PointerEvent.tiltX

Summary

This property is the angle (in degrees) between the Y-Z plane of the pointer and the screen. This property is typically only useful for a pen/stylus pointer type. The range of values is -90 to 90 degrees and a positive value means a tilt to the right. For devices that do not support this property, the value is 0.

For an illustration of this property see Figure 2 in the specification.

This property is Read only .

Syntax

var tilt = pointerEvent.tiltX;

Return value

tilt

The angle between the Y-Z plane of the pointer (stylus) and the screen.

Example

This example illustrates simple accessing of the tiltX and tiltY properties.

someElement.addEventListener("pointerdown", function(ev) {
   process_tilt(ev.tiltX, ev.tiltY);
 }, false);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] Implementation withdrawn. See bug 1166347.