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HIDConnectionEvent: device property

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This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The device read-only property of the HIDConnectionEvent interface returns the HIDDevice associated with this connection event.

Value

A HIDDevice.

Examples

The following example registers event listeners for connect and disconnect events, then prints the HIDDevice.productName to the console.

navigator.hid.addEventListener("connect", ({ device }) => {
  console.log(`HID connected: ${device.productName}`);
});

navigator.hid.addEventListener("disconnect", ({ device }) => {
  console.log(`HID disconnected: ${device.productName}`);
});

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
device 89 89 No 75 No No No No No No No No

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