GamepadHapticActuator.pulse() - Web APIs
the pulse() method of the gamepadhapticactuator interface makes the hardware pulse at a certain intensity for a specified duration. syntax gamepadhapticactuatorinstance.pulse(value, duration).then(function(result) { ... }); parameters value a double representing the intensity of the pulse. this can vary depending on the hardware type, but generally takes a value between 0.0 (no intensity) and 1.0 (full intensity). duration a double representing the duration of the pulse, in milliseconds. note: repeated calls to pulse() override the previous calls if they are still ongoing. return value a promise that resolves with a value of true when the pulse has successfully completed. ...
....0 (no intensity) and 1.0 (full intensity). duration a double representing the duration of the pulse, in milliseconds. note: repeated calls to pulse() override the previous calls if they are still ongoing. return value a promise that resolves with a value of true when the pulse has successfully completed. examples tbc specifications specification status comment gamepad extensionsthe definition of 'pulse()' in that specification. editor's draft initial definition ...

Gamepad.connected - Web APIs
the gamepad.connected property of the gamepad interface returns a boolean indicating whether the gamepad is still connected to the system. if the gamepad is connected, the value is true; if not, it is false. syntax readonly attribute boolean connected; example var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[0]; console.log(gp.connected); value a boolean. specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepad.connected' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

Gamepad.hand - Web APIs
the hand read-only property of the gamepad interface returns an enum defining what hand the controller is being held in, or is most likely to be held in. syntax var myhand = gamepadinstance.hand; value a gamepadhand enum; possible values are: left — the left hand. right — the right hand. empty string ("") — this value is returned if the other values are not applicable, e.g. the controller is held in both hands, or would be fine in either. examples tbc specifications specification status comment gamepad extensionsthe definition of 'hand' in that specification. editor's draft initial definition ...

Gamepad.hapticActuators - Web APIs
the hapticactuators read-only property of the gamepad interface returns an array containing gamepadhapticactuator objects, each of which represents haptic feedback hardware available on the controller. syntax var myhapticactuators = gamepadinstance.hapticactuators; value an array containing gamepadhapticactuator objects. examples tbc specifications specification status comment gamepad extensionsthe definition of 'hapticactuators' in that specification. editor's draft initial definition ...

Gamepad.index - Web APIs
the gamepad.index property of the gamepad interface returns an integer that is auto-incremented to be unique for each device currently connected to the system. this can be used to distinguish multiple controllers; a gamepad that is disconnected and reconnected will retain the same index. syntax readonly attribute long index; example window.addeventlistener("gamepadconnected", function() { var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[0]; gamepadinfo.innerhtml = "gamepad connected at index " + gp.index + ": " + gp.id + "."; }); value a number. specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepad.index' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

Gamepad.mapping - Web APIs
the gamepad.mapping property of the gamepad interface returns a string indicating whether the browser has remapped the controls on the device to a known layout. currently there is only one supported known layout–the standard gamepad. if the browser is able to map controls on the device to that layout the mapping property will be set to the string standard. syntax readonly attribute domstring mapping; example var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[0]; console.log(gp.mapping); value a string. specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepad.mapping' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

GamepadButton.pressed - Web APIs
the gamepadbutton.pressed property of the gamepadbutton interface returns a boolean indicating whether the button is currently pressed (true) or unpressed (false). syntax var ispressed = navigator.getgamepads()[0].pressed; example var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[0]; // get the first gamepad object if(gp.buttons[0].pressed == true) { // respond to button being pressed } value a boolean. specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepadbutton.pressed' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

GamepadButton.value - Web APIs
the gamepadbutton.value property of the gamepadbutton interface returns a double value used to represent the current state of analog buttons on many modern gamepads, such as the triggers. the values are normalized to the range 0.0 — 1.0, with 0.0 representing a button that is not pressed, and 1.0 representing a button that is fully pressed. syntax readonly attribute double value; example var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[0]; if(gp.buttons[0].value > 0) { // respond to analog button being pressed in } value a double. specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepadbutton.value' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

GamepadHapticActuator.type - Web APIs
the type read-only property of the gamepadhapticactuator interface returns an enum representing the type of the haptic hardware. syntax var myactuatortype = gamepadhapticactuatorinstance.type; value an enum of type gamepadhapticactuatortype; currently available types are: vibration — vibration hardware, which creates a rumbling effect. examples tbc specifications specification status comment gamepad extensionsthe definition of 'gamepadhapticactuatortype' in that specification. editor's draft initial definition ...

GamepadHapticActuator - Web APIs
the gamepadhapticactuator interface of the gamepad api represents hardware in the controller designed to provide haptic feedback to the user (if available), most commonly vibration hardware. this interface is accessible through the gamepad.hapticactuators property. properties gamepadhapticactuator.type read only returns an enum representing the type of the haptic hardware. methods gamepadhapticactuator.pulse() read only makes the hardware pulse at a certain intensity for a specified duration. examples tbd. specifications specification status comment gamepad extensionsthe definition of 'gamepadhapticactuator' in that specification. editor's draft initial definition ...

Navigator.getGamepads() - Web APIs
the navigator.getgamepads() method returns an array of gamepad objects, one for each gamepad connected to the device. elements in the array may be null if a gamepad disconnects during a session, so that the remaining gamepads retain the same index. syntax var gamepads = navigator.getgamepads(); example window.addeventlistener("gamepadconnected", function(e) { var gp = navigator.getgamepads()[e.gamepad.index]; console.log( "gamepad connected at index %d: %s. %d buttons, %d axes.", gp.index, gp.id, gp.buttons.length, gp.axes.length ); }); specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'the gamepad api specification' in that specification. working draft initial definition. ...

Window.ongamepadconnected - Web APIs
the ongamepadconnected property of the window interface represents an event handler that will run when a gamepad is connected (when the gamepadconnected event fires). the event object is of type gamepadevent. syntax window.ongamepadconnected = function() { ... }; examples window.ongamepadconnected = function(event) { // all buttons and axes values can be accessed through event.gamepad; }; specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepadconnected event' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

Window.ongamepaddisconnected - Web APIs
the ongamepaddisconnected property of the window interface represents an event handler that will run when a gamepad is disconnected (when the gamepaddisconnected event fires). the event object is of type gamepadevent. syntax window.ongamepaddisconnected = function() { ... }; examples window.ongamepaddisconnected = function() { // a gamepad has been disconnected }; specifications specification status comment gamepadthe definition of 'gamepaddisconnected event' in that specification. working draft initial definition ...

Index - Web APIs
h with the same number of channels. 1434 gainnode() api, audio, constructor, gainnode, media, reference, web audio api the gainnode() constructor of the web audio api creates a new gainnode object which an audionode that represents a change in volume. 1435 gainnode.gain api, gain, gainnode, property, reference, web audio api an audioparam. ...
...umber of channels. 1434 gainnode() api, audio, constructor, gainnode, media, reference, web audio api the gainnode() constructor of the web audio api creates a new gainnode object which an audionode that represents a change in volume. 1435 gainnode.gain api, gain, gainnode, property, reference, web audio api an audioparam. ...
...pi, audio, constructor, gainnode, media, reference, web audio api the gainnode() constructor of the web audio api creates a new gainnode object which an audionode that represents a change in volume. 1435 gainnode.gain api, gain, gainnode, property, reference, web audio api an audioparam. ...
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Inputs and input sources - Web APIs
direction (or the object at which it points), or to otherwise engage an action. for details on the primary action, see primary action. squeezing squeezing the controller or a mechanism on the controller to engage a secondary action. the section primary squeeze action describes this in more detail. any additional capabilities a webxr controller may have are accessed through the input source's gamepad object. this object provides access to all of the buttons, axes, trackpads, and so forth that may be a part of the controller. see advanced controllers using the gamepad object to learn how to use these controllers. properties of input sources each individual xrinputsource has a set of properties that describe the input's available axes and buttons, which hand the user's holding it in, and how ...
...ow, in which the controller is located down and to the left of the world space's origin, with the controller also moved to be closer to us than the origin. as a result, the values of x and y are both negative, while z is positive. mapping a grip space to the world origin when the controller is positioned below and to the left of the world origin, and closer to us than the world origin is. ...
...own and to the left of the world space's origin, with the controller also moved to be closer to us than the origin. as a result, the values of x and y are both negative, while z is positive. mapping a grip space to the world origin when the controller is positioned below and to the left of the world origin, and closer to us than the world origin is. ...
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Index - Game development
28 efficient animation for web games animation, games, javascript this article covers techniques and advice for creating efficient animation for web games, with a slant towards supporting lower end devices such as mobile phones. we touch on css transitions and css animations, and javascript loops involving window.requestanimationframe. 29 implementing controls using the gamepad api controls, gamepad api, gamepads, games, javascript, controllers the gamepad api is very easy to develop with. now it's easier than ever to deliver a console-like experience to the browser without the need for any plugins. you can play the full version of the hungry fridge game directly in your browser, install it from the firefox marketplace or check the source code of the demo alon...
...ds, games, javascript, controllers the gamepad api is very easy to develop with. now it's easier than ever to deliver a console-like experience to the browser without the need for any plugins. you can play the full version of the hungry fridge game directly in your browser, install it from the firefox marketplace or check the source code of the demo along with all the other resources on the gamepad api content kit. 30 implementing game control mechanisms controls, desktop, gamepad, games, javascript, laptop, mobile, keyboard, mouse, touch one of html5's main advantages as a game development platform is the ability to run on various platforms and devices. streamlining cross device differences creates multiple challenges, not least when providing appropriate controls for ...
...opment platform is the ability to run on various platforms and devices. streamlining cross device differences creates multiple challenges, not least when providing appropriate controls for different contexts. in this series of articles we will show you how you can approach building a game that can be played using touchscreen smartphones, mouse and keyboard, and also less common mechanisms such as gamepads. 31 desktop gamepad controls controls, desktop, gamepad api, gamepads, games, javascript, controllers that's it! we have successfully implemented gamepad controls in our game — try connecting any popular controller like the xbox 360 one and see for yourself how fun it is to avoid the asteroids and shoot the aliens with a gamepad. 32 desktop mouse and keyboard co...
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Window - Web APIs
any ambient light levels changes window.ondevicemotion called if accelerometer detects a change (for mobile devices) window.ondeviceorientation called when the orientation is changed (for mobile devices) window.ondeviceorientationabsolute an event handler property for any device orientation changes. window.ondeviceproximity an event handler property for device proximity event window.ongamepadconnected represents an event handler that will run when a gamepad is connected (when the gamepadconnected event fires). window.ongamepaddisconnected represents an event handler that will run when a gamepad is disconnected (when the gamepaddisconnected event fires). window.onmozbeforepaint an event handler property for the mozbeforepaint event, which is sent before repainting the window if th...
...so available via the onoffline property. online fired when the browser has gained access to the network and the value of navigator.online has switched to true. also available via the ononline property. focus events blur fired when an element has lost focus. also available via the onblur property. focus fired when an element has gained focus. ...
...he onoffline property. online fired when the browser has gained access to the network and the value of navigator.online has switched to true. also available via the ononline property. focus events blur fired when an element has lost focus. also available via the onblur property. focus fired when an element has gained focus. ...
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XRInputSourceArray.entries() - Web APIs
ies()) { /* ... */ } parameters none. return value an iterator which can be used to walk through the list of xrinputsource objects included in the input source array. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
... } parameters none. return value an iterator which can be used to walk through the list of xrinputsource objects included in the input source array. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
...s none. return value an iterator which can be used to walk through the list of xrinputsource objects included in the input source array. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
...s = xrsession.inputsources; for (let input of sources.entries()) { if (input.gamepad) { checkgamepad(input.gamepad); } else { if (input.targetraymode === "tracked-pointer" && input.handedness === player.handedness) { /* handle main hand controller */ handlemainhandinput(input); } else { /* handle other inputs */ } } } for each input in the llist, gamepad inputs are dispatched to a checkgamepad() with the input's gamepad object, taken from its gamepad property, as an input for other devices, we look for tracked-pointer devices in the player's main hand, dispatching those to a handlemainhandinput() method. specifications specification status comment webxr device apithe definition of 'xrinputsourcearray' in that specif...

XRInputSourceArray.forEach() - Web APIs
k. note that if you use arrow function notation (=>) to provide the callback, you can omit thisarg, since all arrow functions lexically bind this. return value undefined. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
...use arrow function notation (=>) to provide the callback, you can omit thisarg, since all arrow functions lexically bind this. return value undefined. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
...tion notation (=>) to provide the callback, you can omit thisarg, since all arrow functions lexically bind this. return value undefined. examples this example snippet gets the list of inputs for a session and tries to handle each type of input device it supports using. ...
...urces; inputsources.foreach((input) => { if (input.gamepad) { checkgamepad(input.gamepad); } else { if (input.targetraymode === "tracked-pointer" && input.handedness === player.handedness) { /* handle main hand controller */ handlemainhandinput(input); } else { /* handle other inputs */ } } }); for each input in the llist, the callback dispatches gamepad inputs to a checkgamepad() with the input's gamepad object, taken from its gamepad property, as an input for other devices, we look for tracked-pointer devices in the player's main hand, dispatching those to a handlemainhandinput() method. specifications specification status comment webxr device apithe definition of 'xrinputsourcearray' in that specification.1 wo...

Implementing game control mechanisms - Game development
opment platform is the ability to run on various platforms and devices. streamlining cross device differences creates multiple challenges, not least when providing appropriate controls for different contexts. in this series of articles we will show you how you can approach building a game that can be played using touchscreen smartphones, mouse and keyboard, and also less common mechanisms such as gamepads. case study we'll be using the captain rogers: battle at andromeda demo as an example. captain rogers was created using the phaser framework, the most popular tool for simple 2d game development in javascript right now, but it should be fairly easy to reuse the knowledge contained within these articles when building games in pure javascript or any other framework. if you're looking for a go...
...dge contained within these articles when building games in pure javascript or any other framework. if you're looking for a good introduction to phaser, then check the 2d breakout game using phaser tutorial. in the following articles we will show how to implement various different control mechanisms for captain rogers to support different platforms — from touch on mobile, through keyboard/mouse/gamepad on desktop, to more unconventional ones like tv remote, shouting to or waving your hand in front of the laptop, or squeezing bananas. setting up the environment let's start with a quick overview of the game's folder structure, javascript files and in-game states, so we know what's happening where. the game's folders look like this: as you can see there are folders for images, javascript file...
...us on the apis provided for interfacing with different control mechanisms: mobile touch controls — the first article will kick off with touch, as the mobile first approach is very popular. desktop mouse and keyboard controls — when playing on a desktop/laptop computer, providing keyboard and mouse controls is essential to provide an acceptable level of accessibility for the game. desktop gamepad controls — the gamepad api rather usefully allows gamepads to be used for controlling web apps on desktop/laptop, for that console feel. unconventional controls — the final article showcases some unconventional control mechanisms, from the experimental to the slightly crazy, which you might not believe could be used to play the game. ...

Introduction to game development for the Web - Game development
(or on html5-powered devices) without making compromises. the html5 game platform you can truly think of the web as a better target platform for your game. ...
... their home laptops, their work desktops, or anything else. web technologies for game developers for the tech folks, let's dig into the apis the web brings to the table that cater to game developers. here's a thorough list to give you a taste of what the web can do for you: full screen api this simple api lets your game take over the entire screen, thereby immersing the player in action. gamepad api if you want your users to be able to use gamepads or other game controllers to work your game, you'll need this api. html and css together, these two technologies let you build, style, and lay out your game's user interface. part of html is the <canvas> element, which provides one way to do 2d graphics. html audio the <audio> element lets you easily play simple sound effects and music. i...

Unconventional controls - Game development
previous overview: control mechanisms having different control mechanisms in your game helps reach broader audiences. implementing mobile and desktop controls is recommended is a must, and gamepad controls add that extra experience. but imagine going even further — in this article we will explore various unconventional ways to control your web game, some more unconventional than others. tv remote playing games on a tv screen doesn't always have to be done through consoles. there's already a gamepad api working on the desktop computers, so we can imitate the experience, but we can go even further. modern smart tvs can handle html5 games, because they have a built-in browser that can be used as a gaming platform. smart tvs are shipped with remote controls, which can be used to co...
...hone! this can be accomplished using a small library created by daniel rapp — it can be as simple as calculating the difference between two frequencies: doppler.init(function(bandwidth) { var diff = bandwidth.left - bandwidth.right; }); the diff would be the difference between the initial position of the hand and the final one. this approach won't give us the full flexibility of using a gamepad, or even leap motion, but it's definitely an interesting, unconventional alternative. you can use it to scroll a page hands-free, or play theremin, but it should also be enough to move the ship up and down the screen if implemented correctly. proximity api another interesting idea is to use the built-in proximity sensors of your hardware to detect how far an object, for example a hand, is from ...

Fundamentals of WebXR - Web APIs
g the process of rendering the views needed to simulate the 3d experience and the ability to sense the movement of the headset or other motion sensing apparatus to provide the needed data to let you update the imagery shown to the user based on that movement. webxr additionally provides support for accepting inputs from control devices such as handheld vr controllers or specialized mixed reality gamepads. webxr is not a rendering technology, and provides no features for actually managing 3d data or rendering it to the display. this is an important fact to keep in mind; while webxr manages the timing, scheduling, and the various points of view relevant when drawing the scene, it does not actually know how to load and manage models, render and texture them, and so forth. that part is entirely up ...
...bxr was created. the most obvious difference, at the highest level, is that webxr supports not just virtual reality applications, but also augmented reality, which blends virtual objects with the user's true physical environment. another key difference is that webxr has integrated support for the advanced input controllers that are used with most mixed reality headsets, while webvr relied on the gamepad api to support the controllers. in webxr, the primary select and squeeze actions are directly supported using events, while other controls are available through a special webxr-specific implementation of the gamepad object. basic concepts before getting into too much detail, let's consider some basic concepts that you need to know before you learn how to develop xr code. field of view the ter...

Rendering and the WebXR frame animation callback - Web APIs
there are three methods by which users might provide input while using a webxr application. first, webxr supports directly handling inputs from the controllers which are integrated with the xr hardware itself. these input sources may include devices such as hand controllers, optical tracking systems, acclerometers and magnetometers, and other devices of that nature. the second type of input is a gamepad that's connected through the xr system. this uses interfaces inherited from the gamepad api but you interact with them through webxr. the third and final type of input is the traditional non-xr input device such as keyboards, mice, trackpads, touch screens, and non-xr gamepads and joysticks. orientation and position information that can be collected from the xr hardware directly is applied auto...
...h webxr. the third and final type of input is the traditional non-xr input device such as keyboards, mice, trackpads, touch screens, and non-xr gamepads and joysticks. orientation and position information that can be collected from the xr hardware directly is applied automatically. thus it's the other kinds of input that you need to handle yourself: pointing device target and button presses gamepad inputs non-xr input device inputs to learn more about how to handle user inputs while presenting a scene using webxr, see the article inputs and input sources. updating object positions most (though not all) scenes include some form of animation, in which things move and react to one another in appropriate ways. for example, a virtual reality or augmented reality game might have enemy non-p...

WebXR Device API - Web APIs
h of the spectators of a scene, in a multi-user environment. xrinputsource represents any input device the user can use to perform targeted actions within the same virtual space as the viewer. input sources may include devices such as hand controllers, optical tracking systems, and other devices which are explicitly associated with the xr device. other input devices such as keyboards, mice, and gamepads are not presented as xrinputsource instances. xrwebgllayer a layer which serves as a webgl frame buffer into which a scene's view is rendered. using webgl to render the scene gains substantial performance benefits due to graphics acceleration. event interfaces the following interfaces are used to represent the events used by the webxr api. xrinputsourceevent sent when the state of an xr...
...s targeting ray mode and targeting ray space to display a targeting ray, identify targeted surfaces or objects, and perform related tasks. using webxr input profiles a guide to interpreting the json data provided by the webxr input profiles registry, which can be used to determine what options and controls are available on the user's available input devices. supporting advanced controllers and gamepads in webxr applications webxr uses the gamepad object to describe the controls available on complex input devices (such as hand controllers with multiple buttons and/or axes) and gamepad-like devices. in this guide, learn how to make use of these devices' controls. performance and security webxr performance guide recommendations and tips to help you optimize the performance of your webxr ap...

Web APIs
s have to be the case. specifications this is a list of all the apis that are available. ...
...event file fileentrysync fileerror fileexception filelist filereader filereadersync filerequest filesystem filesystemdirectoryentry filesystemdirectoryreader filesystementry filesystementrysync filesystemfileentry filesystemflags filesystemsync focusevent fontface fontfaceset fontfacesetloadevent formdata formdataentryvalue formdataevent fullscreenoptions g gainnode gamepad gamepadbutton gamepadevent gamepadhapticactuator geolocation geolocationcoordinates geolocationposition geolocationpositionerror geometryutils gestureevent globaleventhandlers gyroscope h htmlanchorelement htmlareaelement htmlaudioelement htmlbrelement htmlbaseelement htmlbasefontelement htmlbodyelement htmlbuttonelement htmlcanvaselement htmlcollection htmlcontentelement htmldlistelem...

Event reference
s about to receive focus (bubbles). focusout focusevent dom l3 an element is about to lose focus (bubbles). fullscreenchange event full screen an element was toggled to or from fullscreen mode. fullscreenerror event full screen it was impossible to switch to fullscreen mode for technical reasons or because the permission was denied. gamepadconnected gamepadevent gamepad a gamepad has been connected. gamepaddisconnected gamepadevent gamepad a gamepad has been disconnected. gotpointercapture pointerevent pointer events element receives pointer capture. hashchange hashchangeevent html5 the fragment identifier of the url has changed (the part of the url after the #). ...
...the document.title changes within a browser iframe. mozbrowserusernameandpasswordrequired firefox os browser api-specific sent when an http authentication is requested. mozbrowservisibilitychange firefox os browser api-specific sent when the visibility state of the current browser iframe <iframe> changes, for example due to a call to setvisible(). mozgamepadbuttondown to be specified a gamepad button is pressed down. mozgamepadbuttonup to be specified a gamepad button is released. mozmousepixelscroll mozilla specific the wheel button of a pointing device is rotated (detail attribute is a number of pixels). (use wheel instead) mozorientation mozilla specific fresh data is available...

Building up a basic demo with the PlayCanvas engine - Game development
that's quite an impressive list of features — let's see some in action. we will try putting together a simple demo first — a cube rendered on the screen. ...

Building up a basic demo with PlayCanvas - Game development
oder. those approaches are different but work equally well regarding achieving end goals. playcanvas engine built for modern browsers, playcanvas is a fully-featured 3d game engine with resource loading, an entity and component system, advanced graphics manipulation, collision and physics engine (built with ammo.js), audio, and facilities to handle control inputs from various devices (including gamepads). that's quite an impressive list of features — let's see some in action, check out the building up a basic demo with playcanvas engine for details. playcanvas editor instead of coding everything from the beginning you can also use the online editor. this can be a more pleasant working environment if you are not someone who likes to code. see the building up a basic demo with playcanvas edit...

WebVR — Virtual Reality for the Web - Game development
re information, read our webvr concepts article. the webvr api the webvr api is the central api for capturing information on vr devices connected to a computer and headset position/orientation/velocity/acceleration information, and converting that into useful data you can use in your games and other applications. note: there are of course other apis useful for creating games, for example the gamepad api for control inputs, and the device orientation api for handling display orientation on mobile. browser support and spec status currently browser support for the webvr api is still experimental — it works in nightly builds of firefox and experimental builds of chrome (mozilla and google teamed up to work on the implementation together), but sooner rather than later we'll see it in regular...

Desktop mouse and keyboard controls - Game development
can be done exactly the same as before — by capturing key codes and performing actions. for example, by specifying phaser.keycode.backspace or phaser.keycode.delete you can hook up an action to fire when the delete/backspace button is pressed. summary ok, we've dealt with touch, keyboard and mouse controls. now let's move on to look at how to set up the game to be controlled using a console gamepad, using the gamepad api. previous overview: control mechanisms next ...

Windows SDK versions
h the windows 7 sdk, so you should be all set out of the box. visual c++ 10 (vs2010) express download and install the windows 7 sdk. older versions some of the older version are no longer supported, further information is available at obsolete build caveats and tips [en-us] under the windows sdk article. windows 8 sdk (official) features that depend on this sdk include: metro firefox front end gamepad api support you can download the sdk from the microsoft download center [web setup]. windows 7 sdk features that depend on this sdk include: windows 7 taskbar previews windows 7 download taskbar progress windows 7 jump lists you can download the sdk (v7.0 [web setup or iso image] or unsupported v7.1 [web setup or iso image]) from the microsoft download center. note that if you're running a ...

Event - Web APIs
ll event interfaces have names which end in "event". ...

KeyboardEvent.code - Web APIs
r to match as closely as possible to what would happen with a physical keyboard, to maximize compatibility between physical and virtual input devices. this property is useful when you want to handle keys based on their physical positions on the input device rather than the characters associated with those keys; this is especially common when writing code to handle input for games that simulate a gamepad-like environment using keys on the keyboard. be aware, however, that you can't use the value reported by keyboardevent.code to determine the character generated by the keystroke, because the keycode's name may not match the actual character that's printed on the key or that's generated by the computer when the key is pressed. for example, the code returned is "keyq" for the q key on a qwerty lay...

XRInputSource - Web APIs
the webxr device api's xrinputsource interface describes a single source of control input which is part of the user's webxr-compatible virtual or augmented reality system. the device is specific to the platform being used, but provides the direction in which it is being aimed and optionally may generate events if the user triggers performs actions using the device. properties gamepad read only a gamepad object describing the state of the buttons and axes on the xr input source, if it is a gamepad or comparable device. if the device isn't a gamepad-like device, this property's value is null. note: while xrinputsource uses the gamepad interface from the gamepad api, this input device is strictly associated with the webxr hardware and is not a general-purpose gaming device. ...

XRSession.inputSources - Web APIs
the read-only inputsources property of the xrsession interface returns an xrinputsourcearray object which lists all controllers and input devices which are expressly associated with the xr device and are currently available. these controllers may include handheld controllers, xr-equipped gloves, optically tracked hands, and gaze-based input methods. keyboards, gamepads, and mice are not considered webxr input sources. note: traditional gamepad controllers are supported using the gamepad api. syntax inputsources = xrsession.inputsources; value an xrinputsourcearray object listing all of the currently-connected input controllers which are linked specifically to the xr device currently in use. the returned object is live; as devices are connected to and removed from the user's system, the ...

Guide to Web APIs - Developer guides
e list of all of the apis provided by the full web technology stack. ...