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Gamepad API Trigger-Rumble Extension

Category
Device
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 126)
Intent stage
Dev trials

Summary

Extend the GamepadHapticActuator interface to expose the trigger-rumble capability in the Web for compatible gamepads. This extension will allow web applications that take advantage of the Gamepad API to also vibrate the triggers of gamepad devices that come equipped with this functionality.

Motivation

Xbox-compatible gamepads like the Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller and Razer Wolverine Ultimate come equipped with "impulse triggers" which provide haptic feedback localized to the triggers. While the Gamepad Haptics Extension proposal already provides support for haptic effects that vibrate the whole gamepad, it does not expose an interface for issuing "impulse trigger" effects.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/GamepadHapticsActuatorTriggerRumble/explainer.md

Samples: https://nondebug.github.io/gamepad-explorer

Explainers: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/GamepadHapticsActuatorTriggerRumble/explainer.md

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