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Provides access to raw mouse movement by locking the target of mouse events to a single element and hiding the mouse cursor.

Status

Limited availability

MDN documentation

Pointer Lock API

Specifications

Pointer Lock 2.0, from Web Applications Working Group (W3C).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome 37 Released on 2014-08-26
Chrome Android ❌ See crbug.com/40290045
Edge 13 Released on 2015-11-12
Firefox 50 Released on 2016-11-15
Firefox for Android 50 Released on 2016-11-15
Safari 10.1 Released on 2017-03-27
Safari on iOS ❌

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~0.019% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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