This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Element.requestPointerLock()
method lets you asynchronously ask for the pointer to be locked on the given element.
To track the success or failure of the request, it is necessary to listen for the pointerlockchange
and pointerlockerror
events at the Document
level.
Syntax
instanceOfElement.requestPointerLock();
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Pointer Lock The definition of 'requestPointerLock()' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
requestPointerLock | Chrome
Full support
Yes
| Edge Full support 13 | Firefox
Full support
50
| IE ? | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 10 | WebView Android
Full support
Yes
| Chrome Android
Full support
Yes
| Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
Yes
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.