tiltY

Summary

The plane angle (in degrees, in the range of [-90,90]) between the X-Z plane and the plane containing both the transducer (e.g. pen stylus) axis and the X axis.

Property of dom/PointerEventdom/PointerEvent

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = event.tiltY;

Return Value

Returns an object of type NumberNumber

A value between -90 and +90

Examples

The following is an example of a pointer event handler that outputs the value of the tiltX property to a text field, txtTiltY.

function getTiltY(evt){
var theform=document.forms.frmOutput;
theform.txtTiltY.value=evt.tiltY;
}

Usage

 A positive tiltY is towards the user. tiltY can be used along with tiltX to represent the tilt away from the normal of a transducer with the digitzer. For devices that do not report tilt, the value must be 0.

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [tiltY Property PointerEvent Article]