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Touch events

Method of registering when, where and how the interface is touched, for devices with a touch screen. These DOM events are similar to mousedown, mousemove, etc.

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/touch-events/
Status	W3C Recommendation

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			108
		107	107	TP
		106	106	16.1
11	105	105	105	16.0	91
10	104	104	104	15.6	90
9	103	103	103	15.5	89
8	102	102	102	15.4	88
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7	101	101	101	15.2-15.3	87
6	100	100	100	15.1	86
5.5	99	99	99	15	85
	98	98	98	14.1	84
	97	97	97	14	83
	96	96	96	13.1	82
	95	95	95	13	81
	94	94	94	12.1	80
	93	93	93	12	79
	92	92	92	11.1	78
	91	91	91	11	77
	90	90	90	10.1	76
	89	89	89	10	75
	88	88	88	9.1	74
	87	87	87	9	73
	86	86	86	8	72
	85	85	85	7.1	71
	84	84	84	7	70
	83	83	83	6.1	69
	81	82	81	6	68
	80	81	80	5.1	67
	79	80	79	5	66
	18 ⁽³⁾	79	78	4	65
	17 ⁽³⁾	78	77	3.2	64
	16 ⁽³⁾	77	76	3.1	63
	15 ⁽³⁾	76	75		62
	14 ⁽³⁾	75	74		60
	13 ⁽³⁾	74	73		58
	12 ⁽³⁾	73	72		57
		72	71		56
		71	70		55
		70	69		54
		69	68		53
		68	67		52
		67	66		51
		66	65		50
		65	64		49
		64	63		48
		63	62		47
		62	61		46
		61	60		45
		60	59		44
		59	58		43
		58	57		42
		57	56		41
		56	55		40
		55	54		39
		54	53		38
		53	52		37
		52	51		36
		51 ⁽¹⁾	50		35
		50 ⁽¹⁾	49		34
		49 ⁽¹⁾	48		33
		48 ⁽¹⁾	47		32
		47 ⁽¹⁾	46		31
		46 ⁽¹⁾	45		30
		45 ⁽¹⁾	44		29
		44 ⁽¹⁾	43		28
		43 ⁽¹⁾	42		27
		42 ⁽¹⁾	41		26
		41 ⁽¹⁾	40		25
		40 ⁽¹⁾	39		24
		39 ⁽¹⁾	38		23
		38 ⁽¹⁾	37		22
		37 ⁽¹⁾	36		21
		36 ⁽¹⁾	35		20
		35 ⁽¹⁾	34		19
		34 ⁽¹⁾	33		18
		33 ⁽¹⁾	32		17
		32 ⁽¹⁾	31		16
		31 ⁽¹⁾	30		15
		30 ⁽¹⁾	29		12.1
		29 ⁽¹⁾	28		12
		28 ⁽¹⁾	27		11.6
		27 ⁽¹⁾	26		11.5
		26 ⁽¹⁾	25		11.1
		25 ⁽¹⁾	24		11
		24	23		10.6
		23	22		10.5
		22	21		10.0-10.1
		21	20		9.5-9.6
		20	19		9
		19	18
		18	17
		17	16
		16	15
		15	14
		14	13
		13	12
		12	11
		11	10
		10	9
		9	8
		8	7
		7	6
		6	5
		5	4
		4
		3.6
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
16.1
16.0	all	105	10	64	105	104	11 ⁽²⁾	13.4	18.0	13.1	13.18	2.5
15.6		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		17.0
15.5		4.4		12					16.0
15.4		4.2-4.3		11.5					15.0
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15.2-15.3		4.1		11.1					14.0
15.0-15.1		4		11					13.0
14.5-14.8		3		10					12.0
14.0-14.4		2.3							11.1-11.2
13.4-13.7		2.2							10.1
13.3		2.1							9.2
13.2									8.2
13.0-13.1									7.2-7.4
12.2-12.5									6.2-6.4
12.0-12.1									5.0-5.4
11.3-11.4									4
11.0-11.2
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Internet Explorer implements Pointer Events specification which supports more input devices than Touch Events one.

There is a library on GitHub that is working toward bringing W3C touch events to IE 10 and 11: https://github.com/CamHenlin/TouchPolyfill

Removed support in Firefox refers to desktop Firefox only.

Can be enabled in Firefox using the dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled flag (disabled by default for site compatibility reasons)
Supported on IE11 Mobile for phones with "Windows Phone 8.1 Update"
Can be enabled in Edge using the "Enable touch events" flag under about:flags

Bugs

Beware, android 2.3 and below do not detect multiple touches.
Firefox 4 & 5 support a non-standard implementation to achieve the same.

Resources

Data by caniuse.com
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
https://caniuse.com/touch