Pointer Lock (Mouse Lock)

Gives access to raw mouse movement, locks the target of mouse events to a single element, eliminates limits of how far mouse movement can go in a single direction, and removes the cursor from view. Obvious use cases are for first person or real time strategy games.

Comments

Chrome on Android does not support this API.

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_Lock_API

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 23
• Opera release 15
• Opera for Android release 15

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: Shipped
• Safari: Shipped
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• scheib@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14