GamepadEvent

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨March 2017⁩.

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The GamepadEvent interface of the Gamepad API contains references to gamepads connected to the system, which is what the gamepad eventsgamepadconnected andgamepaddisconnected are fired in response to.

Constructor

GamepadEvent(): Returns a newGamepadEvent object.

Instance properties

GamepadEvent.gamepadRead only: Returns aGamepad object, providing access to the associated gamepad data for the event fired.

Examples

The gamepad property being called on a firedgamepadconnected event.

window.addEventListener("gamepadconnected", (e) => {  console.log(    "Gamepad connected at index %d: %s. %d buttons, %d axes.",    e.gamepad.index,    e.gamepad.id,    e.gamepad.buttons.length,    e.gamepad.axes.length,  );});

And on agamepaddisconnected event.

window.addEventListener("gamepaddisconnected", (e) => {  console.log(    "Gamepad disconnected from index %d: %s",    e.gamepad.index,    e.gamepad.id,  );});