This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The Gamepad.connected property of the Gamepad interface returns a boolean indicating whether the gamepad is still connected to the system.
If the gamepad is connected, the value is true; if not, it is false.
A boolean.
const gp = navigator.getGamepads()[0]; console.log(gp.connected);
| Specification |
|---|
| Gamepad> # dom-gamepad-connected> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
connected |
25 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 10.1 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 10.3 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad/connected