Accelerometer: x property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The x read-only property of the Accelerometer interface returns a number specifying the acceleration of the device along its x-axis.
Value
A Number.
Examples
Acceleration is typically read in the reading event callback. In the example below this occurs sixty times a second.
js
const accelerometer = new Accelerometer({ frequency: 60 }); accelerometer.addEventListener("reading", (e) => { console.log(`Acceleration along the X-axis ${accelerometer.x}`); console.log(`Acceleration along the Y-axis ${accelerometer.y}`); console.log(`Acceleration along the Z-axis ${accelerometer.z}`); }); accelerometer.start(); Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Accelerometer # accelerometer-x |
Browser compatibility
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