureType { get }
```

## See Also

### Describing the texture

- [textureDataType](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/texturedatatype.md)
- [access](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/access.md)
- [isDepthTexture](metal/mtltexturereferencetype/isdepthtexture.md)