MediaTrackSupportedConstraints: displaySurface property

Limited availability

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

The MediaTrackSupportedConstraints dictionary's displaySurface property indicates whether or not the displaySurface constraint is supported by the user agent and the device on which the content is being used.

The supported constraints list is obtained by calling navigator.mediaDevices.getSupportedConstraints().

Value

A Boolean value which is true if the displaySurface constraint is supported by the device and user agent.

Examples

This method sets up the constraints object specifying the options for the call to getDisplayMedia(). It adds the displaySurface constraint (requesting that only fullscreen sharing be allowed) only if it is known to be supported by the browser. Capturing is then started by calling getDisplayMedia() and attaching the returned stream to the video element referenced by the variable videoElem.

js
async function capture() {
  let supportedConstraints = navigator.mediaDevices.getSupportedConstraints();
  let displayMediaOptions = {
    video: {},
    audio: false,
  };

  if (supportedConstraints.displaySurface) {
    displayMediaOptions.video.displaySurface = "monitor";
  }

  try {
    videoElem.srcObject =
      await navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia(displayMediaOptions);
  } catch (err) {
    /* handle the error */
  }
}

Specifications

Specification
Screen Capture
# dom-mediatrackconstraintset-displaysurface

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
displaySurface constraint
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 107 (Release date: 2022-10-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 107 (Release date: 2022-10-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 93 (Release date: 2022-11-17)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 11.1 (Release date: 2018-04-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 107 (Release date: 2022-10-25)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 73 (Release date: 2023-01-17)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 21 (Release date: 2023-05-19)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 107 (Release date: 2022-10-25)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11.3 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

See also