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GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchcancel

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

The ontouchcancel property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an event handler that processes touchcancel events.

Syntax

var cancelHandler = someElement.ontouchcancel;

Return value

cancelHandler

The touchcancel event handler for element someElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use ontouchcancel to set an element's touchcancel event handler.

<html>
<script>
function cancelTouch(ev) {
  // Process the event
}
function init() {
  let el = document.getElementById('target1');
  el.ontouchcancel = cancelTouch;
}
</script>

<body onload="init();">
  <div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
  <div id="target2" ontouchcancel="cancelTouch(event)"> Touch me ... </div>
</body>
</html>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
ontouchcancel
No
No
No
No
No
No
≤37
18
6
≤14
≤3
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GlobalEventHandlers/ontouchcancel