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Gamepad: connected property

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.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js

const gp = navigator.getGamepads()[0];
console.log(gp.connected);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
connected 25 12 29 No 15 10.1 4.4 25 32 14 10.3 1.5

See also

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