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GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchmove

A global event handler for the touchmove event.

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

Syntax

var moveHandler = someElement.ontouchmove;

Return value

moveHandler

The touchmove event handler for element someElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use ontouchmove to set an element's touchmove event handler.

<html>
<head>
<script>

function moveTouch(ev) {
 // Process the event
}

function init() {
 var el=document.getElementById("target1");
 el.ontouchmove = moveTouch;
}

</script>
</head>

<body onload="init();">
<div id="target1"> Touch me ... </div>
<div id="target2" ontouchmove="moveTouch(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
ontouchmove
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/ontouchmove