Gamepad.connected

The Gamepad.connected property of the Gamepad interface returns a boolean indicating whether the gamepad is still connected to the system.

If the gamepad is connected, the value is true; if not, it is false.

Syntax

const connected = gamepad.connected;

Example

var gp = navigator.getGamepads()[0];
console.log(gp.connected);

Value

A boolean value.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
connected
35
25-34
12
29
No
22
15-21
10.1
No
35
25-34
32
22
14-21
10.3
4.0
2.0-3.0

See also

Using the Gamepad API

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad/connected