Document: exitPointerLock() method

Limited availability

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

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The exitPointerLock() method of the Document interface asynchronously releases a pointer lock previously requested through Element.requestPointerLock.

Note: While the exitPointerLock() method is called on the document, the requestPointerLock() method is called on an element.

To track the success or failure of the request, it is necessary to listen for the pointerlockchange and pointerlockerror events.

Syntax

exitPointerLock()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Lock 2.0 # dom-document-exitpointerlock

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
`exitPointerLock`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 22 (Release date: 2012-09-25) prefix prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit Chrome – Full support Chrome 37 (Release date: 2014-08-26) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 13 (Release date: 2015-11-12) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox 14 – 49 (Release date: 2012-07-17) prefix prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz Firefox – Full support Firefox 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) prefix prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit Opera – Full support Opera 24 (Release date: 2014-09-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – No support Chrome Android footnote footnote See bug 40290045	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android 14 – 49 (Release date: 2012-06-26) prefix prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15) footnote Full support	Opera Android – No support Opera Android footnote footnote See bug 40290045	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – No support Samsung Internet footnote footnote See bug 40290045	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote footnote See bug 40290045	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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