LayoutShift

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The LayoutShift interface of the Layout Instability API provides insights into the stability of web pages based on movements of the elements on the page.

Instance properties

LayoutShift.value Experimental: Returns the impact fraction (fraction of the viewport that was shifted) times the distance fraction (distance moved as a fraction of viewport).
LayoutShift.hadRecentInput Experimental: Returns true if there was a user input in the past 500 milliseconds.
LayoutShift.lastInputTime Experimental: Returns the time of the most recent user input.
LayoutShift.sources Experimental: Returns an array of LayoutShiftAttribution objects with information on the elements that were shifted.

Instance methods

LayoutShift.toJSON() Experimental: Converts the properties to JSON.

Examples

The following example shows how to capture layout shifts and log them to the console.

Note that in this example data is only sent to the server when the user leaves the tab.

// Catch errors since some browsers throw when using the new `type` option.
// https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209216
try {
  let cumulativeLayoutShiftScore = 0;

  const observer = new PerformanceObserver((list) => {
  for (const entry of list.getEntries()) {
    // Only count layout shifts without recent user input.
    if (!entry.hadRecentInput) {
      cumulativeLayoutShiftScore += entry.value;
    }
  }
  });

  observer.observe({type: 'layout-shift', buffered: true});

  document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
  if (document.visibilityState === 'hidden') {
    // Force any pending records to be dispatched.
    observer.takeRecords();
    observer.disconnect();

    console.log('CLS:', cumulativeLayoutShiftScore);
  }
  });
} catch (e) {
  // Do nothing if the browser doesn't support this API.
}

Specifications

Specification
Layout Instability # sec-layout-shift

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser