HIDConnectionEvent: device property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers, except for Shared Web Workers.

The device read-only property of the HIDConnectionEvent interface returns the HIDDevice associated with this connection event.

Value

A HIDDevice.

Examples

The following example registers event listeners for connect and disconnect events, then prints the HIDDevice.productName to the console.

js
navigator.hid.addEventListener("connect", ({ device }) => {
  console.log(`HID connected: ${device.productName}`);
});

navigator.hid.addEventListener("disconnect", ({ device }) => {
  console.log(`HID disconnected: ${device.productName}`);
});

Specifications

Specification
WebHID API
# dom-hidconnectionevent-device

Browser compatibility

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