RelativeOrientationSensor: RelativeOrientationSensor() constructor

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.

The RelativeOrientationSensor() constructor creates a new RelativeOrientationSensor object which describes the device's physical orientation.

Syntax

js
new RelativeOrientationSensor()
new RelativeOrientationSensor(options)

Parameters

options Optional

Options are as follows:

frequency Optional

The desired number of times per second a sample should be taken, meaning the number of times per second that the reading event will be called. A whole number or decimal may be used, the latter for frequencies less than a second. The actual reading frequency depends device hardware and consequently may be less than requested.

referenceFrame Optional

Either 'device' or 'screen'. The default is 'device'.

Exceptions

SecurityError DOMException

Use of this feature was blocked by a Permissions Policy.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android
RelativeOrientationSensor 67 79 No 54 No 67 No 48 No 9.0 67

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RelativeOrientationSensor/RelativeOrientationSensor