---
title: indexType
framework: realitykit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: realitykit/lowlevelmesh/descriptor-swift.struct/indextype
---

# indexType

The data type of the indices that the index buffer stores.

## Declaration

```swift
var indexType: MTLIndexType
```

## See Also

### Defining the descriptor’s contents

- [vertexAttributes](realitykit/lowlevelmesh/descriptor-swift.struct/vertexattributes.md)
- [vertexLayouts](realitykit/lowlevelmesh/descriptor-swift.struct/vertexlayouts.md)
- [vertexBufferCount](realitykit/lowlevelmesh/descriptor-swift.struct/vertexbuffercount.md)