Pointer lockLimited availability

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

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

Browser support

DesktopChrome

1–36Not supported

37+Supportedsince Aug 26, 2014

Current: 155

Edge

12–12Not supported

13+Supportedsince Nov 12, 2015

Current: 154

Firefox

1–49Not supported

50+Supportedsince Nov 15, 2016

Current: 157

Safari

1–10Not supported

10.1+Supportedsince Mar 27, 2017

Current: 27

MobileChrome Android

18–143Not supported

144+Supportedsince Jan 13, 2026

Current: 155

Firefox Android

4–49Not supported

50+Supportedsince Nov 15, 2016

Current: 157

Safari iOS

✕Not supportedup to 27

Current: 27

Not supported in Safari iOS. Use feature detection below and provide a fallback (or a polyfill) for those browsers.

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: exitPointerLock.

JS · check before using

if ("Document" in globalThis && "exitPointerLock" in Document.prototype) {
  // Document.exitPointerLock is available
}

Support for each part of the feature (5). The overall table above shows when the whole feature works.

Sub-feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox Android	Safari iOS
Document.exitPointerLock	37	13	50	10.1	144	50	✕
Document.pointerLockElement	37	13	50	10.1	144	50	✕
Document.pointerlockchange_event	36	13	50	10.1	144	50	✕
Document.pointerlockerror_event	36	13	50	10.1	144	50	✕
Element.requestPointerLock	37	13	50	10.1	144	50	✕