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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

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

See also

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