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HIDConnectionEvent: HIDConnectionEvent() 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.

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

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers, except for Shared Web Workers.

The HIDConnectionEvent() constructor creates a new HIDConnectionEvent object. Typically this constructor is not used as events are created when a device's connection state changes.

Syntax

js
new HIDConnectionEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to connect or disconnect.

options

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), can have the following properties:

device

The HIDDevice instance representing the device being connected or disconnected.

Return value

A new HIDConnectionEvent object.

Specifications

Specification
WebHID API
# dom-hidconnectionevent-constructor

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
HIDConnectionEvent() constructor
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 89 (Release date: 2021-03-04)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 75 (Release date: 2021-03-24)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No 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

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

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