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InputDeviceCapabilities: InputDeviceCapabilities() constructor

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

The InputDeviceCapabilities() constructor creates a new InputDeviceCapabilities object provides information about the physical device responsible for generating a touch event.

Syntax

js
new InputDeviceCapabilities()
new InputDeviceCapabilities(InputDeviceCapabilitiesInit)

Parameters

InputDeviceCapabilitiesInit Optional

A dictionary object containing a set of device capabilities. It contains the following property.

  • fireTouchEvents: A boolean value that indicates whether the device dispatches touch events.

Return value

An instance of the InputDeviceCapabilities interface.

Specifications

Specification
Input Device Capabilities
# dom-inputdevicecapabilities-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
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

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

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