The touchstart event is fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.
| Bubbles | Yes | 
|---|---|
| Cancelable | Yes | 
| Interface | TouchEvent |  
| Event handler property | ontouchstart |  
The touchstart event is fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.
| Bubbles | Yes | 
|---|---|
| Cancelable | Yes | 
| Interface | TouchEvent |  
| Event handler property | ontouchstart |  
Code samples for those events are available on the dedicated page: Touch events.
| Specification | 
|---|
| Touch Events  # event-touchstart  | 
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
touchstart_event | 
22  | 
12  | 
52  | 
No  | 
No  | 
No  | 
≤37  | 
25  | 
6  | 
14  | 
≤3  | 
1.5  | 
ontouchstartElement targets: touchstart
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