AbsoluteOrientationSensor: AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor creates a new AbsoluteOrientationSensor object which describes the device's physical orientation in relation to the Earth's reference coordinate system.

Syntax

js
new AbsoluteOrientationSensor()
new AbsoluteOrientationSensor(options)

Parameters

options Optional

Options are as follows:

frequency Optional

The desired number of times per second a sample should be taken, meaning the number of times per second that the reading event will be called. A whole number or decimal may be used, the latter for frequencies less than a second. The actual reading frequency depends on the device hardware and consequently may be less than requested.

referenceFrame Optional

Either 'device' or 'screen'. The default is 'device'.

Specifications

Specification
Orientation Sensor
# dom-absoluteorientationsensor-absoluteorientationsensor

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
AbsoluteOrientationSensor() constructor
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 67 (Release date: 2018-05-29)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 54 (Release date: 2018-06-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 67 (Release date: 2018-05-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 48 (Release date: 2018-11-08)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 67 (Release date: 2018-05-31)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

See also