GamepadHapticActuator: effects 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 effects read-only property of the GamepadHapticActuator interface returns an array of enumerated values representing the different haptic effects that the actuator supports.

Value

An array representing the supported haptic effects. Possible included values are:

"dual-rumble"

A positional rumbling effect created by dual vibration motors in each handle of a controller, which can be vibrated independently.

"trigger-rumble"

Localized rumbling effects on the surface of a controller's trigger buttons created by vibrational motors located in each button. These buttons most commonly take the form of spring-loaded triggers.

Note: If an effect is not listed that is known to be supported by the hardware, it may be that the browser does not support playing effects of that type.

Examples

js
const gamepad = navigator.getGamepads()[0];

// Logs "dual-rumble" or "trigger-rumble"
console.log(gamepad.hapticActuators[0].effects[0]);

Specifications

Specification
Gamepad
# dom-gamepadhapticactuator-effects

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
effects
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 126 (Release date: 2024-06-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 112 (Release date: 2024-07-11)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
trigger-rumble effect type
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 126 (Release date: 2024-06-13)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 112 (Release date: 2024-07-11)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 83 (Release date: 2024-06-25)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 28 (Release date: 2025-04-02)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 126 (Release date: 2024-06-11)
footnote Full 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