Gamepad: connected property

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.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

js

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

Specifications

Specification
Gamepad
# dom-gamepad-connected

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See also