WakeLockSentinel: type 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.

The type read-only property of the WakeLockSentinel interface returns a string representation of the currently acquired WakeLockSentinel type.

Value

A string representation of the currently acquired wake lock type. Currently, the value is always screen, which represents a screen wake lock. It prevents devices from dimming or locking the screen.

Examples

This example shows an asynchronous function that acquires a WakeLockSentinel, then logs the type to the console.

js
const requestWakeLock = async () => {
  wakeLock = await navigator.wakeLock.request("screen");
  console.log(wakeLock.type); // logs 'screen'
};

requestWakeLock();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android
type 84 84 126 70 16.4 84 126 60
16.4Does not work in standalone Home Screen Web Apps. See bug 254545.
14.0 84

See also

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