Gamepad: hand property

Limited availability

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

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The hand read-only property of the Gamepad interface returns an enum defining what hand the controller is being held in, or is most likely to be held in.

Value

A GamepadHand enum; possible values are:

  • left — the left hand.
  • right — the right hand.
  • "" (Empty string) – if the other values are not applicable. E.g., the controller is held in both hands or would be fine in either.

Examples

TBC

Specifications

Specification
Gamepad Extensions
# dom-gamepad-hand

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
hand
Experimental
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge 15 – 18 (Release date: 2017-04-05)
footnote Removed in 79 and later
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 55 (Release date: 2017-08-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 55 (Release date: 2017-08-08)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also