HIDInputReportEvent: device 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.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
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The device property of the HIDInputReportEvent interface returns the HIDDevice instance that represents the HID interface that sent the input report.

Value

An HIDDevice.

Examples

In the following example device is a HIDDevice instance, representing the device sending the report. The productName of this device is logged to the console.

js
device.addEventListener("inputreport", (event) => {
  const { data, device, reportId } = event;
  console.log(device.productName);
});

Specifications

Specification
WebHID API
# dom-hidinputreportevent-device

Browser compatibility

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