Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
Summary
An event handler for the deviceorientationabsolute event containing information about an absolute device orientation change.
Syntax
window.ondeviceorientationabsolute = function(event) { ... };
window.addEventListener('deviceorientationabsolute', function(event) { ... });
Specifications
This event handler is not currently part of any specification.
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ondeviceorientationabsolute | Chrome Full support 50 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox No support No | IE ? | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support 50 | Chrome Android Full support 50 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.