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html5
HTML5 platform specific functions.
[icon:html5] The following functions are only available on HTML5 builds, the html5.* Lua namespace will not be available on other platforms.
Functions
html5.run(code: string): string
Executes the supplied string as JavaScript inside the browser.
A call to this function is blocking, the result is returned as-is, as a string.
(Internally this will execute the string using the eval() JavaScript function.)
const res = html5.run("10 + 20"); // returns the string "30"
print(res);
const res_num = tonumber(res); // convert to number
print(res_num - 20); // prints 10
Parameters
code:string— Javascript code to run
Returns
result:string— result as string
html5.set_interaction_listener(callback: function(self) | nil)
Set a JavaScript interaction listener callaback from lua that will be invoked when a user interacts with the web page by clicking, touching or typing. The callback can then call DOM restricted actions like requesting a pointer lock, or start playing sounds the first time the callback is invoked.
function on_interaction(self) {
print("on_interaction called");
html5.set_interaction_listener(undefined);
}
export default defineScript({
init() {
html5.set_interaction_listener(on_interaction);
},
});
Parameters
callback:function(self) | nil— The interaction callback. Pass an empty function ornilif you no longer wish to receive callbacks.
self
object The calling script