Window: devicemotion event

Secure context

The devicemotion event is fired at a regular interval and indicates the acceleration rate of the device with/without the contribution of the gravity force at that time. It also provides information about the rate of rotation, if available.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("devicemotion", (event) => { })

ondevicemotion = (event) => { }

Event type

A DeviceMotionEvent. Inherits from Event.

Examples

function handleMotionEvent(event) {
  const x = event.accelerationIncludingGravity.x;
  const y = event.accelerationIncludingGravity.y;
  const z = event.accelerationIncludingGravity.z;

  // Do something awesome.
}

window.addEventListener("devicemotion", handleMotionEvent);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• deviceorientation