InputDeviceCapabilities

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

The InputDeviceCapabilities interface of the Input Device Capabilities API provides information about the physical device or a group of related devices responsible for generating input events. Events caused by the same physical input device get the same instance of this object, but the converse isn't true. For example, two mice with the same capabilities in a system may appear as a single InputDeviceCapabilities instance.

In some instances, InputDeviceCapabilities represents the capabilities of logical devices rather than physical devices. This allows, for example, touchscreen keyboards and physical keyboards to be represented the same way when they produce the same input.

Constructors

InputDeviceCapabilities()

Creates an InputDeviceCapabilities object.

Instance properties

InputDeviceCapabilities.firesTouchEvents Read only

A Boolean that indicates whether the device dispatches touch events.

Instance methods

None.

Specifications

Specification
Input Device Capabilities
# dom-inputdevicecapabilities

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
InputDeviceCapabilities
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
InputDeviceCapabilities() constructor
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support
firesTouchEvents
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 34 (Release date: 2015-12-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 34 (Release date: 2015-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
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Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.