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PointerEvent: twist property

The twist read-only property of the PointerEvent interface represents the clockwise rotation of the pointer (e.g., pen stylus) around its major axis, in degrees.

Value

A long value representing the amount of twist, in degrees, applied to the transducer (pointer). The value is in the range 0 to 359, inclusive. For devices that do not report twist, the value is 0.

Examples

When a pointerdown event is fired, different functions are called depending on the value of the event's twist property.

js

someElement.addEventListener(
  "pointerdown",
  (event) => {
    if (event.twist === 0) {
      // No twist
      process_no_twist(event);
    } else {
      // Default
      process_twist(event);
    }
  },
  false,
);

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
twist 57 18 59 No 44 13 57 57 79 43 13 7.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent/twist