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ShadowRoot: pointerLockElement property

The read-only pointerLockElement property of the ShadowRoot interface provides the element set as the target for mouse events while the pointer is locked. It is null if lock is pending, pointer is unlocked, or the target is in another tree.

Value

An Element or null.

Examples

js

let customElem = document.querySelector("my-shadow-dom-element");
let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot;
let pleElem = shadow.pointerLockElement;

Specifications

Specification
Pointer Lock 2.0
# dom-documentorshadowroot-pointerlockelement

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
pointerLockElement 53 79 63 No 40 10.1 53 53 63 41 No 6.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ShadowRoot/pointerLockElement