MIDIPort.state

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The state read-only property of the MIDIPort interface returns the state of the port.

Syntax

let state = MIDIPort.state;

Value

A string containing the state of the port, one of:

"disconnected"

The device that this MIDIPort represents is disconnected from the system.

"connected"

The device that this MIDIPort represents is currently connected.

Examples

The following example loops through all input ports and prints the state of each to the console.

for (let entry of midiAccess.inputs) {
  let input = entry[1];
  console.log(input.state);
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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state
43
79
No
No
30
No
43
43
No
30
No
4.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MIDIPort/state