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The close() method of the HIDDevice interface closes the connection to the HID device.
close()
None.
A Promise that resolves with undefined once the connection is closed.
In the following example we close the HID device, once all data has been sent and received.
await device.close();
| Specification |
|---|
| WebHID API> # dom-hiddevice-close> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
close |
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/HIDDevice/close