HTMLGeolocationElement: autolocate property

Limited availability

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

See full compatibility

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

The autolocate property of the HTMLGeolocationElement interface gets and sets a boolean value indicating whether the browser should immediately request location data when the <geolocation> element is rendered, provided permission to use the geolocation feature is already granted.

It reflects the value of the <geolocation> autolocate attribute.

Value

A boolean value:

If true, location data is requested as soon as the <geolocation> element is rendered, provided permission to use the geolocation feature was previously granted.
If false, location data is only requested when the user presses the <geolocation> button.

Defaults to false.

If permission to use the geolocation feature was not previously granted, the autolocate property is ignored.

Examples

Basic usage

html

<geolocation autolocate></geolocation>

const geo = document.querySelector("geolocation");
console.log(geo.autolocate); // true

See our Embedded map example walkthrough for a real-world example that includes autolocate.

Specifications

Specification
The HTML Geolocation Element # dom-htmlgeolocationelement-autolocate

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
`autolocate` Experimental	Chrome – Full support Chrome 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 144 (Release date: 2026-01-21) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – Full support Opera 128 (Release date: 2026-02-26) footnote Full support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 144 (Release date: 2026-01-13) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 95 (Release date: 2026-02-11) footnote Full 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: Full support
No support: No support
: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.