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DevicePosture: type 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 type read-only property of the DevicePosture interface returns the device's current posture.

Value

A string representing the device's current posture. The value can be one of:

continuous

Indicates a flat screen posture — this can include a foldable device while it is being used flat, a seamless curved display, or a standard desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile screen.

folded

Indicates a folded screen posture — this can include a foldable device being used in a book or laptop posture.

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

Specification
Device Posture API>
# dom-deviceposture-type>

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
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/type