Touch events
Limited availability
Touch events touchstart
, touchmove
, touchend
, and touchcancel
fire when users interact with a touch-sensitive surface, such as a screen or drawing tablet. These events are similar to mouse events.
Learning resources on MDN
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 22 Released on 2012-09-25
- Chrome Android 25 Released on 2013-02-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 52 Released on 2017-03-07
- Firefox for Android 6 Released on 2011-08-16
- Safari ❌
- Safari on iOS ≤3 Released before 2009-06-17
Baseline availability blocked since March 2017 by Safari (93 months)
Specifications
- Touch Events, from Web Events Working Group (W3C).