HTMLGeolocationElement: autolocate property
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The autolocate property of the HTMLGeolocationElement interface gets and sets a boolean value indicating whether the browser should immediately request location data when the <geolocation> element is rendered, provided permission to use the geolocation feature is already granted.
It reflects the value of the <geolocation> autolocate attribute.
Value
A boolean value:
- If
true, location data is requested as soon as the<geolocation>element is rendered, provided permission to use thegeolocationfeature was previously granted. - If
false, location data is only requested when the user presses the<geolocation>button.
Defaults to false.
If permission to use the geolocation feature was not previously granted, the autolocate property is ignored.
Examples
Basic usage
html
<geolocation autolocate></geolocation>
js
const geo = document.querySelector("geolocation");
console.log(geo.autolocate); // true
See our Embedded map example walkthrough for a real-world example that includes autolocate.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| The HTML Permission Elements # dom-htmlgeolocationelement-autolocate |
Browser compatibility
See also
<geolocation>element