DeviceMotionEvent and DeviceOrientationEvent has lost static function signature requestPermission

(I was referred to this repo by Typescripts main repo issue template)

DeviceMotionEvent and DeviceOrientationEvent has lost static function signature requestPermission in Typescript 4.4

I believe that it should be added back?

Configuration Check

My compilation target is esnext and my lib is lib.dom.d.ts.

Missing / Incorrect Definition

In 4.4.x (and latest nightly build) DeviceMotionEvent and DeviceOrientationEvent has lost its static function signature for requestPermission. This function should be called to trigger permission dialog to collect motion/gyro events. I believe it’s still spec and at least it has to be called in practice. This commit removed definitions in lib.dom.d.ts https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/commit/9d443b76aac0832d7f3c890441264d39307fe31a#diff-796971dc74a3f3cd77ca0a3a776d6fe27ab224cd501d9652dbeffcf45ba0f058L4376

Sample Code

DeviceMotionEvent.requestPermission()
DeviceOrientationEvent.requestPermissions()

The change/regression(?) can be tested here by toggling between versions 4.4 and 4.3

Documentation Link

https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/#deviceorientation https://www.w3.org/TR/orientation-event/#devicemotionevent

[TobiasMelen]

Ok, i opened this issue believing this was a mistake so i won’t argue. Leaving the following information here for anyone coming from Google:

It’s not possible to get global inference for requestPermission back, the event constructors does not have explicit types to extend. However, adding the following in the file which contains the function invocation currently works.

declare namespace DeviceOrientationEvent {
  function requestPermission(): Promise<PermissionState>
}
declare namespace DeviceMotionEvent {
  function requestPermission(): Promise<PermissionState>
}

[saschanaz]

And if it’s true, please file an issue from this page, it will be helpful!: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DeviceMotionEvent#browser_compatibility