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SensorErrorEvent: SensorErrorEvent() constructor

Limited availability

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

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The SensorErrorEvent() constructor creates a new SensorErrorEvent object which provides information about errors thrown by any of the interfaces based on Sensor.

Syntax

js
new SensorErrorEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string with the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers always set it to error.

options

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), can have the following properties:

error

A DOMException object describing the error.

Return value

A new SensorErrorEvent object.

Specifications

Specification
Generic Sensor API
# dom-sensorerrorevent-sensorerrorevent

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
SensorErrorEvent() constructor
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 67 (Release date: 2018-05-29)
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 54 (Release date: 2018-06-28)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 67 (Release date: 2018-05-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 48 (Release date: 2018-11-08)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 67 (Release date: 2018-05-31)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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