DeviceLightEvent.value

The value property provides the current level of the ambient light.

SyntaxEdit

var light = instanceOfDeviceLightEvent.value;

ValueEdit

A positive number representing a light intensity expressed in lux.

SpecificationsEdit

Specification Status Comment
Ambient Light Events
The definition of 'Ambient Light Events' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibilityEdit

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support Not supported 22.0 (22.0)[1] Not supported Not supported Not supported

[1] The devicelight event is implemented and preference enabled by default in Firefox Mobile for Android (15.0) and in Firefox OS (B2G). Starting with Gecko 22.0 (Firefox 22.0 / Thunderbird 22.0 / SeaMonkey 2.19) a desktop implementation for Mac OS X is also available. Support for Windows 7 is in progress (see bug 754199).

See alsoEdit

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