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XRLayerEvent: layer property

Limited availability

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

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The layer property of the XRLayerEvent interface is a reference to the XRLayer which generated the event.

Value

An XRLayer.

Examples

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Using the layer property

In this example, the layer property is used to obtain the XRLayer object that sent the event.

myLayer.addEventListener("redraw", (e) => {
  if (e.layer instanceof XRQuadLayer) {
    // redraw quad layer
  }
});

Specifications

Specification
WebXR Layers API Level 1>
# dom-xrlayerevent-layer>

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
layer No No No No No No No No No No No No

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XRLayerEvent/layer