The GamepadEvent interface of the Gamepad API contains references to gamepads connected to the system, which is what the gamepad events gamepadconnected and gamepaddisconnected are fired in response to.

Constructor

• GamepadEvent()

  • : Returns a new GamepadEvent object.

Instance properties

• : Returns a object, providing access to the associated gamepad data for the event fired.

Examples

The gamepad property being called on a fired gamepadconnected event.

window.addEventListener("gamepadconnected", (e) => {
  console.log(
    "Gamepad connected at index %d: %s. %d buttons, %d axes.",
    e.gamepad.index,
    e.gamepad.id,
    e.gamepad.buttons.length,
    e.gamepad.axes.length,
  );
});

And on a gamepaddisconnected event.

window.addEventListener("gamepaddisconnected", (e) => {
  console.log(
    "Gamepad disconnected from index %d: %s",
    e.gamepad.index,
    e.gamepad.id,
  );
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

Using the Gamepad API