Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.
The devicelight event is fired when fresh data is available from a light sensor.
Note: This event has been disabled by default in Firefox 62, behind the device.sensors.ambientLight.enabled preference (bug 1462308).
| Bubbles | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No |
| Interface | SensorCallback |
| Target | DefaultView (window) |
Other properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
value Read only |
Double (float) | The sensor data for ambient light in Lux. |
min Read only |
Double (float) | The minimum value in the range the sensor detects (if available, 0 otherwise). |
max Read only |
Double (float) | The maximum value in the range the sensor detects (if available, 0 otherwise). |
Examples
window.addEventListener('devicelight', function(event) {
console.log(event.value);
});
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient Light Sensor The definition of 'Ambient Light Events' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Removed from specification |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on 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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeviceLightEvent | Chrome No support No | Edge No support ≤18 — 79 | Firefox
Full support
62
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
62
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.