This property is the angle (in degrees) between the Y-Z plane of the pointer and the screen. This property is typically only useful for a pen/stylus pointer type. The range of values is -90 to 90 degrees and a positive value means a tilt to the right. For devices that do not support this property, the value is 0.
For an illustration of this property see Figure 2 in the specification.
This property is Read only .
Syntax
var tilt = pointerEvent.tiltX;
Return value
tilt
- The angle between the Y-Z plane of the pointer (stylus) and the screen.
Example
This example illustrates simple accessing of the tiltX
and tiltY
properties.
someElement.addEventListener("pointerdown", function(ev) { process_tilt(ev.tiltX, ev.tiltY); }, false);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Pointer Events – Level 2 The definition of 'tiltX' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft | Non-stable version. |
Pointer Events The definition of 'tiltX' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 55 | 12 | No 411 | 10 | 42 | No |
Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 55 | 55 | 12 | No 411 | 10 | 42 | No |
1. From version 41: this feature is behind the dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled
preference (needs to be set to true
). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.