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DevicePosture

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 DevicePosture interface of the Device Posture API represents the device's posture, that is, whether the viewport is in a flat or folded state.

EventTarget DevicePosture

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, EventTarget.

type Read only Experimental

Returns the device's current posture.

Events

change Experimental

Fires when the device's posture changes.

Examples

const postureOutput = document.getElementById("currentPosture");

function reportPostureOutput() {
  // type property returns "continuous" or "folded"
  postureOutput.textContent = `Device posture: ${navigator.devicePosture.type}`;
}

navigator.devicePosture.addEventListener("change", reportPostureOutput);

Specifications

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
DevicePosture 132 132 No 117 No 132 No 87 No 16.2 132 No
change_event 132 132 No 117 No 132 No 87 No 16.2 132 No
type 132 132 No 117 No 132 No 87 No 16.2 132 No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DevicePosture