DeviceOrientationEvent: absolute property
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 absolute read-only property of the DeviceOrientationEvent interface indicates whether or not the device is providing orientation data absolutely (that is,
in reference to the Earth's coordinate frame) or using some arbitrary frame determined
by the device.
See Orientation and motion data explained for details.
Value
trueif the orientation data ininstanceOfDeviceOrientationEventis provided as the difference between the Earth's coordinate frame and the device's coordinate framefalseif the orientation data is being provided in reference to some arbitrary, device-determined coordinate frame.
Specifications
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| Device Orientation and Motion # dom-deviceorientationevent-absolute |
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