Indicates whether or not the device is providing orientation data absolutely (that is, in reference to the Earth's coordinate frame) or using some arbitrary frame determined by the device. See Orientation and motion data explained for details.
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DeviceOrientationEvent: absolute property
Value
trueif the orientation data ininstanceOfDeviceOrientationEventis provided as the difference between the Earth's coordinate frame and the device's coordinate framefalseif the orientation data is being provided in reference to some arbitrary, device-determined coordinate frame.
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
absolute | 
       7 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 4.4 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1.0 | 
See also
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 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DeviceOrientationEvent/absolute