ScreenDetails: currentscreenchange event

Limited availability

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

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

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

The currentscreenchange event of the ScreenDetails interface is fired when the ScreenDetails.currentScreen changes in one of the following ways:

  • The current screen changes to a different screen, i.e., the current browser window is moved to a different screen.
  • One or more of the following properties change on the current screen:
  • One or more of the following values change:
    • The screen's position ((x,y) coordinates of the top-left corner) inside the OS virtual screen arrangement, relative to the multi-screen origin
    • The screen's available position ((x,y) coordinates of the top-left corner) inside the OS virtual screen arrangement, relative to the multi-screen origin. This is equal to the screen position, plus the width/height of any OS UI elements drawn on the top-left of the screen — windows cannot be placed in those areas
    • devicePixelRatio
    • label
    • The screen's designation as primary or secondary (see isPrimary)
    • The screen's designation as internal or external (see isInternal)

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("currentscreenchange", (event) => {});

oncurrentscreenchange = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

js
const screenDetails = await window.getScreenDetails();
screenDetails.addEventListener("currentscreenchange", (event) => {
  const details = screenDetails.currentScreen;
  console.log("The current screen has changed.", event, details);
});

Specifications

Specification
Window Management
# eventdef-screendetails-currentscreenchange
Window Management
# ref-for-dom-screendetails-oncurrentscreenchange

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
currentscreenchange event
Experimental

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Full support
Full support
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Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also