Gamepad: id property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
Secure context: This feature is available only insecure contexts (HTTPS), in some or allsupporting browsers.
TheGamepad.id property of theGamepadinterface returns a string containing some information about the controller.
The exact syntax is not strictly specified, but in Firefox it will contain three piecesof information separated by dashes (-):
- Two 4-digit hexadecimal strings containing the USB vendor and product id of thecontroller
- The name of the controller as provided by the driver.
For example, a PS2 controller returned810-3-USB Gamepad.
This information is intended to allow you to find a mapping for the controls on thedevice as well as display useful feedback to the user.
Value
A string primitive.
Examples
js
window.addEventListener("gamepadconnected", () => { const gp = navigator.getGamepads()[0]; gamepadInfo.textContent = `Gamepad connected at index ${gp.index}: ${gp.id}.`;});Specifications
| Specification |
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| Gamepad # dom-gamepad-id |