USBConnectionEvent

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
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Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The USBConnectionEvent interface of the WebUSB API is the event type passed to USB connect and disconnect events when the user agent detects that a new USB device has been connected or disconnected.

Event USBConnectionEvent

Constructor

USBConnectionEvent() Experimental

Returns a USBConnectionEvent object.

Instance properties

USBConnectionEvent.device Read only Experimental

Returns a USBDevice object representing the current device.

Examples

In the following example listening for connect and disconnect events is used to add and remove the devices from the user interface of an application.

js
navigator.usb.addEventListener("connect", (event) => {
  // Add event.device to the UI.
});

navigator.usb.addEventListener("disconnect", (event) => {
  // Remove event.device from the UI.
});

Specifications

Specification
WebUSB API
# usbconnectionevent

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
USBConnectionEvent
Experimental
USBConnectionEvent() constructor
Experimental
device
Experimental
Available in workers
Experimental

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