Gamepad: axes property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The Gamepad.axes property of the Gamepad interface returns an array representing the controls with axes present on the device (e.g. analog thumb sticks).

Each entry in the array is a floating point value in the range -1.0 – 1.0, representing the axis position from the lowest value (-1.0) to the highest value (1.0).

Value

An array of numbers.

Examples

js
function gameLoop() {
  const [gp] = navigator.getGamepads();

  let a = 0;
  let b = 0;
  if (gp.axes[0] !== 0) {
    b -= gp.axes[0];
  } else if (gp.axes[1] !== 0) {
    a += gp.axes[1];
  } else if (gp.axes[2] !== 0) {
    b += gp.axes[2];
  } else if (gp.axes[3] !== 0) {
    a -= gp.axes[3];
  }

  ball.style.left = `${a * 2}px`;
  ball.style.top = `${b * 2}px`;

  const start = requestAnimationFrame(gameLoop);
}

Specifications

Specification
Gamepad
# dom-gamepad-axes

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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Full support
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See also