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This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.
The UIEvent.sourceCapabilities
read-only property returns an instance of the InputDeviceCapabilities
interface which provides information about the physical device responsible for generating a touch event. If no input device was responsible for the event, it returns null
.
When a single user interaction with an input device generates a series of different input events, the sourceCapabilities
property for all of them will point to the same instance of InputDeviceCapabilities
. For example, when a user lifts their finger off of a touchscreen, several UIEvents may be generated including touchend
, mousedown
, click
, and focus
. All of these events must have the same sourceCapabilities
representing the touchscreen.
A device is considered "responsible" for an event only when that interaction is part of the abstraction provided by the web platform. For example, many user agents allow a window to be resized with a mouse or a keyboard, but this detail is not exposed to the web platform in any way, and so the sourceCapabilities of a resize event will typically be null.
Syntax
var iDC = event.sourceCapabilities
Value
An instance of InputDeviceCapabilities
.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
InputDeviceCapabilities The definition of 'sourceCapabilities' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 47 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Feature | Android | Android Webview | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | 47 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 47 |