WindowControlsOverlay: visible property

Limited availability

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

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

The visible read-only property of the WindowControlsOverlay interface returns a Boolean that indicates whether the window controls overlay is visible or not.

The window controls overlay is not be visible if:

  • The Web App Manifest's display_override member is not set to window-controls-overlay.
  • Or, if the user has opted-out of the feature.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js
if (navigator.windowControlsOverlay.visible) {
  // Execute code if the controls overlay is visible.
} else {
  // Do something else when it isn't visible.
}

Specifications

Specification
Window Controls Overlay
# the-visible-attribute

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
visible
Experimental
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 105 (Release date: 2022-09-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 105 (Release date: 2022-09-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 91 (Release date: 2022-09-14)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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

See also