PointerEvent: twist property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2020.
The twist read-only property of the
PointerEvent interface represents the clockwise rotation of the pointer
(e.g., pen stylus) around its major axis, in degrees.
Value
A long value representing the amount of twist, in degrees, applied to the
transducer (pointer). The value is in the range 0 to 359,
inclusive. For devices that do not report twist, the value is
0.
Examples
When a pointerdown event is fired, different functions are called
depending on the value of the event's twist property.
js
someElement.addEventListener("pointerdown", (event) => {
if (event.twist === 0) {
// No twist
process_no_twist(event);
} else {
// Default
process_twist(event);
}
});
Specifications
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| Pointer Events # dom-pointerevent-twist |
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