CaptureController: forwardWheel() method

The CaptureController interface's forwardWheel() method starts forwarding wheel events fired on the referenced element to the viewport of an associated captured display surface.

The forwardWheel() method must be invoked via transient activation. Specifically, the only events that can successfully invoke it are click and input. In addition, the user is asked for permission to share tabs when screen capture is first attempted; if the user grants permission, this also includes permission to scroll captured tabs. If the relevant permission is already "granted", transient activation is not needed.

Syntax

forwardWheel(element)

Parameters

element

A reference to the element whose wheel events you want to forward to the associated captured display surface.

Return value

A Promise that fulfills with undefined.

Exceptions

InvalidStateError DOMException

Thrown when:

• The capturing MediaStream returned by the originating MediaDevices.getDisplayMedia() call is no longer capturing, for example because the associated MediaStreamTrack objects have had stop() called on them.
• The application is capturing itself.
• An attempt is made to invoke forwardWheel() without transient activation, when permission to use it has not been granted by the user.

NotAllowedError DOMException

Thrown when:

• The page's captured-surface-control Permissions Policy does not permit the page to use the Captured Surface Control API.
• Permission to capture the display surface is explicitly denied by the user.

NotSupportedError DOMException

The surface type being captured is not a browser tab.

Examples

Basic forwardWheel() usage

In our live demo, explained in Using the Captured Surface Control API, we call a function called startForwarding() after the capturing getDisplayMedia() promise fulfills:

// Create controller and start capture
const controller = new CaptureController();
videoElem.srcObject = await navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia({
  controller,
});

// ...

startForwarding();

This function calls the forwardWheel() method, passing it a reference to the <video> element the captured stream is being displayed in:

async function startForwarding() {
  try {
    await controller.forwardWheel(videoElem);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
}

This results in the wheel events fired on the referenced element being forwarded to the captured display surface, allowing the capturing app to scroll it.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Screen Capture API
• MediaDevices.getDisplayMedia()
• Using the Captured Surface Control API