Gyroscope: x property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

The x read-only property of the Gyroscope interface returns a number specifying the angular velocity of the device along its x-axis.

Value

A Number.

Examples

The gyroscope is typically read in the reading event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.

js
let gyroscope = new Gyroscope({ frequency: 60 });

gyroscope.addEventListener("reading", (e) => {
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the X-axis ${gyroscope.x}`);
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the Y-axis ${gyroscope.y}`);
  console.log(`Angular velocity along the Z-axis ${gyroscope.z}`);
});
gyroscope.start();

Specifications

Specification
Gyroscope
# gyroscope-x

Browser compatibility

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