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GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchstart

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

The ontouchstart property of the GlobalEventHandlers mixin is an event handler that processes touchstart events.

Syntax

var startHandler = someElement.ontouchstart;

Return value

startHandler: The touchstart event handler for element someElement.

Example

This example shows two ways to use ontouchstart to set an element's touchstart event handler.

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

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

Specifications

Specification
Touch Events # dom-globaleventhandlers-ontouchstart

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
`ontouchstart`	No	No	No	No	No	No	≤37	18	6	≤14	≤3	1.0