Thegamepaddisconnected event is fired when the browser detects that a gamepad has been disconnected.

The event will not fire if disallowed by the document'sgamepadPermissions Policy.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods likeaddEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("gamepaddisconnected", (event) => { })ongamepaddisconnected = (event) => { }

Examples

To be informed when a gamepad is disconnected, you can add a handler to the window usingaddEventListener(), like this:

window.addEventListener("gamepaddisconnected", (event) => {  console.log("Lost connection with the gamepad.");});

Alternatively, you can use thewindow.ongamepaddisconnected event handler property to establish a handler for thegamepaddisconnected event:

window.ongamepaddisconnected = (event) => {  console.log("Lost connection with the gamepad.");};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• gamepadconnected
• Using Gamepad API